We were out shopping so we stopped at Alicias Mexican restaurant, I had a half order of the mixed fajita nachos, they are so good but I can't eat the whole half order way too much. Then we went to Walmart to pick up a few items. I am glad to be home in my recliner.

We normally have a quesadilla on Saturday night and popcorn later, but instead we attended our annual high school Alumni Banquet (just over 200 in attendance). It always includes what I call "old people food" and was catered by a local food market. There were 2 attendees from the 1936 80-year class. Our former principle attended- 97-years old, and science teacher - 88 (both live easy walking distance from the school). Menu: Chicken Fried Steak, Meat Loaf, Smoked Pork Mashed Potatoes, Hash Brown Casserole, Rice Pilaf Green Beans, Corn Fruit Salad, 7-Layer Salad Rolls & Butter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We wait for Colorado peaches in the summer, which are sold in a hotel parking lot once a week during peach season. Otherwise I use frozen and freeze-dried peaches, and an occasional can of spiced sliced peaches.

Salmon patties, made with canned salmon, a little minced onion and green pepper, and dusted with corn meal before browning in ghee....we like them a bit crunchy on the edges. Made a quinoa salad this morning with all kinds of fresh, raw veggies including a bit of seeded jalapeno for some nice heat. It's been marinating in a light vinaigrette all day. I'm going to slice a juicy tomato from the garden just before we eat and serve everything with a bowl of tzatziki with fresh dill on the side.

I am starting to think maybe we should have gone out to eat. I took what I thought was chili out of the freezer Saturday night. Tonight I opened it and it is baked beans. So I thought what will I make now. I made Lipton noodle soup knock off with extra noodles and I will make grilled cheeses with it. DH isn't here yet and since I never ate dinner I thought I would have just a little of it. I always put cinnamon in my CN soup. Well it didn't look very dark to me and I figured it was ginger instead right away. Yes I was right. I had to get that out of there. Good thing it was thick so I could just take the noodles off that it was on. Then I put some cinnamon in it, and I could taste the ginger just slightly. Today I started putting some of the baskets together that I need for Friday. I also made another pan of bars and this caramel sauce from GeniusKitchen. READY IN: 15mins YIELD: 2 1/2 cups UNITS: US Ingredients Nutrition 3⁄4 cup butter 1 1⁄2 cups firmly packed brown sugar 2 tablespoons water 1⁄4 teaspoon salt 3⁄4 cup evaporated milk 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Advertisement Directions Combine butter, brown sugar, water, and salt in a medium sauce pan, over medium heat, stirring constantly. Bring to boil for 3 to 5 minutes depending upon thickness desired. Remove from heat and stir in evaporated milk and vanilla/ I boiled it for 5 minutes. If you want a thinner sauce you don't boil it as long. It turned out really good. I put some in a 1 cup jar and stacked 2 red delicious apples on top of it and then put the cellophane on it. I had seen this at a bake sale 2 weeks ago. I thought it was a cute idea/