Entertaining July 2nd, 2011 by

4th of July

4th of July is a great time to celebrate with friends, family, neighbors, and guest.  Be sure to enjoy your time and be safe too.  Choose recipes that are easy to prepare, keeping in mind your setting.  If you’re serving mayonnaise based food it needs to be on ice.   Also consider how to cover your [...]

Spring and Strawberries

Celebrate Spring with Strawberries. check out cooking magazines and websites to prepare your favorite dish with strawberries![...]

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Make a committment to you – try something new!

If this is on your bucket list – good for you.  Try something new.  Try cooking Thai food.  Generally you can find all the ingredients at your local grocery store. If you have an Asian market near you – ch[...]

Super Bowl Sunday – and easy dip

Here’s an easy dip for home made Onion Dip 1 Spanish Onion – saute and caramelized with 2 tbs of Olive Oil and 1/2 tsp of salt 9 mins 8 oz of cream cheese 6 tbs of sour cream 1 tbs of fresh thyme Combine all [...]

Cooking with purpose

Make yourself a stock pot of chicken stock!  Find yourself chicken legs, onion (skin and all), celery, carrot, a bundle of herbs and 8 qts. of water.  Bring to a boil.  Simmer for 2 hours.  Strain your liquid. Use Ch[...]

do you need to clean up your holiday clutter? throw a party

in the dead of winter, you never feel much like cleaning let alone putting away those holiday dishes.  But fear not, spring will be here soon and you’ll want to think about being outside and adding some fresh Vita[...]

Putting the holidays away

The best thing to do with the holiday decorations is putting them in plastic bins.  Why? Because when you put things in a plastic bin you can see clearly what the stuff is.  Invest in plastic bins and do yourself a wor[...]

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Cookie Time

Host a cookie exchange this holiday season. It’s a great way to try different cookies AND it makes things easier for you because you only have to make 1 cookie type. Plan accordingly. You may need to make up to 12 [...]

Holiday Decorating

Keep it simple!!! and stress free.   A great door wreath is always welcoming for carolers, guests, and Santa!!! Check out specials for a wreath that expresses you.  Go on line, check out the  local nursery, craft sto[...]

Line up your tables, chairs and linens

Are you hosting Thanksgiving?  Need chairs, tables and linens?  Check out your local party rental store.  They generally have all that you need at very affordable prices. At this point, you should have a good idea of [...]