I super love when people come to visit us! I love planning the meals and preparing the meals and serving the meals and doing all the food up right in an effort to bless our guests while we visit. And of course, I love to visit with our guests.
In summary: Would one of you please come clean my house for me?
Man, I do not like to clean. I do like my house to be clean, but the act of cleaning is low on my fun list. Actually, it’s not even on my fun list. It’s on my do it because it has to be done so get over it list.
Hiring regular cleaning help is not in the budget right now, but I’m seriously thinking about seeing who might want to trade cooking for cleaning. Some people like to clean but not cook, right? Yes, I hear that this is true.
My boys are very helpful with their assigned cleaning chores, which is another reason I’ve not wanted to outsource this task to hired help. But sometimes my idea of clean differs from my boys’ idea of clean. (I probably don’t need to explain this.)
Well anyway. All this talk about cleaning is starting to make me upset. Let’s talk about food!!!! Aaaaahhh yes. Now I’m happy again. :) :) :) :)
Family is coming to town this weekend for our York College Homecoming festivities. I can’t wait to feed see them! This is always a wonderful weekend with people we don’t get to see often enough.
In order to enjoy my guests and avoid having to talk very much while I cook (this is a serious problem for me) – I’m making most of the food ahead of time or at least planning very simple, no-brainer dishes (like this Stir-and-Pour Bread).
Here are the meals we’ll be having:
Breakfast Foods
- Bacon Cheesy Eggs
- Banana Bread
- Applesauce Bread
- Chocolate Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Lots of Fruit (apples, pears, grapes, raspberries, blueberries, cantaloupe, plums)
- Donuts (My dad almost always brings a box to share. It’s a Papa thing and we love it.)
Lunch Foods
- Potato Soup
- Chili (with Fritos – yes really – and shredded cheese)
- Sub Sandwich Bar
- Veggie Platter (carrots, cucumbers, sweet peppers, olives, pickles)
- Fresh Fruit
Dinner Meals
- Creamy Salsa Enchilada Casserole from Lesson 2 of the Let’s Do This! eCourse, with tossed salad, spicy avocado dip and chips, fruit
- Crock Pot Roast Beef from Eat Right Away: Slow Cooker Beef Edition, cheesy mashed potatoes, green beans, cantaloupe, stir-and-pour bread
(The Crock Pot Roast Beef recipe was originally written to be used for Roast Beef and Melted Cheese Sandwiches, but we love the flavor of this one so much, and it only takes about 30 seconds to prepare {seriously!!!!}, so we make it frequently to eat as a main dish without the cheese and buns.)
Here’s a picture of Creamy Salsa Enchilada Casseroles I like to serve guests.
So, so, so, so good. And easy.
Snack Foods
- Easy {Low} Sugar Cookies
- Applesauce (I’ve made huge bowls of this since apples are abundant right now.)
- Fresh Fruit
- Cheese and Crackers
- Chewy Granola Bars
Any of these meals sound particularly good to you? What do you like feeding guests when they come visit? Who likes cleaning?!?
