Hi Karen and Doreen, thanks for your ideas...I plan to incorporate a couple. Re: the soup...thought I'd go with a more traditional chinese version of it, (no cheese). I also really like the custard type of dessert idea. Trying the new stirfry veggie recipe I found tonight for supper, so I'll see how that works. One other night this week I'll experiment with the custard.

These folks are lucky this time, I usually just make new recipes and 99% of the time everything is a hit. Most folks are just pleased to be at someone else's table and that they are cooking!! (Isn't this the truth).

Appreciate you both taking the time to give me some recipes. It's so nice to have experts to help out!!