My mom always got overwhelmed whenever she had to entertain, even though she's a great cook. I am finding I am the same way. I am housing my good friends Ken & Jinner Rudolph this week and the thought of having to plan out all the meals about put me into an early grave. I literally had to talk through it with an older and wiser woman just to avoid a nervous breakdown! ;-) (I'm exaggerating to make my mild anxiety more interesting.)
When people visit me (I average 100+ days of houseguests every year, sometimes a lot more. That is no exaggeration.), I like to be free to just enjoy the visit. I can't be chained to the kitchen AND take guests sight-seeing.
What are the easiest meals you fix for people? I need some ideas. I am not "seasoned" in this area, obviously, because it still stresses me out.
The Rudolphs arrive tomorrow (Wednesday). Monday night, I stayed up until 3:00am cooking and baking and putting stuff away in the refrigerator so I don't have to do it while they're here. Now I have butternut squash soup, homemade apple sauce and desserts to pull out whenever the need arises because I'm not even sure how many meals they'll want to eat "in" as opposed to how many we'll eat "out". I also bought all the stuff to make Reuben sandwiches (Ken Rudolph LOVES sauerkraut), an egg casserole (my mom's suggestion), and a baked potato bar with all the toppings. The Rudolphs love to eat healthy, so I tried to employ as many veggies as possible.
So, what are your easy meal ideas? I need to come up with a self-help cookbook and I don't use a crockpot. (I know, I know, that would solve a lot of my problems.)
3 comments:
I love my campbells soup cookbook. or go to campbellssoup.com I like them because they are easy. I have to modify them sometimes to add a little bit more flavor, but they are quick and easy! Love you!
I was just getting ready to say you need a crockpot :).
I think tacos, pasta (you can make lasagna, stuffed shells all ahead of time) or I like to make just turkey or whatever sandwiches, but on nice bread and toasted. I need to go eat lunch now...I'm hungry.
p.s. I hope to be a houseguest sometime soon...but I will do all the cooking :)
I can't help you Kristi because I am the WORST worst WORST cook in America. Sometimes I think I am getting better because (sadly) everything tastes DELISH to me, but then Gary will tell me the honest truth and it is not pretty! : )
Poor little Kaish also enjoys whatever I make since I tell him there are no other options!
The baked potatoe bar sounds brilliant! I always buy a couple of bags of spinach when people come over and throw in one bag of nuts, one bag of strawberries and one glass jar of mazzarati dressing from the market and people always go on and on about how good that is. I don't know if that is really true, or they actually do think it is delish compared to whatever else I am serving...
Let me know what you come up with. I know you will rock it right out of the park : )
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