Happy Thanksgiving!

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Winter Menu Highlights:

Comfort Food

Smells Like Thanksgiving

As a child, the minute the weather changed and the season turned to Fall, my Mom and I would make pumpkin bread. This recipe has been in our family for some time now, and I swear it’s the best one out there...

What To Eat While Thanksgiving Dinner is Cooking:

Family Pumpkin Bread

You know how sometimes you catch a quick whiff of something, and the memories come flooding back? Smells can evoke memories, and suddenly transport you back to other places and times in a way that nothing else can. The smell of pumpkin bread does this for me.
As a child, the minute the weather changed and the season turned to Fall, my Mom and I would make pumpkin bread. This recipe has been in our family for some time now, and I swear it’s the best one out there – and there are many. Something about that magical mix of cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and cinnamon perfectly smells like Thanksgiving to me. When I started my own family, I knew that this tradition was worth carrying on.

Ingredients:
- 3 cups Sugar

- 1 cup Corn Oil

- 4 Eggs Beaten

- 1 16oz. Can Pumpkin (or 2 cups)

- 3 1/2 cups Flour

- 1 teas. Baking Powder

- 2 teas. Baking Soda

- 1/2 teas. Cloves

- 2 teas. Salt

- 1 teas. Cinnamon

- 1 teas. Nutmeg

- 1 teas. All Spice

- 2/3 cup Water

Directions:
- Combine sugar, oil, eggs and the pumpkin

- Sift dry ingredients and add to the pumpkin mixture.

- Add 2/3 cup of water and pour into a Bunot pan or loaf.

- Grease and flower the pan.

- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until done.

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Thanksgiving Activities For The Kids

One of our most popular entrees! A chicken and vegetable dumpling, pan-seared and served over a bed of steamed whole-grain brown rice, served with side of crunchy edamame. You'll love biting into the warm, juicy dumplings and experience hot lunch at its best!

Potstickers

Perfectly seasoned ABF chicken meatballs served with classic Swedish Meatball sauce and mashed potatoes. Delectably Swedish. Perfectly Done.

Swedish Meatballs

While the parents are preparing dinner and catching up, what are the kids to do?? Below we have cool arts and craft activities and fun games to play!

Every day we work tirelessly getting food to your kid's lunch table. We know lunch is quite possibly the biggest highlight of their day and we want to put smiles on all of their faces. When we receive thank you messages from all of our wonderful schools, it truly makes our days, our months and our years. For Thanksgiving, we'll be gathering around for dinner thankful for all the Thanks we get from all of you!

We're Thankful For The "Thank Yous"

Five-Cheese Ravioli

Five cheese ravioli blanketed in our authentic marinara sauce. Grandma would be proud!

Shepherd's Pie

A kid-favorite version of this traditional British casserole that layers all-natural antibiotic-free ground beef, mashed potatoes, sweet corn, and cheddar cheese. This is our CEO, Justin's favorite - and it just so happens to naturally be gluten-free!

Roasted Turkey w/ Mashed Potatoes & Stuffing

Homestyle, oven roasted turkey breast carved and served over creamy mashed potatoes and homemade stuffing, and topped with turkey gravy.

Spaghetti Marinara

An Italian original - Barilla whole-grain spaghetti tossed with our signature meatless marinara sauce. Simply delicious!

GAMES

CRAFTS

Turkey Waddle Race

Turkey Bowl

Thanksgiving Food Race

Turkey Tag

Turkey Feather Race

Feather Hunt

Pine Cone Turkey

Hand-print Turkey

Leafman Craft

Leaf Rubbings

Thanksgiving Necklaces

Thanksgiving Building