April 7, 2024

I try to plan a menu that is varied and covers all the basics.  I also use recipes that can be prepped the night before.  In the mornings I will go into the kitchen at 7:00AM and the first order of business is to set the oven temperature and start coffee.  Our larger Bun machine is not working correctly so we are using a Mr. Coffee.  It takes a while to brew a pot but we keep brewing them as needed.  While the oven is heating and the coffee brewing, I check our Cafe.   where we have the snacks, sweets, and tea and coffee with our Keurig.  The cookies were gone.  So after breakfast I will have to make more of something.  Breakfast this morning starts with a Fruit Salad with an Orange - Vanilla Syrup.  The main dish is a  Farmers Casserole, which contains almost everything and bacon.  I also served shirred eggs.  Again leftovers were very minimal. Once all the food is served, I then remember to take pictures of the food.  Maybe one of these days. This group has a sweet tooth.  A couple of them suggested chocolate chip cookies.  Some wanted semi-sweet chips, some milk chocolate, some dark chocolate.  This was real easy to accomplish.  I use the same cookie recipe but just switch out the chip flavors.  So I made all three varieties.