Throwing a Tree-Trimming Party
To throw this tree-trimming party at Christmas time, you can do a lot of the work ahead. After you assemble the ingredients and craft supplies, gather the following recipes and then use the party planning [more…]
Cooking For Crowds For Dummies Cheat Sheet
The hardest part about cooking for a crowd is figuring out how much to cook. The quantity you make depends on how many people you're serving, of course, and whether appetizers are pre-meal goodies or the [more…]
Solutions for Dinners in Small Dining Areas
Americans are casual diners, so not everyone has a formal dining room for dinner parties. Whether you just have a small dining room or you are planning a meal for a dozen guests and you don’t have space [more…]
How to Package a Food Gift
After you’ve spent the time to make a delicious gift from your kitchen, take some packaging precautions before sending it. Keep in mind you can never have too much protection when you pack your food gifts [more…]
Choosing a Kosher Beer
For millions of observant Jews around the world, following the kashrut, or Jewish dietary laws, is a very important part of everyday life. Food and drink that are in accord with [more…]
How to Make Food for the Footie as a Student Cook
Footie, rugby, curling, it doesn’t matter what sport’s on the box, cook up these dishes to entertain a bunch of student lads on a night in. Kicking and screaming with flavour, but dead easy to make, you [more…]
How to Make Meaty Snacks for a Party as a Student Cook
Finger food is the perfect thing to cook up for parties and students need their protein. These meaty snacks are easy to pick up and eat, and party-goers can mix and match it with the other food on the [more…]
How to Cook Pleasing Party Snacks as a Student
Cooking crowd pleasing party snacks as a student can be budget friendly and easy. Having a selection of favourites on the table is a great little touch. These recipes will last as people come and go all [more…]
Five Ways to Feel Good Physically during the Holidays
Your physical well-being can take a hit during the holidays. Keeping in shape both physically and mentally can do wonders for you during and after the holiday season. Dedicating just a few minutes a day [more…]
Home-Baked Holiday Gifts: Frosting Tools and Techniques
Decorating homemade cakes and cookies for the holidays can be extremely fun and rewarding. With the tools and techniques described here, you can create beautifully decorated holiday cakes and cookies for [more…]
How to Make Red Velvet Cake for the Holidays
This recipe for red velvet cake is a delicious holiday staple. Enjoy the cake plain or top it with it traditional partner, cream cheese frosting. Either way, the deep red velvet color of the cake is a [more…]
Holiday Treat: How to Make Rolled Sugar Cookies
Everybody appreciates homemade holiday cookies. This recipe for rolled sugar cookies can be cut with any holiday-themed cookie cutters or cut into circles and decorated with simple sprinkles or food coloring [more…]
Frosting and Icing Recipes for Holiday Baking
These recipes for buttercream frosting and royal icing are great for decorating home-baked goods this holiday season. Homemade buttercream frosting tastes so much better than store-bought stuff; and royal [more…]
Ten Tips on How to Plan Your Holiday Menu
Holiday menu design doesn't have to be complicated, but there is an art to it. Some consultants and chefs make big bucks deciding what recipes should be offered on a menu. Your undertaking will be smaller [more…]
Quick and Easy Appetizers and Salads for Holiday Guests
Appetizers and salads are a quick and easy way to add healthy vegetables to holiday meals. Many holiday tables are laden with starches like bread, potatoes, and stuffing but light on the vegetables. Healthy [more…]
Roasted Turkey for a Holiday Meal's Main Course
A beautifully roasted turkey (or roast turkey) is a classic centerpiece of many holiday menus. Deciding what to make for the main course of your holiday meal can be overwhelming, so why not stick with [more…]
Popular Side Dishes for Your Holiday Meal
Side dishes add variety to any holiday meal, whether they're the traditional kind or the more adventurous kind. Here are three fun side dish recipes to try: Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans with Shallots, [more…]
Desserts to End Your Holiday Meal
Dessert is the perfect way to end a holiday meal. Cook up these easy recipes for Apple Pie, Gingerbread, and Peppermint Bark to create sweet treats that are sure to please the holiday palate. [more…]
Eight Holiday Do's and Don'ts
Holiday happiness or holiday horrors? Some of the choices you make ultimately affect your holiday enjoyment (and stress levels!). Here are some tips on what you should and shouldn't do to survive the holidays [more…]
How to Make a Thanksgiving Garland
Making a Thanksgiving garland is an inexpensive and fun craft. To create gorgeous garlands for Thanksgiving, you just string together autumn-themed flowers and ornaments. Drape your garland on banisters [more…]
How to Make Fancy Folded Napkins
An inexpensive way to decorate your holiday table is to make fancy folded napkins. Crisply starched napkins or weighty paper dinner napkins that are folded in interesting shapes bring art to the table [more…]
How to Decorate Your Thanksgiving Table with Homemade Tablecloths
Tablecloths are an inexpensive item to create for holiday decorating. Table coverings add a decorative flair and protect tables, mask ugly scars, or hide unsightly plastic card tables that are used for [more…]
How to Decorate for Thanksgiving with Homemade Pillow Covers
Pillow covers provide you with an easy way to decorate your home for Thanksgiving. You can make several pillow covers to match any holiday or season without having to purchase and store a million different [more…]
Adding Visual Appeal to Your Thanksgiving Meal
You’ve worked hard deciding what foods to serve on Thanksgiving and have chosen the finest ingredients. On Thanksgiving Day, why not create some visual impact with the food you’re going to serve? Here [more…]
Thanksgiving Decorating Ideas from Nature
Even though Thanksgiving conjures up images of pilgrims and Indians, you can choose inexpensive natural items that stray from this traditional decorating theme. For inspiration try spending a day outdoors [more…]
