Gift Ideas

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Gift Ideas

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 Package mixes in decorative containers that can be used to prepare or serve


 the item, with a pretty tag. BE SURE AND INCLUDE RECIPES FOR PREPARATION!


 Some examples:


 


 MAKE-A-MEAL!  Fill a picnic basket or pretty collander with Spaghetti


 Seasoning Mix, Hot Roll Mix, Creamy Parmesan Dressing Mix, and Basic Cookie


 Mix.


 


 GINGERBREAD JOY - A pretty basket or mixing bowl with Gingerbread Mix,


 containers of decorations (yogurt-coated raisins, sugar coated candies,


 etc), and a few already-made gingerbread boys if you have time. Tie


 gingerbread boy and girl cookie cutters on with the bow.


 


 COCOA TIME - Hot Cocoa Mix in a large mug or set of mugs. Put the mix in a


 plastic bag inside the mug(s) and tie the bag(s) shut with pretty ribbon.


 One of these makes a nice small gift for co-workers, teachers, etc.


 


 COOKIES!!!!  Fill a cookie jar with Basic Cookie Mix ~- include as many


 recipes as you can come up with and some pretty cookie cutters.


 


 BROWNIES!  Arrange brownies on a cutting board with a container of brownie


 mix.  Cover all with plastic wrap and top with a big bow.


 


 CORNBREAD TIME:   A bag of Cornmeal Mix with a crock of honey butter,


 perhaps packaged with a corn stick pan. Honey Butter: 1 cup butter,


 softened, plus 2 tb Eggbeaters, 1 1/4 cups honey -- beat with an electric


 mixer 10 minutes.  Should be refrigerated. Do not use a raw egg yolk in in


 this as specified in the original recipe, for the sake of food safety;


 Eggbeaters have been pasteurized. Tiny cornsticks with salsa are one of the


 latest things to serve as an appetizer; you could package the mix with a


 mini-cornstick pan (Williams Sonoma and elsewhere) and a jar of salsa.


 


 PANCAKE HEAVEN:  Pancake Mix plus jars of fancy fruit-flavored syrups, on
a


 griddle.


 


 CAMPER'S/HIKER'S SPECIAL:  Homemade granola in a mess kit or other useful


 outdoor container.


 


 ITALIAN NIGHT SPECIAL:  A tall jar or wide-mouth bottle filled with


 spaghetti, plus Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix, Creamy Parmesan Salad


 Dressing Mix, some biscotti and a bottle of Chianti.


 


 TACO FEED:  A package or two of taco shells plus packages of Taco Seasoning


 Mix


 


 SEASONINGS GALORE:  A spice rack or basket filled with small bottles of


 homemade seasoning mixes.  To make a wall hanging, put seasoning mixes in


 foil packets or tiny zip-loc bags (available at bead shops), and wrap each


 one in a circle of calico print fabric (cut with pinking shears). Tie each


 packet with yarn and attach to a strip of braided yarn and hang from a


 wooden ring.


 


 "SALAD DAYS" -- A pretty salad dressing cruet with several packages of


 salad dresing mixes.


 


 And so on....it's easy to come up with more ideas if you look through your


 mix recipes and think of items with go with them, either when they're


 cooked or served or consumed.


 


 Enjoy, and don't forget to make one for me!!


 


 Inspired by _Make-A-Mix Cookery_ by Eliason, Harward and Westover, 1978,


 adapted by Linda Shogren (TEECH@genie.geis.com)


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #338


 


 From: maryann36@juno.com (Mary Ann Young)


 


 Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:10:34 EST