Success!

Meatballs in honey garlic sauce, fresh market salad with mandarin dressing & perogies.

We did it! We served 'Off the Menu" specials at a price of $10 a plate, the whole month of August!! It was a fun and fresh culinary challenge and I think I enjoyed it as much as our guests!

Ultimately, I did meatballs a little more often that I would have really liked, but they were our most popular dishes! We did them in marinara sauce, honey garlic sauce, mushroom gravy and as sweet and sour meatballs. Some we served with perogies, others with fries and twice with salads!  So it never really was the same dish repeated.

Meatballs with mushroom gravy, steamed snow peas, fries & coleslaw

Right now we are doing analysis as to sales, production costs and sustainability. I am also looking to our guests for feedback and to learn what their hopes are for the future on this project.

Overall, it met my personal goals of re-energizing the staff, myself included. It also generated interest from the community and we earned some new fans. It also served a purpose, to nourish seniors and singles who weren't otherwise cooking well-rounded, nutritional meals at home for themselves. That fact can't be overlooked.

The quality of meals were exceptional. I'm quite proud of that. The daily photos on our Facebook page were definitely a visual hit too.

I hope to have a direction for this project in the coming weeks. I don't see that it has reached its end!