This giveaway is in conjunction with my post and giveaway on Around My Family Table about holiday entertaining. You may enter both giveaways, but can only win once.
$25 Whole Foods Gift Card Giveaway
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About WendyWendy is married to her high school sweetheart, is a mom to 2 children, and lives in Mesa! She shares her family friendly recipes at Around My Family Table. Live threw her a curve ball after a life threatening dairy allergy and wheat allergy emerged in 2012, so now many of her recipes are gluten and dairy free. When she's not cooking find her on Pinterestor Instagram!
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Lean toward casual get togethers. Always be willing to add a few more people, don’t leave anyone alone that you know about.
My best entertaining tip is to provide lots of alcohol.
Keep it simple and easy with make ahead foods so you can enjoy your guests.
try to have the foor prepared before guests arrive so u can spend time with them and not in the kitchen
TRy to have as much done the day before as possible!! Invite a co host to help
Plan ahead, prepare ahead and then just have fun
I like to prep as much before so I can entertain and enjoy my company
Do as much cooking, baking and shopping as you can do ahead of time 🙂
Just have fun!
Just invite – don’ t over think that everyone will be too busy…..
stay organized with lists and use coupons to save money
Dont’ get as hung up on the food preparation as being open and welcoming to people. There are many people the holiday is not a fun time, but you can try to remember a few. Keep your menu flexible enough so if you have a few more or less than expected, it won’t feel ruined in your mind. Have a good time. Enjoy!
Invite a mix of people.
Prep as much as you can ahead of time. Keep things simple, so you can spend time with family and friends and not in the kitchen the whole time.
I do lots of prep in advance and often have an interactive food like fondue or chili with toppings to let everyone customize their meal
music and food (:
my tip is to make sure there is some vegetarian food in your menu as some people can be vegetarians
My only real tip is prepare as far in advance as you can and write lists to help you keep track
Keep things simple.
Plan ahead and make some things the day before.
My best holiday tip is make at least one food year after year and only make it on the holidays. Our family’s is homemade cinnamon rolls – everyone looks forward to it
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Potluck meals are always a hit.
Play Christmas movies on tv 🙂
Make sure you have lots of wine.
Try to do as much in advance as possible.
set a budget
Thanks for the giveaway! Janna Johnson jannajanna@hotmail.com Janna@feedyourpig on gfc
Do as much as possible before people arrive.
Keep it simple and don’t freak out about striving for perfection. People remember the company more than the place settings.
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make things day before
Have lots of snacks and drinks on hand.
Plan a simple menu that will allow you to spend time with your guests.
make sure the seating is COMFORTABLE.
We love to set aside a day when people can just drop in as they please with lots of snacks and drinks around. It’s so much fun to have our friends meet each other
Play board games, party games, have a white elephant exchange gift with friends!
make sure take time to enjoy it rather than being bogged down by details
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1. keep it simple
2Let friends bring parts of the meal
3 cheaper and easier, no alochol
4paper plates!
Have good libations
My best tip is to just take time for yourself to relax at some point during the holidays!
prep prep prep!
My best entertaining tip is to make things as simple as possible by buying prepared foods.
Do potluck so you aren’t spending the whole day in the kitchen.
My tip is to keep it simple. Make a small selection of a variety of foods, and try to stick to ones that you know are crowd pleasers and that can be enjoyed by everyone.
lots of food, music and I like to have little gift things by door for when they leave
when i entertain over the holidays i try to get as much prepared ahead of time as possible and then i ask for help so that i can enjoy the party
have the store make your meat and cheese platters, saves time on a busy time of the year
My best holiday entertaining tip is to do as much as possible ahead of time. Lots of holiday favorite dishes can be rewarmed very well.
Have everyone bring their favorite dish to spread the work around.
Thanks for the giveaway…keep the food & drink on the light side for casual get-togethers.