Party Theme/Idea: Country & Western Dinner. Ask friends to come in jeans and boots. Serve everyone in mini black skillets. Go to a country and western dance/bar afterwards and line dance the night away!

Favorite Recipe: Smoked Shrimp Quesadillas with Homemade Guacamole from Bella Luna

Ingredients:
6 flour tortillas
2 tablespoons sundried tomatoes
3 tablespoons roasted, diced poblano peppers
6 tablespoons goat cheese
12 smoked shrimp
2 tablespoons minced herbs (coriander, Italian parsley)
6 tablespoons shredded mozzarella

Preparation:
Spread 1 tablespoon of goat cheese over each open tortilla. Sprinkle 1 ½ tablespoons of mozzarella over half of each tortilla.  Add peppers, shrimp (2 per), sundried tomatoes and herbs. Add the remaining mozzarella and fold each tortilla in half.  Grill until the inside is hot and the outside is lightly browned and crisp. Serve with homemade guacamole. Serves 6.

Homemade Guacamole

Ingredients:
5 avocados
1 tablespoon of cilantro
1 red bell pepper
3 limes
2 jalapeno peppers
1 red onion
1 tomato
1 teaspoon garlic
Cumin

Preparation:
Finely chop jalapeno, onions, tomato, bell peppers and cilantro. Add ripe avocados to vegetables and mash with a potato masher. Add lime juice and seasonings. Let sit for one hour.

Favorite Flower: Statice

How-to Idea: Boot centerpiece

– Pour one cup of marbles into the toe of a favorite boot.
– Fill a glass or similar container half full of water and insert into the leg of the boot, adding more marbles to help hold the glass in an upright position.
–Finally, arrange a fun assortment of curly willow branches, sunflowers, delphinium and other seasonal blooms inside the container.