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Monday, November 11, 2019

Best Laid Plans . . .My Coffee Hour Duty This Weekend

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I had the best of intentions and a pretty great plan. Needing 4  1/2 dozen treats, I was going to use some of the frozen chicken legs/thighs, a portion of bread dough, and a bit of tomato paste, garlic, and herbs to make mini pockets for our church's coffee hour on Sunday. I knew this would take most of Saturday to put together, but I was prepared for this -- nothing major on my calendar for the day.

And then it happened. At first, it was just a little itch in my throat on Friday afternoon. Then on Saturday morning, I awoke fatigued and feeling awful, totally blowing my plans to cook some snacks and treats on Saturday. Finding a last-minute sub has proven to be really hard for this role.

I laid in bed and brainstormed all of my options. Both daughters had their own busy schedules on Saturday and cooking coffee hour treats isn't my husband's preferred way to spend a weekend afternoon. So I was limited to something pre-made or super-duper easy to make. 

I knew I could count on almost 2  1/2 dozen gingersnap cookies that I had in a tin from baking earlier in the week. But I would still need another couple dozen snacks. That's when I remembered that Fred Meyer had 8-oz blocks of cheese on sale over the weekend. So I pulled myself together for a quickie trip to the store, where I bought 1 block of cheese and a package of marked down pepperoni. 

I figured that if I just stayed in bed and rested for the rest of Saturday, took vitamin C throughout the day, and made an early bedtime for myself, by Sunday morning I would be able to make some little bites using the cheese, pepperoni, and toothpicks.

a couple of the iced gingersnap cookies

The next morning, I did feel almost like my normal self. The cheese and meat mini-kabobs were quick to pull together on Sunday morning when I was feeling better. (The kabobs looked almost identical to what is pictured at the top of this page, just skipping the olives. Taking photos was the last thing on my mind.) The total cost was $3.28 (cheese and pepperoni) for 32 individual snacks. Considering I was hoping to make something non-sweet, the cost was not too bad and certainly better than any other savory, purchased snack. It all worked out. Maybe not as inexpensive as I'd hoped, but no one is ever perfectly anything.

By the way, I've made mini cheese kabobs on several occasions, and they are very quick to assemble and always a hit on a buffet or snack bar.


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