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TheBeachHouse

TheBeachHouse

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(Forgive if this is a frequent topic, I couldn't find any threads.)
Do you put out snacks? What kind? Do you have afternoon tea or other gatherings? Are they every day or at your whim?
We have put out a bowl of bananas, apples and Fiber One or Special K bars. The apples don't go, but the bananas and bars do. Other ideas?
 
Those look very very easy! Thanks.
My kid suggested that the muffins I made were too sugary - not healthy and that we need more healthy food. I replied that (from what I see here) people expect breakfast pastries and muffins and aren't here for granola.
Any comments on that? I've seen people go straight for the coffee cake. The yogurts are not going nearly as quickly. And no one seems interested in the less sugary cereals.
 
We do cookies, coffee cakes, stuff like that. It's out from around 3 PM until morning. We have a covered cake stand. It really and truly depends on who is here. The coffee cake goes almost every time. The cookies are iffy. And yet some people will see coffee cake and say, 'You didn't make...?' so who knows.
Guests can eat the stuff or not. If the pound cake is leftover it shows up as a breakfast item with berries on top.
 
TheBeachHouse said:
Those look very very easy! Thanks.
My kid suggested that the muffins I made were too sugary - not healthy and that we need more healthy food. I replied that (from what I see here) people expect breakfast pastries and muffins and aren't here for granola.
Any comments on that? I've seen people go straight for the coffee cake. The yogurts are not going nearly as quickly. And no one seems interested in the less sugary cereals..
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TheBeachHouse said:
Those look very very easy! Thanks.
My kid suggested that the muffins I made were too sugary - not healthy and that we need more healthy food. I replied that (from what I see here) people expect breakfast pastries and muffins and aren't here for granola.
Any comments on that? I've seen people go straight for the coffee cake. The yogurts are not going nearly as quickly. And no one seems interested in the less sugary cereals.
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Don't beat yourself over the head. You'll get guests who will be happy to tell you exactly the opposite of what you put out. Healthy? They want sugar. Sweet? They'll complain there was no 'protein'. So, do what you've been doing. Yogurts, sweets, fruit, cereals. As long as they know in advance no one should complain. (HA, I am ROFLMAO.)
 
We have our special cookies available for them any time in a cookie jar. We also have an endless supply of individually wrapped biscotti and red vines out all the time by the beverage area. The biscotti are great for those guests used to getting up early and are hungry. They can have a cup of coffee and a biscotti or two to hold them over until breakfast.
We don't do any social hour type thing because I'm tied enough to this place. Sometimes I will bake some brownies, or other goodies and put it out on a pedestal cake plate with dome and they can take if they'd like. That only happens when I'm in the mood (which isn't very often). It does happen more during holidays.
 
TheBeachHouse said:
Those look very very easy! Thanks.
My kid suggested that the muffins I made were too sugary - not healthy and that we need more healthy food. I replied that (from what I see here) people expect breakfast pastries and muffins and aren't here for granola.
Any comments on that? I've seen people go straight for the coffee cake. The yogurts are not going nearly as quickly. And no one seems interested in the less sugary cereals..
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TheBeachHouse said:
...people expect breakfast pastries and muffins and aren't here for granola.
Any comments on that?
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I don't get out of town a lot. When I do travel, I'm not on my diet! Give me the good stuff, not necessarily the healthy stuff!
 
TheBeachHouse said:
Those look very very easy! Thanks.
My kid suggested that the muffins I made were too sugary - not healthy and that we need more healthy food. I replied that (from what I see here) people expect breakfast pastries and muffins and aren't here for granola.
Any comments on that? I've seen people go straight for the coffee cake. The yogurts are not going nearly as quickly. And no one seems interested in the less sugary cereals..
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Any muffins are simple to make and you can freeze them too. Me...I was and am a baker. So I had some sort of cookies / brownies / cake, tarts etc out every day for the guests as evening dessert.
Put them in their room. They knew they were coming...so where ever they ate, the restaurant knew better to ask if they wanted dessert if they told them they were staying at our place. -) People always seemed to appreciate the extra goodies. But...you will have some who will really help themselves to anything and everything. That is why I switched to putting things in their room rather than just leaving things out for the "hogs.' ;-)
 
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
 
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off..
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TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
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We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
 
Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off..
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TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
Click to expand...
We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
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Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
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We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
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I was kind of planning on making Sunday breakfast sort of special. Not sure how, yet. But that doesn't mean making Sunday 'nice' and the rest of the week inadequate. LOL
Some thoughts - parfait bar. fruit salad.
 
