Entertaining Tips: Planning

Rule #2

Create a menu in advance. Have one dish you actually make, and 2 or 3 that are no make, no bake, and no fuss.



For example:

• Make a homemade Roasted Garlic Aoli from Scratch - super easy!


• 1 Fresh Egg Yolk


• 3/4 Cup of Olive Oil


• Squeeze of Lemon Juice (no seeds please)


• 1/8 of a cup of Roasted Garlic (from the jar is fine)


• Whisk the egg yolk in a mixer with a whisk attachment, then slowly add the Olive Oil...slowly.... very slowly.... then squeeze in the lemon and fold in the garlic... done!


• Serve the Roasted Garlic Aoli with some potato wedges that you find in the frozen section of your grocery store - I like these.


• A Cheese Platter with 3 kinds of cheese


• Buy a block of Parmesan cheese and Stab it with a knife


• A block of Blue Cheese and Drizzle it with Honey


• A soft cheese (Brie or Goat Cheese)


• A a bowl of mixed olives

Give yourself 2 hours of prep time before the party and make the Aoli the day before... you'll be golden and look like a genius!