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Whenever someone goes to a lot of trouble to put together a big dinner or party, it's always nice to take along a hostess gift -- food baskets are great! You don't have to buy a fancy gift basket. There are many affordable hostess gifts that you can make yourself. Here are some food gift baskets that you can make and your hostess will love.
Last year's Thanksgiving dinner was my first time cooking for vegetarians. After a little research, I found that I could plan Thanksgiving dinner that would make all of my guests -- vegetarians included -- feel comfortable and satisfied when they left the table. I just had to do a few things differently...
Make some fun football cupcakes! Start with 'easy vanilla cupcakes'. Then add 'vanilla buttercream icing'. Finally, top individual cupcakes with one of the following: Edible Footballs -- made from caramel candies, with white icing as the stripes on the ball. Pennant Flags -- press fruit candies (like Starburst), then cut in the shape of sports flags, attach the flags to pretzel sticks, and pipe some icing messages onto the flags. Tiny Helmets -- made from the same fruit candies in different colors, cut in the shape of football helmets, and then pipe some icing onto the helmets for decoration.
