Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Week 5


It’s the big week y’all. The. Big. Week. More specifically Staff Week, which means time to put my business plan and recipe development into action.  The whole week was spent preparing for the Staff Health Fair on Thursday, where we had our free food, allergy awareness information, and game wheel to win a pedometer.  Time management was definitely the key phrase of the week, as we had food to prepare, carts to pack, emails to send, and posters to make.  It was also a week to just roll with the punches, which is a trait/skill I’m constantly trying to work on.  Nothing is ever going to go the way you think it’s going to, so it’s best to just work on what you can control and focus on the end product. 

The game/information side of the booth

Besides some small hiccups along the way, I thought the fair and our booth went well.  People were eager to try some vegan, gluten free, bean tacos and, as the kitchen calls them, my “spicy cookies” a.k.a. Mexican Hot Chocolate cookies.  The only thing we had left over were beans, which made clean up pretty easy.  All 25 copies of the recipes we brought were taken, so that’s got to mean it was a success!  Since Sam and I made all the food ourselves, it felt like a pretty big win for this cooking newbie. The highlight has got to be Sam giving her stamp of approval on the taco beans, being the ultimate picky eater that she is.  It was definitely a learning experience, but it was also a lot of fun getting to interact with everyone at the booth and hopefully teach them something new about food allergies and that having a food restriction does mean you have to sacrifice good food or flavor. 

The "Spicy" Cookies
Our beautiful rainbow of taco toppings
The final taco product, served on a brown rice tortilla 

The lovely Sam enjoying some of the taco beans

As a treat for making it through the week, I got to help hand out turkey legs at the staff picnic on Friday.  When I say treat, I do mean treat.  We could not have asked for nicer weather and I definitely remembered to wear sunscreen this time.  It’s good to see how interactive this department is with not only the students, but also the staff and showing our appreciation for everything they do.  They do not skimp on good food either; these turkey legs were gigantic and practically flying out of the pans!  



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