TheBeachHouse said:
Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off..
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TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
Click to expand...
We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
.
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Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
Click to expand...
We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
Click to expand...
I was kind of planning on making Sunday breakfast sort of special. Not sure how, yet. But that doesn't mean making Sunday 'nice' and the rest of the week inadequate. LOL
Some thoughts - parfait bar. fruit salad.
.
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TheBeachHouse said:
Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
Click to expand...
We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
Click to expand...
I was kind of planning on making Sunday breakfast sort of special. Not sure how, yet. But that doesn't mean making Sunday 'nice' and the rest of the week inadequate. LOL
Some thoughts - parfait bar. fruit salad.
Click to expand...
Ha, not you! It's just what we all find out while traveling.
Like the (now boring to everyone else) story of the innkeepers who left us with a burned breakfast casserole and told us to serve ourselves, 'Just cut around the burned parts, there's still plenty there for the 6 of you.' And off the innkeeper went. Probably to see if there was any annoying thing left in the bag of tricks to try out on us. (No heat, 10 watt lightbulbs, no drinking on the property, THEIR clothes in the dressers & closets, non-stop telling of their tale of woe concerning the high cost of everything.)
 
Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off..
Click to expand...
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
Click to expand...
We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
.
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Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
Click to expand...
We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
Click to expand...
I was kind of planning on making Sunday breakfast sort of special. Not sure how, yet. But that doesn't mean making Sunday 'nice' and the rest of the week inadequate. LOL
Some thoughts - parfait bar. fruit salad.
.
Click to expand...
TheBeachHouse said:
Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
Click to expand...
We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
Click to expand...
I was kind of planning on making Sunday breakfast sort of special. Not sure how, yet. But that doesn't mean making Sunday 'nice' and the rest of the week inadequate. LOL
Some thoughts - parfait bar. fruit salad.
Click to expand...
Ha, not you! It's just what we all find out while traveling.
Like the (now boring to everyone else) story of the innkeepers who left us with a burned breakfast casserole and told us to serve ourselves, 'Just cut around the burned parts, there's still plenty there for the 6 of you.' And off the innkeeper went. Probably to see if there was any annoying thing left in the bag of tricks to try out on us. (No heat, 10 watt lightbulbs, no drinking on the property, THEIR clothes in the dressers & closets, non-stop telling of their tale of woe concerning the high cost of everything.)
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Ha, not you! It's just what we all find out while traveling.
Like the (now boring to everyone else) story of the innkeepers who left us with a burned breakfast casserole and told us to serve ourselves, 'Just cut around the burned parts, there's still plenty there for the 6 of you.' And off the innkeeper went. Probably to see if there was any annoying thing left in the bag of tricks to try out on us. (No heat, 10 watt lightbulbs, no drinking on the property, THEIR clothes in the dressers & closets, non-stop telling of their tale of woe concerning the high cost of everything.)
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Ok, now I can live with sharing the dresser, bad conversations, low light, more sweaters......but no drinking??? That's a deal breaker. I'm outa' here!
 
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off..
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Oh, that sound better than the individually package donuts, dingdongs and twinkies that I've seen as "continental" breakfast. I'm sorry, but since the continent we are talking about is Europe and I've never seen a packaged dingdong or twinkie in Europe... that's not a continental breakfast!
Reminds me of some of the discount hotel chains. A microwaved breakfast sandwich doesn't make it "full breakfast".
 
