Busy Week

 I am on vacation this week, but I have been extremely busy.  I have a lot of things to get planned and organized that are coming up in the next few weeks.  In addition to my wonderful customers. 

I have been very busy with an idea for a new business. It just came to me on Tuesday as I was working on something else and my head is full.   It is very exciting for me and I have been creating forms, writing business plans, marketing plans, trying to get my ideas organized on paper as they come into my head.  I have to get the ideas in some kind of control or I'm afraid I'll lose some of them.  Stay tuned for further details.

I've also been getting ready for Saturday when I will attend the Big Brother/Big Sister fundraising gala.  Five of my fellow chefs and I have created a package and donated  "Dinner for a Year"  to be auctioned at the gala for a lucky winner.  I will be attending with Bob Brinson of Gourmet Innovations, Inc. to explain the service to interested gala attendees.  We are very excited that we will be included in the live auction and believe that this will raise some money for the organization.  

No knitting class today.  The class was a little full so I'm on knitting class break until 9/22.  I do think that since I would have been knitting today anyway that that's how I'll spend my morning. 

I also may forage for something to bake.  I made the beef stew yesterday, but not really according to the recipe.  Once I looked at the recipe a little closer, it seemed boring so I added black beans and chopped green chiles to it.  The recipe claimed that it simmered for almost an hour, but that wasn't right either, it took about 4 hours.  It was delicious but I'm going to have to write down what I really made.  I served it with cornbread that was excellent and allowed me to use up the rest of my buttermilk that I've had in the fridge.  I rarely use all the buttermilk when I buy it for baking.  I do however measure it into cups, put it in quart ziploc bags and freezer it for later. 

I think that's all the work that will be happening for today.  I know, it's only 8:30 am, but it looks like it's time for breakfast - leftover cornbread and knitting!