Disposable baby bottle liners make inexpensive and easy-to-use decorator icing bags when you’re called on to provide cookies for a gathering. Just snip off the bottom corner to fit your tip set,…
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If you don’t own an egg plate, set your deviled eggs in mini cupcake papers (foil ones are nice) to keep them in place when transporting and serving. —Sheila Wirth, Stockton, California
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Watch rummage sales and thrift stores for pretty dishes priced very inexpensively. Use these dishes to take food you made to a potluck, and let your host keep the dish. Then you do not lose a…
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While shopping for ingredients to prepare your favorite potluck dishes, buy a disposable aluminum or plastic dish in which to transport the food. After the food is gone, there’s no dish to…
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To dress up a tray of veggies and dip, I make holes in the stem ends of baby carrots and insert sprigs of fresh parsley. People always ask, “Are they really tiny carrots?”
—Jean C., Lago Vista,…
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Dipping ice cream at a party is always so messy and time-consuming. Therefore, before a party I place single dips of ice cream in paper cupcake liners and pop them back into the freezer until…
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I don’t enjoy peeling large quantities of onions because the outer peel tends to fly everywhere. So I put the unpeeled onions in the sink or a large pot and pour boiling water over them to cover.…
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I'm always clipping recipes to try later for potluck and family dinners. I used to just toss them in a cupboard, but finding the one I wanted was a hassle. So I purchased a 12-pocket accordion…
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When I'm making a big batch of deviled eggs, I first prepare the yolk mixture and chill it for several minutes in the refrigerator. Then I use my small cookie scoop to fill the egg white halves.…
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When I make deviled eggs, cakes with icing or anything that will stick to the lids when I transport them, I cover the food with a sheet of plastic wrap sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Food…
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