Pat's favorite foods

It's almost Pat's birthday and the things he loves (besides God, me, and family,) are Baseball (and various other sports), Books, Games, and his Work.  He is excellent at tutoring us in our school work, being the tech guy at our house, and he likes to play basketball with the guys and is really great at it. He is the one who saved Leia's violin lessons when I was ready to give up- I couldn't take it anymore, and he got her to progress and continue. Now he does her lessons and practices as well as Charlie's on the cello. He has served his community all his life and does a lot of good there and through his church service. He has his faults, as we all do, but he is pretty dang amazing! We are very lucky to have him as our main guy!

His favorite thing to do for his birthday would probably be to go to a Giant's baseball game and eat 'In and Out'. Since this is a food blog, here is a list of his favorites for those days we when we celebrate him without travel. I can't believe we live in New Mexico with no In and Outs. 

Appetizers:
Hot-wings with bleu cheese dressing, mozzarella sticks, jalapeno poppers, queso, nachos, 

Soups:
zuppa toscana
baked potato
pasta fagioli
green chili stew

Salads:
Olive Garden Salad, or Waldorf Salad

Mains:
Pastrami sandwich or beef with au jus
Sadies restaurant
Roast with mashed potatoes and gravy
chicken cordon bleu
macaroni and cheese with sausage
thai curry
chinese food
Rudy's BBQ
tacos/burritos at Chipotle
5 Guys Burgers or Red Robin
Saggios calzones
Suishi

Dessert:
Caramel shake
Pumpkin Pie
Cheesecake with cherry sauce
Cinnamon rolls
Lemon cake
funnel cakes
brownies
angel food cake
caramels or ice cream with caramel sauce
cherry pie
banana cream pie

Drinks:
Root beer
Strawberry lemonade
whole milk

Pat loves these cereals every October for his birthday. This year, he bought himself 18 boxes. Ridiculous. He did share them with everyone though.