Pot o' Gold

I'm a little leprechaun! Give me me pot of gold! Pot Luck that is. We had one today, in honor of the 5th Sunday. I was humbled and thankful for the amount of support and participation we received from our Ward family!

Andrew brought chicken tortilla soup, Angel made tacos... Marie brought Spring Rolls, we had all sorts of chips, dips, crackers, pretzels, veggies, and sweets...and Brad Wright brought his prize winning green jello salad...stuff;) It was beautiful!
I love the El Dorado Ward!

Previous Linger Longer Offerings

1. (Today we're having bagels with cream cheese, or spinach dip, or PB...)

2. Two veggie trays and assorted Asian rice crackers.

3. Oatmeal cranberry cookies and 3 fruit trays

4. Granola Bars and fruit leathers

5. Halloween was lemon cake, chocolate cake, and candy- (never want to do this one again- too much sugar!)

Future possiblities:

Pot Luck

Taquitos and Guac

Hummus and Pita Bread (veggies?)

Our budget is waning-

The Crazy Chicken

Thanks be to Roland Spongberg!!! He has been hookin up the El Dorado Ward with juicy zesty flame broiled chicken for over a decade now! November's BTF was Thanksgiving style: Chicken, mashed po-po's, stuffing, gravy, spinach salad with white balsamic dressing, roasted asparagus and carrots, Kings Hawaiian rolls w/ sweet cream butter, and pumpkin pie w/ whipped cream for dessert. We are SO blessed to be able to eat like this!

We had enough food for all, and even a bit leftover- it was great!

BTF for October

Breakfast for din din. Always a treat! We had belgian waffles (that were close cousins to senor funnel cake). All the wafflely trimmings: fresh strawberries, banana slivers soaked in orang juice, peanut butter, syrup, real butter, and would have had ice cream too, but the Woodruff ward ate it! Mango and orange juices, milk, scrambled eggs, turkey sausage... I think that's it- what a mad, wild rush it always is trying to cook everything and keep it warm in under 2 hours. It was muy yum.

Do you know that Belgium has over 2000 chocolate shops within the parameters of it's small little country self? And the waffle shops, a second diabetic heaven!

9~14~08

Last Sunday we served left over wedding cup cakes (thank you Kara- they were beautiful and tasty!) We also did Costco's Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies and 100% Natural Fruit Leather. I think for this coming Sunday 2 veggie trays and some sort of yummo crackers are in order...a co-worker was chowing on a bag of Wheat Thin brand Veggies crisps today. They looked delightful!

Water Water Everywhere...

And LOTS of melon to drink... We bought 7 watermelons this week- weren't sure if it would be enough...turned out to be too much. We sliced up 4 of the 7 and had plenty of leftovers. The dripping, luscious rose colored flesh of the melons surprised me each time a new melon was scored. I know how to pick a good melon! These are exciting times! Cutting them in a fashion that cause them to stand up straight is another matter. :) Next time, 4 melons will do- spend the remaining $15 on an alternative. (Cut melons into 8 sections, then cut each section into 8-10 pieces.)

Have You Seen the Muffin Man?

Neither have I.

We kept it simple yesterday, in light of the El Dorado 5th annual Dance Magic Dance Show. I bought 5 pallets of Costco muffins. (Although I should preface "simple" with: I don't know the meaning of the word. I almost had an anxiety attack trying to figure out the best flavor combination!) I learned that chocolate is SO very poop-pew-ler.

Next time remember: Lots of chocolate- by the bucket full, and keep the quarter system. P.S. Johnathan and I spent many long hours cleaning- even mopped the floor. Someone please, pat us on the backs. :) P.S.S. I love my committee!