Favorites This Week

Below are a few things I found this week I like. Each picture was borrowed from, and has a link to the original post so hopefully I am not breaking online etiquette. Merely trying to bring attention to some cool ideas and a few new things.[click pics for link back to articles]

Ah yeah sounds like a good easy one! Bourbon Baked Apples, or maybe spiced rum, or cider? Looks delicious for cold weather! Over at How Sweet It Is!

Cool Idea!

Free Prints for the KITCHEN!

 

For Real? This looks like a delicious 'replica' of Avalanche Bark from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory - Recipe Included! ~ From The Brown Eyed Baker!

Roasted Sweet Potato - Bulk Prep

Need a few pounds of sweet potatoes this holiday season but prefer not to use the canned ones? Let your oven due the work for you! Very little actual prep time involved besides waiting on the oven to cook them.

Pulled Pork - Convection Oven

 I am trying out a few introductory videos from the work kitchen and maybe even my home kitchen. They will be short and to the point. If you would like more details of the video in each post, please be sure to comment!

We do a pulled pork sandwich about once a month with coleslaw (mayonnaise based) and potato wedges, sometimes substituted with Tator Tots. This uses up the leftover potatoes from Loaded Baked Potato day(earlier in the month).

In the video we are using a standard Boston Butt...

Bad Packed Lunch

People, feed your children good food.

Over the years I have really paid attention to how kids eat and what's in their packed lunch and I gotta tell ya it's getting bad.  But more specifically where the schools have started letting them use microwaves and bring in reheat-able foods.

Most meals are carb heavy w/(fattening rich) sauces galor, skinny kids bring lean cuisine and weight watcher meals, and for the parents we know don't cook...yes, we can tell you packed your kids lunch with leftovers from whatever restaurant or take out joint you ate at last night, night after night after...

Once again, I paraphrase a great quote from my friend PW, "Never seen anybody get fat from eating school lunch!".

Red Beans and Rice and Random Bits

Things have been moving right along at the academy...last week we had Red Beans & Rice and I feel it was a 'keeper'. Some of the staff were surprised that the smaller kids knew what it was, they liked it, and ate it up. We served it with Kielbasa.

Pancake Breakfast: from time to time the school has fundraisers and pancake breakfast seems to be a big hit. It runs from 7am to about 830am on a regular school day and the cost is $5 dollars. Parents and grandparents are welcome to come and eat. Its kind of like 'all you can eat' but we don't say that. We start off with two pancakes about 5 inches in circumference and let you know you can come back for more. There is a table set up with toppings such as Redi-Whip (that whipped cream in a can) chocolate syrup, original syrup, mixed berry syrup, fresh strawberries, chocolate chips, and butter. The syrups are kept warm in chafing dishes. We provide milk and orange juice(also on the table). It was pretty successful.

Our next fundraiser is a 'Thanksgiving Dinner for Four'. Our advertisement/announcement for that will probably come out today, or tomorrow until then the following may change at any time.

 

Thanksgiving Meal for Family of Four - $40

• Sweet Potato Casserole
• Cornbread Dressing 
• Green Bean Casserole 
• 2 pounds Roasted Boneless Turkey Breast and 16 oz of gravy

AND then offer a pumpkin pie at $9 OPTIONAL.

 

We have worked out a great meal at a great price. I have researched these food items locally so its pretty competitive, not to high or low.

 

Students Favorite Meals so Far (based on total orders for a single day): First - Taco Salad/Nachos, Second - Baked Ziti, Third - Loaded Baked Potato. I feel like today's lunch will have an increase in orders next time too...'Breakfast for Lunch!' which consisted of scrambled eggs, hash rounds, biscuits, and sausage gravy. All the menu items are doing well so far.