SAVE ON HOLIDAY MEALS
December 15th 2011 18:11
Having a bunch or relatives or friends over for a holiday
season meal? Why not skip the expensive menu items?
Sure it may be Christmas or New Years Eve but that's
no reason to blow your weekly food budget.
Rather than serve an expensive hunk of beef or ham
as the meal's main attraction, how about going creative
vegetarian this year?
Vegetables are less expensive and it's easy to make
a veggie casserole taste great. There are so many wonderful
vegetarian cookbooks out there and free recipes all over the web.
Besides the heathy eating selling point to dinner guests,
vegetarian dishes can be really colorful--vibrant red peppers,
fresh green beans, those enticing orange squash hues.
If you must gravitate towards traditional meat and potatoes
entrees to come old Uncle Joe happy, pick up a frozen
turkey at a good price per pound. Go big. Then you have a
week's worth of leftover turkey for sandwiches, casseroles,
or salads.
People always ask, "what can I bring?" Well, at least most of them
do. Have them bring the pricey cocktail hour finger food like
shrimp or an assortment of cheese. Tell another they can bring
dessert.
season meal? Why not skip the expensive menu items?
Sure it may be Christmas or New Years Eve but that's
no reason to blow your weekly food budget.
Rather than serve an expensive hunk of beef or ham
as the meal's main attraction, how about going creative
vegetarian this year?
Vegetables are less expensive and it's easy to make
a veggie casserole taste great. There are so many wonderful
vegetarian cookbooks out there and free recipes all over the web.
Besides the heathy eating selling point to dinner guests,
fresh green beans, those enticing orange squash hues.
If you must gravitate towards traditional meat and potatoes
entrees to come old Uncle Joe happy, pick up a frozen
turkey at a good price per pound. Go big. Then you have a
week's worth of leftover turkey for sandwiches, casseroles,
or salads.
People always ask, "what can I bring?" Well, at least most of them
do. Have them bring the pricey cocktail hour finger food like
shrimp or an assortment of cheese. Tell another they can bring
dessert.
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