Recipe for the fruit soup, please
QUOTE=borntoquilt;7569573]When at a re-treat with dinners involved.... divide the number of dinners by the amount of quilters. (example: 4 dinners, 8 quilters = 2 quilters to a group) each group decides on what they want to "MAKE" for ONE DINNER. Of course you need to pre-plan all this in advance to make sure you have all the ingredients you'll need, each night is accounted for.(no duplicates ??) Each night a different GROUP cooks dinner. We have done this for retreats, camping trip, family reunions, etc. The BEST part of all is that you have to cook (and clean up) only ONE MEAL for the entire retreat. Anything goes but crock pots are highly utilized. We had a girls only camping trip a few years ago. We were out for 4 nights. We had enough gals that breakfast was also cooked by different groups. Lunch was "bring your own" as we were usually out hiking somewhere at noon. When YOUR group dinner is over you just sit back and relax while the next group cooks.... easy peasy ! Of course there are lots of snacks, extra salads and desserts that show up. NO ONE has EVER gone hungry. One year we had a FRIENDLY competition between a few groups. OH MY ! We ate like royalty ! My group included my friend and me! We signed up for the last breakfast. Probably about 20 + gals on this trip... We had scrambled eggs, bacon, bagels with cream cheese and Fruit Soup(served with a dollop of cottage cheese on top!) which we made ahead of time and froze. It acted as ICE in the cooler and was perfectly thawed and chilled (after being in the cooler for 4 days) by the time it was eaten....clean up was a breeze, too ! Needless to say, there was NO FOOD left when clean up time came! Wash a few dishes and we were done! Off on another hike ! More hands make less work...... Happy Quilting !![/QUOTE]