| Hosting a dinner party for friends? Or
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| | is done in the morning before your dinner
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| have you been selected (or singled out,
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| | party, you can be sure that things will
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| ahh!) to host Thanksgiving or Christmas
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| | be a lot easier when the guests arrive.
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| dinner this year? How exciting. And what
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| | Some great dinner party recipes that you
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| a pain in the rear. While having the
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| | can make up ahead of time are: 1. Cold
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| people you love in your home and feeding
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| | vegetable salads and pasta salads 2.
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| them a ton of food is rewarding and can
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| | Soups and stews (add any rice or pasta at
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| be a lot of fun, chances are you're a
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| | the last minute) 3. Veggies and dips 4.
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| little stressed about it. Unless, of
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| | Cold appetizers 5. Reheat-able sauces 6.
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| course, you're Martha Stewart. When
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| | Breads, biscuits, etc. 7. Sliced cheese
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| you're overwhelmed planning a dinner
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| | and fruit trays 8. More stuff I can't
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| party, sometimes choosing a few good
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| | think of now Last, you'll want to think
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| buffet recipes and setting up a simple
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| | about how easy a particular dish is to
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| buffet seems like the easiest thing. And
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| | eat. Especially if you're going to have
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| though it's true that, in many ways, a
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| | some guests on their feet or perched on
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| buffet is simpler to do than a sit-down
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| | chairs, you'll want foods that they can
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| dinner (where you have to prepare each
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| | eat without too much cutting or hacking.
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| guest his or her own plate), hosting a
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| | Unless you want them to eat a whole steak
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| buffet style dinner is no walk in the
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| | in their hands like some kind of
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| park. After all (and especially if your
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| | carnivorous squirrel (which would be
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| family is as piggy as mine), you'll still
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| | entertaining but unhygienic), skip
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| have to cook a whole big pile of food,
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| | preparing a large piece of meat. Buffet
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| won't you? Choosing Buffet Recipes: When
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| | Table Setting Tips: Got your buffet
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| choosing recipes for a buffet dinner, the
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| | recipes figured out? Now it's time to get
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| first thing you'll want to think about is
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| | the table ready. While it seems like
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| ease of preparation. When having a lot of
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| | setting up a buffet table should be as
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| people over for Thanksgiving or Christmas
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| | simple as tossing things together, there
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| dinner (or any other holiday
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| | are a few things you can do to make you
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| celebration), there is always a lot of
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| | buffet table both look nicer and be
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| food involved. Can you easily prepare a
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| | easier to use. One is to vary the height
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| particular dish for a large number of
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| | of different dishes. This makes the table
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| people? Do you have room in your oven or
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| | look more appealing visually and makes it
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| on your stove to cook all of your dishes
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| | easier for guests to access a particular
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| at once? Another thing to think about
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| | dish. Another important buffet table
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| when choosing buffet recipes is how much
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| | setting tip is to... avoid being boring!
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| time each dish will take to prepare. When
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| | Most people have been to about 1000
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| you host a dinner party, there are about
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| | buffets in their lifetime, and most of
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| 100 things on your to-do list the day of
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| | them are ordinary and all the same. But
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| the party or holiday... and about 100
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| | with some creative decorating ideas and a
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| other things that you never even thought
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| | little flair for the unusual, you can
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| of. The best way to cut down on your work
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| | create a beautiful and unforgettable
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| load a bit? Pick recipes that you can
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| | buffet table. Good luck!
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| make ahead of time. If 80% of the cooking
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| | Dinner Party Planning and Buffet Recipes.
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