Cheryl Leonard - Holiday Recipes Party Favorites: Tasty Appetizers, Sparkling Beverages, Exquisite Cheeseballs, Delightful Dips And Marvelous Spreads

All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including scanning, photocopying, or otherwise without prior written permission of the copyright holder. Copyright 2016 Holiday Recipes Party Favorites Tasty Appetizers, Sparkling Beverages, Exquisite Cheese Balls, Delightful Dips, And Marvelous Spreads Tis the season to be merry, with Christmas party ideas and festive holiday recipes. This cookbook includes party themes and planning tip preparations, last minute appetizers and five minute dips. It includes a total of 30 recipes of appetizers, beverages, cheese balls, dips, and spreads for a memorable celebration with family and friends. Holiday parties bring excitement to the season, so create the perfect party today.

Non Illustrative Text Chapter 1 Holiday Party Themes & Planning Preparation Tips Elegant Christmas Dinner Buffet Celebrity Karaoke Chocolate Lovers/Dessert Christmas Celebration Cocoa Bistro Cookie Swap Gift Trade Hawaiian Holiday Holiday Beverages Bar Themed Decades Office Party Adorning The Tree Winter Wonderland Planning Preparation Tips Chapter 2 Tasty Appetizers Chicken Salad & Cranberries Pastries Honey Chicken Wings Citrus Fruit Salsa Cocktail Crescent Twists Parmesan Bacon Mushrooms Creamy Italian Meatballs Last Minute Appetizers Chapter 3 Sparkling Beverages Warm Citrus Apple Cider Raspberry Cider Punch Cranberry Cinnamon Wassail Whipped Eggnog Coffee Orange Pineapple Punch Pink Raspberry Punch Wine & Cheese Beverage Combinations Chapter 4 Exquisite Cheese Balls Cranberry Cheese & Almond Ham & Green Chilies Hawaiian Cheese Ball Parsley And Cheddar Spicy Pecan And Chives Ranch Dressing With Bacon Chapter 5 Delightful Dips Whipped Cherry Dip Cayenne Crab Meat Dip Cranberries & Pistachios Creamy Sweet Eggnog Dip Pimento & Chives Dip Tarragon Shrimp Dip Five Minute Dips Creamy Veggie Pesto Dip Garlic Guacamole Dip Chapter 6 Marvelous Spreads Dijon Cheddar Spread Gingered Chicken And Almond Spread Garlic Beef Spread Layered Taco Nachos Spread Vanilla Pumpkin Spice Spread Seasoned Italian Salmon Spread Chapter 1 Holiday Party Themes & Planning Preparation Tips Party themes add flair in their design and details to a memorable celebration. Whether its a formal event or a casual get together, these themes will set a festive mood for your guests. With simple planning and preparation techniques, you can create the party of your dreams, filled with fun and stress-free. An elegant Christmas dinner buffet is an all-time favorite. Select a long table for the buffet dishes with a colorful decorative holiday table runner, candles, flowers, and vases of holiday ornaments. Place silverware, plates, and napkins at the beginning of the line with the ice and glasses at the end.

Holiday Christmas songs will set the tone for a delightful evening. Celebrity karaoke is a great idea for an office party, decorate the office area with Christmas trees and decorations, and place the karaoke machine center stage for your favorite holiday tunes, sung by your favorite artists. Ask the co workers to bring a unique side dish, and you furnish the main courses. Offer red and green snacks like chips, salsas, and guacamole and Christmas ales. A chocolate lovers/ dessert party begins with a large chocolate fountain centerpiece, accompanied by items for dipping such as strawberries, marshmallows, etc. Provide a selection of fudge, brownies, and truffles.

