So, I did fellowship time again for church a week or two
ago… seems like the only gig I can get these days. I had a little bit of a hard
time figuring out what to make, since it wasn’t near a major holiday or have a
“theme”. Sometimes when people just say “ok, make something” I have no clue
what to do! I do have a very strong Pintrest addiction, so help is never far
away!
Melissa, our Pastoral Assistant, surprise emailed me and
offered to reimburse me for part of the expenses! We had a speaker for the youth
group there, and she said that she was thinking of ordering sandwiches, but
then remembered that I was taking care of fellowship time and viola! It is nice
to get some approval!
I also have a church board member or two in my pocket to
make a meal for them when their time is up for the board meetings. Granted, one
of them is my husband, but still… maybe this will get my foot in the door some more.
Ok, on to what I created for THIS church event. Since I was
making more of a meal because of our guest speaker, I thought I should make it
more luncheon-like and less snack-y. (Are those words??... I’m going to say
yes.)
I made a Panera-esque chicken salad on mini croissants
homemade pimento
cheese on Hawaiian sweet rolls
some cereal snack mix
and
crudités. For the sweets, I made cream cheese mints
cupcakes
I tried to go for a spring theme… spring
chicken, spring rolls, green icing and flowers from my cake decorating class on
the cupcakes. And not to forget, the “leprechaun snacks”, which were really
just grapes, rolled in lime Jello. Odd, but yummy, and just a little sour!
I must say, I love the fact that I have a neighbor who loves
food and cooking as much as I do. On Saturday, I made a little plate of
everything that I had made so far, and … well, I guess it was a good thing. I
had been making the tartlets, and they were driving me crazy. They took forever
to press into the pan, they stuck to it, they came out looking extra crispy
(just this side of burned) even though I cooked it perfectly and according to
the directions (kind of odd for me). Ugh. I had enough food planned didn’t I? I
was the only one who knew what my menu was, and it wasn’t like it would matter
if I didn’t make them, right?? But when Erin tried
everything… she told me, specifically, that the tartlets were “off the chain”.
And I hadn’t even dipped them in chocolate yet!
So I decided to give them another go, adjust the cooking
time and not try so hard to make them look “perfect”. The important thing is
that they taste good, right? And, like I said, I’m glad that I did. They were
kind of the hit of the day! I mean, it was shortbread, caramel, and chocolate.
Like a little Twix bar, but in a cup. How could it be bad?!
Also, Nick thought I was crazy for putting apples and Crasins
in my chicken salad, but I must say, delicious! I saw somewhere or read it
maybe, that using your mixer to shred meat was a big time saver. I must agree,
that was tremendous! I put three whole rotisserie chickens worth of meat in my
Kitchen-Aid, and just mixed the heck out of it! It… Was…Awesome!! I did have to
take some out to add my other ingredients, but yeah, try that!
I guess that’s everything… come back soon and I’ll post
about the aforementioned cake decorating class! WITH pictures!
