Tuesday started the second term of the School of Christian Living, so the catering continues for at least another 6 weeks! Yay! I’m enjoying it way more than I ever thought I would! This week was really hard to find something I was inspired to make. After much discussion with Mom, and looking through allRead more
Tuesday was simply delightful! The weather was so perfect–a bright and sunny 78 degrees! Fortunately the weather went perfectly with the meal I had planned for the SCL dinner. We had a wheat berry and dried cherry salad, lentil salad, crustless spinach and feta pies, and berry trifle for dessert. It seemed to be quiteRead more
A Wesley Seminary class came to Seekers for a field trip and I was asked to cater and talk about what it was like growing up in the community. I decided on a Roasted Vegetable Minestrone from the Pioneer Woman. However I didn’t want to deal with the pasta because I was afraid it’d getRead more
For week 5 of SCL, I decided to go with an Asian theme. Mostly because I wanted to do all my grocery shopping at H-Mart which seems to be significantly cheaper. I didn’t want to do a rice dish because I didn’t want to deal with taking rice cookers to church. My one regret withRead more
For week 4 of SCL, I went back to an old favorite, Pumpkin and Black Bean Soup. My sister first introduced me to this recipe while I was in undergrad, and it was a trusty stand-by for many years. I must have overdosed on it at some point because I haven’t made it in years,Read more
SCL fell on Fat Tuesday, so someone requested a pancake dinner. Since pancakes happen to be a specialty of mine, I was happy to oblige. Our meal consisted of pancakes, egg casserole, and fruit salad. Unfortunately, I had absolutely no idea how to estimate enough fruit salad for 20 people and ended up with WAY tooRead more
Since week two of the School of Christian Living (SCL) catering gig was on Valentine’s day and because I like puns (and a good theme), I came up with some awesome names for all the dishes. We had Heartwarming Chili, You Still Romaine in my Heart Salad, Don’t Break My Corny Heart Cornbread (even better because I usedRead more
Since no catered event is complete without a little something sweet, I made these Orangies. My friend, Annie introduced me to these AMAZING bars. They’re decadently delicious and refreshing. Orangies Makes 24 bars Adapted from Paula Deen’s Orange Brownies 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups sugar 1 tsp salt 1 cup (2 sticks) butter,Read more
Woke up (too early for a Saturday) thinking about my grocery shopping list for the day. I’m catering for my 8-year old cousin’s birthday party tomorrow, and don’t want to forget a thing. It’s going to be quite the event. More on that later. First, let’s talk about my first catering gig. On Tuesday nightsRead more