Little League Baseball Italian Potluck Party

Little League Baseball Italian Potluck Party

We have a really fun group of parents for our little league team (The Bees). They all love to cheer for our kids, socialize with one another, eat, drink and generally be merry.

Last night’s game was no exception. The weather was clear and warm and thankfully not windy for a change, the kids were excited because they were on a roll (however, we all KNOW that it doesn’t matter who wins  – Right???? ), and there was going to be cake and pizza awaiting them after the game. How much better could it get?

Well, it did. Being the “Team Mom” I organized a potluck picknic for after the game. Timmy’s Mom brought cake to celebrate his 11th birthday, and because we have some Italian descendents in our group, the theme for the potluck naturally became Italian in nature.

I said I was going to bring my famous Sangria until my husband pointed out to me that Sangria isn’t exactly an Italian drink. Duh! Sounds Italian, I said! So I changed to 3 bottles of Italian red wine. Hubby made an awesome pot of spaghetti with Ragu as the sauce. This isn’t just an ordinary ragu. It’s specially prepared from learning how to make it from our dear Italian friends who live just outside of Milano. Secret ingredients and everything. It was a hit and we had only a little bit left over to bring back home with us.

But not only did we have wine and spaghetti, but we had a plethora of beautiful side dishes – foccaccia, bruschetta, zucchini fratta, antipasti, Ceasar salad and tiny skewers of what was basically Insalata Caprese. Oh… it was the kind of food that makes you want to keep eating even when you can’t stuff another bite down.

Pizza was ordered for the kids and then a rowsing happy birthday sung to Young Timmy with Patti’s unbelievable marble cake (I want the recipe, Patti!)  to follow. It was a foodie’s heavenly feast, no doubt. And did I take any pictures of this wonderful spread? Sadly, no! Too busy stuffing my face.

There’s just something about the combination of great kids, great parents, great baseball, great coaching, and great food that makes you know why life is worth living…

Oh, and we won! (but that doesn’t really matter, RIGHT?)

Happy baseball season everybody! Go BEEs!!!!

~BusyMOM

P.S. Thank you, Parents, for making this baseball season so much fun. And thanks, Tracie and Carrington, for the great pics!

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