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Comments (2)oh I am sorry that my link didt work...here is the link http://letusallcook.blogspot.com/2008/05/eat-healthy-launch-of-new-foodie-event.html else you can go to http://letusallcook.blogspot.com/ Here is a link that might be useful: Recipes...See Morerecipe: help?? need xmas menu, lost recipe box!!
Comments (5)I feel your pain. Suggestion: try allrecipes.com,,they have some collections like Xmas extra with all of it together. That might help and you can do an advanced search where you put in name of recipe or main ingred you want or don't want in a recipe,,that could help you track down some lost stuff. Plus I like that they are rated and people tell how the dish turned out,,what improvements they made etc. I can bring up bread pudding without raisins or if I have extra bananas on hand I pulled it up using bananas in the bread pudding and got hits there too. About.com in their food section has some wonderful recipes that I've made for years and lots of collections too. Now you got your work cut out for you in deciding....that is the hardest part you know. I hope you have a great first hosting experience,,,just remember, it's just one meal,,this won't make or break a persons life. Why don't you ask some that are coming to "bring your favorite XYZ dish" to help you out? I've done those,,"I'll do the whole thing dinners" and by the time I'm thru, I'm too tired to enjoy it,,I'm broke and say I'm not doing this again. Or, how about ordering some stuff from Honey baked ham or whatever. Take advantage of Costco, they have great appetizers you can pop in the oven. I'm just thinking out loud here. Have a good one. Nicole...See MoreWhat kind of clubs do you belong to?
Comments (23)I am part of a dinner club that's been getting together for 14 years now. There are 7 couples -- at the beginning, our kids were all small (or not even born yet) and we got together every 2 months religiously. As the kids got older, it became harder to schedule around sports, etc...but we still get together 4-5 times a year (also, the women get together for random dinners or movies or coffees in between, and the guys get together for a long weekend every May). We take turns hosting; the host makes the entree and the guests make appetizers, sides, and dessert. We always have a theme and some of our dinners have been hilarious (many costumes have been involved). Also in a knitting group that started when my DD was leaving elementary school for middle school, and some of us moms were lamenting that we wouldn't see each other at school dropoff and pickup any more. This has been going on for about 2.5 years, once a month. There are about 6-8 of us each time, and not everyone knits. But we all drink wine :) I also attend a monthly support group for mothers of children with special needs, even though my "child" is now almost 23. I have been part of this group since he was in 1st grade so it's hard to give it up. I did leave for about 6 months when he was in college...then went back when he dropped out....See MoreSoup Club - help with details
Comments (25)There are a lot of containers that look like that soup container, so make sure to read the details carefully. The plastic one you posted is polypropylene which is the same thing that the supermarket containers are made of, and is the most food safe plastic we know of, especially for hot and cold. New Rubbermaid brand is probably fine (#5=PP=polypropylene), but just don't do soup in any other kind of plastic. Any other maker with the #5/PP mark should be fine, but dollar stores often get goods that are mislabelled, which is why they're cheap, so make sure you trust the bona fides. The deli style ones are fine if your ladies don't have hand issues. The ones with the good seals can be a bear to open. The part you just lifted reseals! And they're very flexible, so if you have a good grip on a full container, the soup can slosh out. The ones with the less good seals leak and can be a real mess. They also don't stack really well until frozen, though probably fine against a wall. I don't know how they do when dropped frozen, however. That was the issue wasn't it? The price is great, but the only ones I have experience with freezing soup in and dropping. The price is the best part, however. It's much easier to ladle soup into a shorter, wider container, as well as easier to stack and store, and rectangles taking less space than rounds. If you're not using specific for freezing containers, you could just use the regular disposable ones. Even the discount house brand ones are polypropylene, at least that I've seen, though some of the cheapies are thinner and might crack more easily. Others are the exact same quality as the name brand ones. I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be freezing something like a brothy soup in the paper ones. I've used them for other things. They're worthy but can leak. The paper's rigidity breaks down, as well. If thin soup is chilled before it's put in the paper, it might hold up better. They'll probably work if people don't mind taking extra care, and making sure they don't fall over. At least they'll be frozen during transport. Perhaps set in a pot to defrost....See More
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