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How To Personalize A Homemade Food Gift Basket

Gifts of food can be given to anyone forsparse one, fill in any empty spaces with
holidays or other special occasions. Thesecolorful silk flowers or greenery. A nice
gifts will be appreciated by family, friends,decorative touch is to include a wooden spoon
coworkers, or anyone else on your gift list.or a wire whisk tied with curly ribbon or a
Creating your own food gift basket can be abow.
very special gift as you can personalized it
with the recipient's favorite candy, cookies,Pizza  Basket:
wine,  or  other  food  or  beverage  items.
Create this gift basket for a student going
When selecting foods to place in your giftaway to college or anyone setting up their
basket, make sure they are fresh and checkfirst  home.
any expiration dates. It's difficult to
include foods that are perishable and requireUse a pizza pan or pizza stone as a container
refrigeration, so keep that in mind when youto hold the food items. Place several red
are choosing items to place in a food giftcheckered napkins or tea towels on the pan or
basket. Fresh fruits and vegetables arestone to help position and anchor the other
wonderful items because they are inexpensive,items. Include gifts such as pizza dough
colorful, and readily available. However,mix, pizza sauce, Italian seasoning, garlic
it's better if you choose fruits that are notpowder or a bulb of fresh garlic, red pepper
yet ripe; oranges, lemons, limes,flakes, a small bottle of olive oil, grating
grapefruits, and apples are good choicescheese, a cheese grater, and a pizza cutter.
because  they  are  more  hearty.If you prefer an easier method, use a wicker
basket  instead  of  the  pizza stone or pan.
In addition to wicker baskets, there are many
other containers to choose from. UnbreakableAsian  Food  Basket:
bowls are appropriate for most food themes
and it is easy to assemble your gifts inMake this gift basket for anyone who enjoys
bowls. If you are trying to stay within aChinese food. It's also a great gift for a
budget, shop at your local discount or dollarbridal  shower  or  wedding.
store. My local dollar store has a nice
variety of large plastic bowls and servingUse a wok or bamboo steamer as the container
trays that are sturdy and attractive. If youand fill it with the makings of delicious
decide to use a serving tray, choose one withAsian cuisine: soy sauce, sesame oil, rice
sides  as  the  assembly  will  be  easier.wine vinegar, fresh ginger, ginger grater, a
bulb of garlic, cornstarch, Asian noodles,
Breakfast  Basket:duck sauce, a stir fry spatula, and a
cookbook. Tie curly ribbon or raffia around
This make a great gift for a hostess when youseveral sets of chopsticks and position them
are an overnight guest, or as a housewarming,throughout the basket. Don't forget to add
anniversary or wedding gift. It's also asome  fortune  cookies.
nice  gift  idea  for  a  large  family.
After you have completed your food gift
Choose a wicker tray or basket with handlesbasket, you may want to place it in a cello
as it will be easier to work with than onebag or wrap it in cello paper; the bags are
without handles. Fill the container withmuch easier to work with. This will help in
shredded brown paper, straw, or purchasedtransporting your gift basket and keep it
shred. If desired, add a couple of rolleddust free. If you choose to use cello, you
napkins. Select food items that one wouldcan place ribbon or other decorative items
eat or drink for breakfast; herbal tea,before placing the basket in the bag, on the
coffee or coffee beans, small bag or box ofoutside of the cello wrapped basket, or both.
pancake mix, bottle of maple syrup, jams,A nice idea is to place a decorative item
jellies, and a small jar of honey for the teaamongst the food items before placing it the
drinkers. If there are small children in thecello. You will need to use ribbon or raffia
family, include several serving size boxes ofto tie the bag closed above the basket. It
dry cereal. Add several fresh oranges orlooks really nice if you allow curly ribbon
grapefruits and a couple of lemons. Since anor steamers to cascade down the front of the
overflowing gift basket looks better than acompleted basket.



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