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off..
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TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
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I can meet you and up ya one:
a) One cup of Instant coffee, or tea, ONE slice each of thin storebought white toast with a choice or marmalade, or margarine. We paid extra for the continental breakfast through British Airways. London
b) Then the B&B who had a Mr Coffee (which was empty when we approached it) and a bag of storebought white bread FROM the freezer and still frozen to make your own toast) and a bowl of oranges. I took the oranges. Townsville, Queensland Australia
c) A banana divided up between the innkeeping couple who sat with us and shared the table uninvited, and what we thought, and still do think, was french toast made from a hot dog bun. She called it stuffed french toast, we called it a hot dog bun. Also flavored coffee that gave us a rotting gut...We had to leave after breakfast and go get breakfast. Bristol Tennessee
c) an Entennman's pack of Danish and a pot of coffee. I actually didn't mind this one, to be honest. It was a take with you and sit outside type thing, so didn't worry me. Palm Springs, CALF
Wait! Guests told me about the place where the owner came by and put a dozen krispy kreme on the counter and left. I forgot about that, it was also TN. We had a great laugh, and I said "Hm I actually really like Krispy Kreme..."
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Joey Bloggs said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off..
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TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
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I can meet you and up ya one:
a) One cup of Instant coffee, or tea, ONE slice each of thin storebought white toast with a choice or marmalade, or margarine. We paid extra for the continental breakfast through British Airways. London
b) Then the B&B who had a Mr Coffee (which was empty when we approached it) and a bag of storebought white bread FROM the freezer and still frozen to make your own toast) and a bowl of oranges. I took the oranges. Townsville, Queensland Australia
c) A banana divided up between the innkeeping couple who sat with us and shared the table uninvited, and what we thought, and still do think, was french toast made from a hot dog bun. She called it stuffed french toast, we called it a hot dog bun. Also flavored coffee that gave us a rotting gut...We had to leave after breakfast and go get breakfast. Bristol Tennessee
c) an Entennman's pack of Danish and a pot of coffee. I actually didn't mind this one, to be honest. It was a take with you and sit outside type thing, so didn't worry me. Palm Springs, CALF
Wait! Guests told me about the place where the owner came by and put a dozen krispy kreme on the counter and left. I forgot about that, it was also TN. We had a great laugh, and I said "Hm I actually really like Krispy Kreme..."
devil_smile.gif

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One of our first B & B stays way back in 1983 in a Toronto Victorian..I don't think operates any longer. Greeted at 4 PM by an innkeeper in a bathrobe who looks like she just got up! 2 towels for the whole week, never made the room up. First day down...Cornflakes in a bowl with a cup of coffee sitting out. That was it!!! When asked is this breakfast? She said...that's all I can do. If you want something...make it yourself...just help yourself to anything!!!
OMG!!! So I spent the week, showing her how to use her new kitchen equipment and teaching her how to do some basic cooking. Did we get a discount? NOT ON YOUR LIFE!!
The only redeeming feature of the stay was that she owned the beautiful white "FANCY FEAST" cat...at that time..Padma. She made the trip worthwhile :)
 
