Happy Friday! We made it. This week, the menu was designed to be a collection of make ahead ideas. These are recipes that can either be completely made in advance (the soup and muffins), set it for hours and not think about it (the carnitas) or assembled, and baked off at dinner time, or delivered or frozen (the pasta bake). The carnitas has headnotes about how to roll it into two different meals, and there are always tacos! Always. Lastly, because we need a little something for Mother's Day, is an overnight French Toast bake. You can roast the strawberries and assemble the whole thing the night before, then bake it off in the morning. It has craggly, sweet and custardy pockets and is so decadent and delicious with a swoop of whipping cream.

Hope it is a great weekend for all of you, whatever it may bring. Don't hesitate with questions. Hugs!