How are all the foods going to fit?
Entertain your holiday guests with ease and a little advance preparation to make it memorable and enjoyable. Holiday and occasional entertaining should not be exhausting to pull it all together. Utilizing a buffet style where guests can serve themselves at their leisure are much easier on the host or hostess, giving everyone much more time for socializing and fun.
Pump up the variety with little crock pots.
A nice variety of hot dips, sauces or fondues can be offered without constant interruption to reheat when using small, personal size crock pots. Rival makes a 16 oz. size that is perfect for sauces, dips or even fondues. These little pots can be purchased at brick and mortar stores featuring kitchen specialty items such as Bed Bath and Beyond or ordered online at crockpot.com and other stores. Prices range from about $15 to $20.
Multiple 16 oz. size Little Dipper Slow Cookers can be grouped with the chips, breads, crackers and other accompaniments to delight your guests with variety of choices. The Little Dippers do not take up much room and are great space savers on your buffet table. The stainless steel finish is ideal and will not clash with your other décor. Better yet, Rival claims they are rinse-clean for less work after the party.
Little gadgets can make such a difference. My husband gets involved too. He reads the directions and shows me the best way to use them.
Want to learn more about fondue? Read all about it: The Fondue Bible: The 200 Best Recipes
Written on November 30th, 2008 at 2:45 am by April Thomas