What a Week!

On the plus side, it flew by, on the minus side, it flew by. 

I can't believe it's Friday.  My menu plan for this week was totally shot down because my husband had traumas at work and worked a lot.  I did manage to make burgers on the grill on Wednesday, but for myself.  Husband took his to work for lunch the next day.  I know that burgers on the grill doesn't sound difficult and it's not, it's just a matter of time.  We have a Weber charcoal grill, small, nothing fancy and I use a starter chimney to light the coals.  I use newspaper to get the coals started, no lighter fluid ever, so I plan on 20 minutes or so to get the grill going.  Since I knew my husband wasn't coming home to eat, I almost just cooked inside, but I enjoy burgers on the grill so I did that for myself.  I also made fresh green beans with olive oil and Penzey's Greek seasoning.

The menu planning class on Monday at the library went very well.  I had nice comments from the participants.  Kind of funny that I started the week with a menu planning class!

I had a big cookday on Tuesday.  I've cooked for this client in the past, but not for sveral months and they came back.  I always like that.  They are a family with two teenagers, so I cooked each recipe for 8 people.  That means 10 recipes, each serving 8.  The day flowed well, and there were no problems.  I had a pleasant chat with my customer Linda. 

I had a new family on Wednesday who are very nice and that day went well but the first time cooking always takes longer.  I'm in a new kitchen and don't know where I placed all the equipment.  They have a 9 year old son and a wonderful dog named Bailey.  Bailey was pretty excited that someone came to spend the day with him!

Thursday I met with my friends and co-workers Cathy and Monique to review the teaching plan for next week.  I'll be teaching new personal chefs next week for 2 days.  We wanted to review our timing since we made some changes.  Things look good though.  Monique went off to teach at the Art Institute and Cathy and I went to Restaurant Depot for her first visit.  Lots of fun to browse. 

I went to my client Amy's house last evening to teach her and her daughter Tessa how to knit.  I volunteered to teach knitting to Amy's Girl Scout troop in February so this was a pre-teaching lesson.  They both did well and will be able to help the others at the troop meeting, I have to say though, Tessa was a little faster than her mom. 

I am teaching at a private class at Cook's Warehouse on Sunday afternoon.  There will be 13 children of various ages and we'll be making Italian.  Cook's Warehouse is a great place to have a cooking party with friends or a team building event with co-workers. 

Now I'm going to re-plan a menu for next week, check my calendar for the week after, go to the post office and maybe get a haircut. 

Enjoy the weekend and try and relax at least part of one day.