Assemble an area to decorate your own chocolate cupcakes with all the toppings and sprinkles in separate trays. Christmas celebration fiestas with a menu of Mexican cuisine, pinatas,and door prizes create a joyful and decorative holiday occasion. Gift certificates, food gifts are popular door prizes, and games like guessing how many candy canes in the jar, and breaking the pinatas. Assemble a hot cocoa bistro, accompanied by delicious desserts displayed on tiered plates. Use a long table to place mugs, chocolate spoons, and a variety of flavored cocoas. Guests may also choose to bring their own special Christmas mugs.

Set up a toppings area with peppermints, marshmallows, chocolate chips, caramels, cinnamon sticks, and candy canes. A cookie swap is where each guest brings a batch of their favorite holiday cookies, and a recipe card for their baked item for each guest. The guests will come with one kind of cookie, and leave with a variety of different types of Christmas cookies and recipes. The host will display the cookies brought on decorative themed plates and platters being labeled with the name of the person for each cookie type. Be sure to provide paper boxes or tins for guests to mix and match a selection of cookies to take home. Serve hot chocolate or cider with the cookies.

As a party favor, give each guest a cookie cutter with a festive recipe attached. In a gift trade, a preset spending limit is decided upon for each guest. Each guest arrives with a prewrapped gift. Hold a drawing, everyone is given a number and the matching gifts are distributed. Other ideas for gift exchanges are holiday trivia games, where guests answer Christmas themed questions, and the first person with the correct answer receives the gift with the matching answer on it. Also, guests can swap coffee mugs filled with candies and cocoas, or pass presents to holiday tunes, when the music stops, the gift is in the hands of its recipient.

A Hawaiian holiday is tropical themed to the spirit of the season. A casual event to be celebrated in summer dresses and shorts, silk flower leis, hawaiian skirts, palm trees and umbrella drinks. Set up a tropical sunset background, and take pictures, providing each guest a framed photo as a souvenir. The holiday beverages bar can be set up as self serve with precut garnishes and cocktail recipes on hand, with vases of fresh flowers distributed along the table. Trays of nuts and cheeses, tins of holiday mints, and a candy buffet of sweet treats will create the perfect ambiance of the occasion. A themed decades office party( 70s or 80s) has each guest dressed in costumes representing the decade, with a great selection of music attributed to the significance of the years.

Lots of holiday party snacks, appetizers, and beverages, and Christmas decorations make a wonderful casual event. Adorning the tree provides the ultimate in Christmas spirit as guests assemble and decorate ornaments for the tree trimming. Plenty of holiday music, with an assortment of Christmas cookies, snack mixes, nuts, and cheeses, and beverages offer holiday fare. Provide baskets for guests to take home ornaments as a memento. A Winter Wonderland theme with sparkling lights hanging from chandeliers, and around door frames, and beautiful Christmas decorations with glittering snowflakes create a warm joyful atmosphere. Add spray snow, silver ornaments, and clear Christmas lights on Christmas trees with plush white teddy bears add to the decor.

Serve elegant desserts such as cheesecakes and truffles with sparking white grape juice or white wine. Planning preparation tips for creating the perfect holiday party begins with a guest list, budget, and menu plan. Invitations should be sent out at least a month in advance, as the holidays are busy times as guests have many obligations for scheduled events. The first step is to select a party theme,with decorations and themed party supplies. Determine the style of the party whether it be formal with china, crystal, and fancy accessories, or casual with appetizers, party snacks, and beverages. Parties for charitable causes for a toy drive or collecting canned foods for needy families can be informal with a drop off point being a giant decorated Christmas sleigh for Santa.

On menu preparation, recipes that can be made in advance, and frozen will be essential for quick party displays. The table place settings can be accessorized with ornaments with place cards to personalize seating. Setting the mood with soft music, or hiring a band or DJ,and a brightly lit Christmas tree liven up the holiday spirit. Party favors add that special touch, a souvenir for a remarkable celebration. Chapter 2 Tasty Appetizers Chicken Salad & Cranberries Pastries 2 pkgs. (2.1 oz.) frozen mini phyllo dough shells 1 cup chicken salad spread 4 Tbs.