Hopefully, summer will bring some relief from the pandemic and you will host a brilliant backyard barbecue with family or friends soon. The smell of meat on the grill, excitable children running around, and the company of people you love. Throwing a barbecue is a fantastic way to show off a new home, celebrate an important date, or just get together with old friends and family. CLICK FOR THE PERFECT KEBABS! The perfect party will impress your guests and leave everyone feeling stuffed and happy. If you are planning your first BBQ, you want to make sure you get it right. Here are a few tips to make the process…
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4 Kitchen Tips for Holiday Entertaining
***this post contains affiliate links Tis the season for holiday entertaining and for us home cooks, that means wonderful aromas being concocted in our kitchens. But don’t be stressed out! In a previous post, 5 Non-Food Thanksgiving Dinner Tips, I mentioned a few things to remember, when hosting a large crowd for a meal. I also created a free strategic dinner party planner, which includes step-by-step, day-by-day how to plan ahead and be prepared for any group dinner event, at your home. However, this post is going to discuss a few items essential to cooking top-quality dishes your guest will love. Follow these tips to relieve yourself of some of…
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Significant Health Benefits In Darker Tomatoes
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of NatureSweet. All opinions are 100% mine. Do not be fooled when you see NatureSweet Eclipses tomatoes at your local supermarket. They may have a deeper color than a traditional red or green tomato, but that color packs a rich, bold flavor and is loaded with health benefits. Why I Eat Dark Tomatoes Tomatoes are a key component in a healthy human diet. Tomatoes are a major source of lycopene followed by beta–carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E. During the ripening process, tomatoes go through a change in pigmentation. All tomatoes start green, then as lycopene accumulates in the skin surface…
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Creating a Dinner Party Strategy
My hubby and I are getting settled into our dream house and after three months, we decided to host our very first dinner party, which means creating a dinner party strategy. He has a rather large family, spread out between several states; therefore, all of us only gather twice or so, each year. Because Christmas is so crazy, this clan celebrates Christmas in January. Creating Your Dinner Party Strategy In the past, hosting a large party would totally stress me out for weeks! However, for this event, I was gonna make sure things were different. I want to share with you a few things which made my life, so much…
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4 Recipes to Use Leftover Holiday Ham
I have four recipes to use your leftover holiday ham from Christmas. Do you plan to make a ham for New Year’s dinner? You are going to have some leftover ham at some point. Don’t throw it away! Strategically plan dinners and snacks, with JoAnn’s Food Bites, and you can rid your fridge of that leftover ham. Inspirational Holiday Ham I was perusing through a Facebook Foodie Forum and stumbled upon a home chef’s post, which read, in most part… “I need inspirational recipes to use up all the leftover ham I have from the holiday.” Which inspired me to do some brainstorming and come up with at least FIVE…
