friday morning

it is friday morning so that means waffles and bacon with maple syrup. it also means this hectic week is almost over. the week will likely be the busiest one of the season. the new students were here taking atv and defensive driving courses. we topped out with 42 folks. this means alot of work for me so i am pleased to see the end of this work week. the campers enjoyed the meals i made for them so all the effort put into preparing, cooking, baking and cleaning was more than worth it. the banana crumble cake with butterscotch sauce was a big hit after dinner on wednesday. also the pasta puttanesca with rosemary bread for lunch and of course the roast beef for wednesday dinner and the baked salmon for thursday dinner were very appreciated. it is asparagus season so i will be serving it as one of the three or four vegetables at dinner till late june. i love asparagus! i usually steam it in a vertical steamer but also like to roast/bake the asparagus after tossing it with olive oil.
my plan to bake larger batches of cookies, snacks and desserts worked well this week. the scorebar oatcrisps i baked on monday lastest till wednesday night. just long enough so i could bake the chocolate chip cookies on thursday. i have baked chocolate chip cookies on thursdays for over a decade now. duty calls so i must away.