Springtime is here - or at least mostly - but that's what we'll call it since Easter is next month. With spring time holidays right around the corner, here's a round up of some quick and easy brunch meal ideas. We like to host Easter brunch - but it's actually breakfast since it gets eaten… Continue reading Easiest Ever Easter Meals
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5 Tips for Green and Healthy Holidays Without Going Broke
The average cost of Christmas spending is up to about $800 this year. That is a staggering amount of money for one season. How can you have fun and be festive during the holidays but not go broke? First, think sustainable when giving gifts. Next, follow these 5 tips for enjoying the holidays while being… Continue reading 5 Tips for Green and Healthy Holidays Without Going Broke
7 Tips for Being the Best Thanksgiving Dinner Guest
Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday to host - probably because it's all about good food, family, and simple decorations. Even if we don't host Thanksgiving dinner at our house, we still cook the entire dinner. The dinner is so good and the leftovers can't be beat. (Even turkey broth is tasty and easy to make!)… Continue reading 7 Tips for Being the Best Thanksgiving Dinner Guest
Favorite Appetizers for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is all about the dinner and we eat early in the day so I don't plan a lunch. The problem is people get hungry and start coming into the kitchen asking when we're eating. My solution? Put together a "spread." What's a spread? It's an assortment of different appetizers. Basically, it's adult snacks. These… Continue reading Favorite Appetizers for Thanksgiving
Summer Entertaining Goes Green
I love summer. Picking fresh vegetables and cooking straight from the garden. Having informal get togethers with friends in the backyard. Summertime means entertaining and keeping it green outside - and enjoying longer evenings spent outdoors. Here's how we entertain outdoors while keeping our guests happy and go green with waste at a minimum. Use… Continue reading Summer Entertaining Goes Green
Dinner Group in Early Spring
Do you know what I love most about being in a dinner group? Getting together with friends regularly. Sometimes I feel like our social lives might get swallowed up by to-do lists or taken over by our kids' activities - and then we'd never get a fun, casual night with friends. We brought an appetizer… Continue reading Dinner Group in Early Spring
Green Living Tip 24 {Use Maps for Gift Wrapping}
Today's green living tip: use maps for gift wrapping. It's green, unique, and saves money to wrap gifts with maps. Old maps are abundant (and extremely inexpensive, or free) at garage and estate sales. There may even be a stash of them in your basement or storage area. Maps can be cut and used to… Continue reading Green Living Tip 24 {Use Maps for Gift Wrapping}
How to Green Up Your Entertaining
Throw fabulous dinner parties without throwing anything away with these 6 tips for greening up your entertaining. They're easy to implement and the result will leave you ready to entertain - and then entertain again. Everything is reusable so get out your social schedule and start planning when you'll have guests over. You can save… Continue reading How to Green Up Your Entertaining
Easy Entertaining with a Dinner Group
Here's what I love about being in a dinner group - it's easy entertaining. It's not elaborate. This is the key to stress free entertaining - keeping it simple. When you have to cook everything - appetizers, entree, sides, and dessert - it's a lot and for some people is too much. They skip entertaining… Continue reading Easy Entertaining with a Dinner Group
Sustainable Holidays
Did you know that from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, the amount of trash we generate goes up by 25%? That's a lot of stuff getting thrown out! From decorating our homes to gift giving and entertaining, we want to be festive but we don't want to waste. Here are three easy methods to reduce the… Continue reading Sustainable Holidays
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