Green salad with blue cheese dressing.

Modernist Cuisine macoroni and cheese.

Ben’s Hawaiian macoroni salad (winged it).

Jalapeño cheddar weiners from Edelweiss in Portland and Zenner’s Octoberfest Brats on buns with fixings.

Double chocolate pudding filled dark chocolate cupcakes topped with whipped cream (both from The America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook).