Getting ready for Four Foods on Friday

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Here are this week’s questions.  If you’d still like to participate for tomorrow, just head on over to Val’s place!

#1. Cake. Buttercream, whipped cream or ice cream? 
BUTTERCREAM!!!!  Oh sorry, did I yell?  I meant buttercream.  (Wipes drool from mouth)

#2. When entertaining do you use real, paper, plastic or styrofoam dishes? 
Real because we have a condo and enough real Pottery Barn china for the amount of people who would fit into our place.  (I used to have my Pottery Barn china all protected in the basement and thought “forget this!  Life’s too short for these pretty dishes to get pulled out once or twice a year!”

#3. When hosting a party do you cook, have it catered or go to a restaurant?
99% of the time I will cook for it if its a small affair but when I had my mom’s 50th birthday party last year I had it catered by my friend and her family because I knew I couldn’t hack it on my own and still be a happy hostess.  They saved my rump royal!  (And I believe her mom said she’d never cater another party again!  LOL)

#4. Share a recipe that you frequently serve when having a party.

This is super easy and people rave about it…Teriyaki Meatballs. 

Frozen pre-made meatballs and a jug of that Kikkoman’s Teriyaki Glaze simmering in the crockpot for at least 3 hours.  People will drool over them!  If you wanna be fancy add a little scallions (green onion) into the mix.

Maui’s homeless pups need you

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Who can resist those faces? Hopefully not you! If you live on Maui or are visiting soon, these lil pups make the perfect companion or souvenir that long returns on it’s investment! There are more dogs and puppies just like this who need your love and a furever home. Owning an animal is a big responsibility so please take it seriously. All it takes are meeting their basic needs and add love and you have a sweet little nugget that’ll give you unconditional love it’s whole life. To find out more about the animals here or at the shelter, go to the Maui Humane Society website.

Green Tip of the Day

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Buy Products in the Largest Size You Can Use and Avoid Excess Packaging

A family of four can save $2,000 a year in the supermarket by choosing large sizes instead of individual serving sizes. Remember, ten cents of every shopping dollar is used to pay for packaging. Small sizes use more packaging for each ounce of product than larger sizes. So, if you buy large sizes, you save money, reduce waste, and help the environment. That is a really good buy. Here are a few good examples, look for others the next time you shop.

  • Buy cereal in a large box instead of in individual serving sizes.
  • Buy juice in concentrates and use reuseable containers instead of single serving packages.
  • Save money by buying bottled water in a large plastic jug instead of six packs of 16 ounce bottles. Reuse plastic water bottles.
  • Buy large packages of sugar and flour.
  • Avoid the small boxes of raisins and buy the same amount in the 24 ounce box.

Tips courtesy of Earth911.org