Chicken Salad

Mix and Match!  Chicken Salad - adapted from here

• 3 cup cooked shredded chicken

• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

• 3 Tbsp. coarsely chopped dried cranberries

• 3 rib of celery

• 2 apples

• 1 1/3 c. cubed cheddar*

• 1 1/3 cup mayo

• salt and pepper to taste

• sprinkled onion powder /1 chopped gr. onion

Pulse nuts and dr. fruit. Slice process Celery. Chop proccessor apple. *Cube cheddar.

Combine and serve on a bed of lettuce or spinach or with crackers or bread!

My Favorite Christmas Music

FAVORITE CHRISTMAS ALBUM EVER!

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Joy+To+The+World/7235484

Costumes Galore

Oh, I can't think of anything more fun than a well attended costume party!!  Here is a link of ideas and how-to's.

http://studentz.squidoo.com/handmade-diy-fancy-dress-costume-ideas

There are easy easy costumes that are fun, like just doing face/body paint. 

Organizing Site for Bringing Meals to Folks

Useful articles I found at the site:

Meaningful Items During a Difficult Time

Recipes of Parish Presbyterian Church in Middle Tennessee

Preparing for Overnight Guests

Woo hoo, house guests are fun,  :)  but it needs preparation, like most other fun and good things.  The book "Large Family Logistics" taught me the value of writing protocols.  Here is my Overnight Guests protocol (in progress):

1. Menu plan, Shopping, Prep as much beforehand
2. Clean Sheets and Towels
3. Complete "House Guests Prep Cleaning Protocol"
4. Set out guest book :)

The Hatch Family

by Eastman Johnson, American 1824-1906

 

 

A Hospitality To Do List - Saturday Lunch

dressed and ready

 Menu: 

 Stuffed peppers,  broccoli, carrots, winter squash, bok choy salad, Sauerkraut

Parfaits

Day before or at 8:00am

House Guest Prep Cleaning Protocol

clean bathroom

clean glass table
dust (glass table too)

clean kitchen (fridge, stove)

 tidy

vac

mop

sweep porch

kitchen (Indented items are lesser priorities if I am short on time) :

9:30dishwasher emptied

assemble peppers
cut squash 
chop carrots, clean food processor

make and eat breakfast

      table set

dish: Raspberries

Raspberries soaked with honey (Experimenting which is better)
whip cream
dish chocolate

10:30 run dishwasher:

Dish: granola
Chopped hazelnuts

coconut flakes

11: Creme Anglaise out
cook squash

cook carrots

put squash over carrots, keep warm

heat broc in butter and salt

dish squash, - butter, salt

dish carrots butter, salt

out: bok choy salad, Sauerkraut

emptry dishwasher
grate cheese 

Goal: ready by 12

Must be ready : 1pm

Hospitality Hurdles

from BlueBehemoth.com

$9.95

Hospitality has to be one of the most intimidating things for me.  It's a long term project, that's all.  Well, here's another helper to get me going - if I ever get it! :)