TheBeachHouse said:
Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off..
Click to expand...
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
Click to expand...
We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
.
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Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
Click to expand...
We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
Click to expand...
I was kind of planning on making Sunday breakfast sort of special. Not sure how, yet. But that doesn't mean making Sunday 'nice' and the rest of the week inadequate. LOL
Some thoughts - parfait bar. fruit salad.
.
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TheBeachHouse said:
Madeleine said:
TheBeachHouse said:
I stayed at a place once that advertised continental breakfast. They had coffee, tea and a plate of store bought doughnuts. I am not kidding. I was soooo disappointed. Kind of p!ssed off.
Click to expand...
We stayed at a place where the owners had outside employment. On Sunday we had a nice breakfast. On Monday we found 2 boxes of cereal on the table and a couple of pints of milk.
I think traveling is good for innkeepers. It lets us see either how well we're doing things or how we can improve. (That also applies to amenities, hospitality and cleaning!)
Click to expand...
I was kind of planning on making Sunday breakfast sort of special. Not sure how, yet. But that doesn't mean making Sunday 'nice' and the rest of the week inadequate. LOL
Some thoughts - parfait bar. fruit salad.
Click to expand...
Ha, not you! It's just what we all find out while traveling.
Like the (now boring to everyone else) story of the innkeepers who left us with a burned breakfast casserole and told us to serve ourselves, 'Just cut around the burned parts, there's still plenty there for the 6 of you.' And off the innkeeper went. Probably to see if there was any annoying thing left in the bag of tricks to try out on us. (No heat, 10 watt lightbulbs, no drinking on the property, THEIR clothes in the dressers & closets, non-stop telling of their tale of woe concerning the high cost of everything.)
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Ha, not you! It's just what we all find out while traveling.
Like the (now boring to everyone else) story of the innkeepers who left us with a burned breakfast casserole and told us to serve ourselves, 'Just cut around the burned parts, there's still plenty there for the 6 of you.' And off the innkeeper went. Probably to see if there was any annoying thing left in the bag of tricks to try out on us. (No heat, 10 watt lightbulbs, no drinking on the property, THEIR clothes in the dressers & closets, non-stop telling of their tale of woe concerning the high cost of everything.)
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Ok, now I can live with sharing the dresser, bad conversations, low light, more sweaters......but no drinking??? That's a deal breaker. I'm outa' here!
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TheBeachHouse said:
......but no drinking??? That's a deal breaker. I'm outa' here!
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EmptyNest said:
TheBeachHouse said:
Those look very very easy! Thanks.
My kid suggested that the muffins I made were too sugary - not healthy and that we need more healthy food. I replied that (from what I see here) people expect breakfast pastries and muffins and aren't here for granola.
Any comments on that? I've seen people go straight for the coffee cake. The yogurts are not going nearly as quickly. And no one seems interested in the less sugary cereals..
Click to expand...
Any muffins are simple to make and you can freeze them too. Me...I was and am a baker. So I had some sort of cookies / brownies / cake, tarts etc out every day for the guests as evening dessert.
Put them in their room. They knew they were coming...so where ever they ate, the restaurant knew better to ask if they wanted dessert if they told them they were staying at our place. -) People always seemed to appreciate the extra goodies. But...you will have some who will really help themselves to anything and everything. That is why I switched to putting things in their room rather than just leaving things out for the "hogs.' ;-)
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Here the welcome snacks are in the room when they arrive.
 
EmptyNest said:
TheBeachHouse said:
Those look very very easy! Thanks.
My kid suggested that the muffins I made were too sugary - not healthy and that we need more healthy food. I replied that (from what I see here) people expect breakfast pastries and muffins and aren't here for granola.
Any comments on that? I've seen people go straight for the coffee cake. The yogurts are not going nearly as quickly. And no one seems interested in the less sugary cereals..
Click to expand...
Any muffins are simple to make and you can freeze them too. Me...I was and am a baker. So I had some sort of cookies / brownies / cake, tarts etc out every day for the guests as evening dessert.
Put them in their room. They knew they were coming...so where ever they ate, the restaurant knew better to ask if they wanted dessert if they told them they were staying at our place. -) People always seemed to appreciate the extra goodies. But...you will have some who will really help themselves to anything and everything. That is why I switched to putting things in their room rather than just leaving things out for the "hogs.' ;-)
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Any special b'day or anniversary goodies are also waiting in the room.
 
We put spiced biscotti (homemade) out with the early coffee in the morning - about 90 minutes before the start of breakfast service.
In the afternoon, it's a plate of cookies (sometimes homemade, often from a local small bakery) and a snack basket with individual bags of pretzels, cheese popcorn or pirate's booty, various granola bars (including gluten-free and protein), whole-grain crackers (peanut butter, cheese), peanuts, trail mix and a few local apples.
Some days hardly anything is gone; other days you can tell that someone has opted out of buying dinner and instead made a meal from the snack basket. The apples are always the last things to go.
 

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