Category: Food (Page 5 of 147)

At my church’s Carols and Cocoa event on Wednesday, I was talking with a church member about tamales. It’s what I order from Mexican food restaurants. I like them a lot. They taste like comfort food. Mmm…

The church member said the tamales she makes are a little different from what I usually eat – she wraps them in banana leaves instead of corn leaves, and the outer part of the tamale is wetter. I was intrigued.

Right at the end of school yesterday, the woman walked into my classroom carrying a bag. It had two of her tamales in it! Wow! I made such a weird noise, the kids all turned to look at me. But it really made my day – I was tired and grumpy, and then this wonderful woman brought me homemade tamales.

I ate one last night. It was delicious, and it did indeed taste like comfort.

The last time I went to grocery store, I was shopping hungry, so I got some cookies. I love cookies.

On a whim, I got store brand cookies that resembled Girl Scout Thin Mints.

Oh. My. Gosh! They were so good! They reminded me of what Girl Scout Thin Mints used to be like – the cookie is substantial and big, the chocolate is thick and silky and minty. Mmmm….

On the grocery shelf next to these cookies were other store-brand cookies resembling other varieties of Girl Scout cookies. Maybe I should go back …or maybe I shouldn’t. I could eat a LOT of cookies.

Today and tomorrow are half days at school so we can do parent/teacher conferences. Since yesterday was the last whole day before Thanksgiving (we have the whole week off next week because of our Lutheran Educator Conference), the kindergarteners had their Thanksgiving Feast. And since the eighth graders are chapel buddies with the kindergarteners, they got invited to the feast. It was so fun!

There was stuff to do on the tables before everyone got their food:

There was an amazing Fruit Turkey:

And there was so much good food! (The parents assured me that the dinosaur nuggets were made from real dinosaur meat)

Afterward, we went out to play on the playground with our buddies. Much fun was had by all.

The school day ended up being very busy. I collapsed into my desk chair after school and fell asleep. I woke with little time to spare before my second Thanksgiving Feast of the day – this time with the Middle School Youth Group from church.

I should have taken a picture of the dessert selections. They were all brought by the kids. There were SO many good things!

After eating, we did a service project. Each year, the church and school collects leftover Halloween candy to be distributed to veterans. It’s called Treats for Troops. The youth group kids bagged the candy in sandwich bags so it could be taken to the distribution place. It was chaotic and fun.

And believe it or not, we bagged it all! Wow!

I have a table with shelves the kitchen that has become a catch-all for home improvement materials. I like that it’s all at my fingertips there in the kitchen, but I don’t like how it looks kind of cluttered. I went looking for some bins or boxes I could use to organize and camouflage the things.

The Container Store! Surely there would be something appropriate. There was indeed, but it was expensive. I didn’t get it.

I did stop at a drug store later though, and get some chocolate covered cherries. They’re the first ones of the Holiday Season! Yum!

Happy Halloween! And Reformation!

Yesterday was the birthday of one of my students. His family brought pizza and cupcakes. The cupcakes were homemade by the student’s sister, and they were delicious!

The family also brought a special treat for all his teachers – chocolate covered strawberries! Wow! They were in a fun container:

And the strawberries themselves were amazing:

They were also delicious! Yum!