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Friday night was the annual FFA banquet at school. Current officers say goodbye. Next year’s officers say hello. Lots of food, fellowship and all of the FFA traditions.  FFA has been important in our family for a long time. My dad was in FFA. My brother and four of our six kids have been involved in it, and in addition, a son-in-law was a National FFA officer and worked for the National FFA organization after graduating from college. It is a great group with dedicated, hard-working advisors, fosters leadership skills, communication skills, gives kids a chance to excel in something other than sports. Enough of the unsolicited endorsement of the FFA!

Friday’s banquet was a carry-in dinner. JR is a sophomore, so we are assigned to bring a vegetable dish. I always try to bring teenage-friendly dishes as so many of the foods are casseroles, of which kids are innately suspicious (some grown up kids too!).  So I try to keep it simple and take foods that teens like.  I kicked around mac n cheese, not a vegetable, but a side dish-always popular. Then I thought Texas potatoes with those delightful cornflake crunchies on top. Hmmm, how about cowboy beans? We haven’t had them in a while. Then I thought, hey, what about those Tater Tot & bacon things we had at my niece’s shower? JR loved them. They were gone in a flash. Great! Decision made!

So I threw together a couple of hundred Tater Tot Piggies.Did the kids enjoy them? I think so! By the time we made it through the food line, they were gone. I can’t wait to serve them at a tailgate next fall!