Orchard Auction!

Congratulations to the entire Orchard Auction team that put together a great--and I believe quite profitable--event on Saturday night! I am always amazed at our Aladdin staff who not only feed over 700 people a DAY at school, but can also put together a lovely plated dinner for 200. I'm stealing their pear, cranberry, pumpkin seed salad we had Saturday night for my own table at Thanksgiving. I'll have more to say about Thanksgiving later...

I put together our weekly menu and on tap for tonight, burgers on the grill (since it's 65 degrees out) and homemade onion rings, which I am monitoring while I blog. It's a bit of a process which usually includes taste testing. However, Daughter #1 always gives me a stern warning not to do so, since it leads to me eating 1/2 the batch!

Monday we will have BALTs--bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato sammies. Again, it's going to be near 70 tomorrow, so heavy food doesn't sound good. Plus we're keeping things relatively simple since we'll also be prepping for Thanksgiving.

Tuesday - Hubby-bubs and I will celebrate our 14th anniversary:)

Wednesday - we haven't had fish in a while, and we love tilapia, gently coated and pan fried. Lemon-herbed orzo will go perfectly with this dish.

Thursday - I have an event with the Women's Fund, so it'll be leftovers for the rest of the fam.

And then we'll see what Friday brings....