Teacher Appreciation Lunch, Version 8

The kids are out of school now, but during the last week of school, I prepared our family’s traditional “Thank You” lunch (from Bon Appetit magazine) for Boy and Girl’s teachers. I have now prepared this same meal for 8 years in a row; I think that I could make it blindfolded….but…it’s reliable, yummy and can be prepped in stages, so lots of it can be done in advance and chilled overnight in the delivery containers, so that it can be delivered in time for lunch. This is especially popular on the day of a field trip. I’ll just tell the teachers not to worry about packing their lunch for the trip and then pack it into a small sack or cooler, with some ice packs to keep it fresh until lunchtime.

Here’s a photo of the meal, as served at home (the side benefit of all of this cooking is that we end up with some leftovers at home):

PS – During the course of all of this cooking, I knocked a jar of paprika out of my cabinet. It hit the granite countertop on the way down to the floor and shattered. I stepped on a piece of glass while trying to get the broom (and my shoes) and got it deeply imbedded in my foot. I ended up having to go to the emergency room to get it removed (this was on Memorial Day). The good news, I guess, is that I now have a current tetanus shot.