Enjoy.

Breakfast Ideas
Oatmeal with a sprinkle of chopped walnuts and dash of cinnamon
Scrambled eggs (whole eggs, not egg whites) wrapped in a whole-grain wrap with a little low-fat cheese and salsa

Lunch Ideas
Healthy salads

Dinner Ideas
Low carb and low fat, tasty, and portioned dinners

Meal plans include these bloat-busting foods in your diet
Cucumber, watercress, artichoke, asparagus, and celery. Cucumber has caffeic acid which helps fight swelling. Celery helps balance your electrolytes, and watercress, artichoke, and asparagus are all natural diuretics.

Call Sandy’s Kitchen for free tasting and free sample of bridal meals. Or visit mealchoices.

Ok, so the days of cooking all day on Thanksgiving is quickly becoming a thing of the past. No one wants to miss hanging out with the family, so they turn to some easy options for ordering in. Which are the best though? There are quite a few choices out there for ordering a precooked Thanksgiving dinner in. Here are some recommendations for a fully cooked meal perfect for Thanksgiving. There may be minimal heating required, but that is nothing compared to washing a raw turnkey and basting it for 6 hours while it cooks!

1. Honey Baked Ham

Ok, Honey Baked Ham is nationwide. If you do not have one in your town, due the small size of your town, you can easily order a fully cooked Thanksgiving dinner with all of the trimmings on their website at www.honeybakedham.com. Now, I only thought that Honey baked Ham made massive hams for extremely large families. I was wrong. They sell everything from ready to eat prime rib to turkey dinners for two. Nothing beats the original Honeybaked ham though. You can buy everything form dinner rolls, side dishes, and dessert on their website an din their stores. I recommend ordering early whether you are purchasing your pre made Thanksgiving dinner online or in the store. Honeybaked Ham is hugely popular due to the awesome products they provide.

2. Omaha Steaks

Ok, everyone knows about this awesome online store for steaks. Their products are extremely high quality and satisfaction is guaranteed. Now, Omaha Steaks sells a lot of other food besides the traditional steaks they are known for. You are not going to find a traditional turkey on the website, but just as the days of cooking all morning are disappearing, so are the days of only serving turkey at Thanksgiving. You can buy a smoked boneless turkey and ham here. Last year I had BBQ ribs at two different homes for Thanksgiving.

3. Sandy’s Kitchen:

In Salt Lake City and surroundings, there is one more option. Sandy’s Kitchen has started serving Thanksgiving dinner turkey with sides and ham with sides. All precooked – just warm and you are ready. Minimal dishwashing – may be use just disposables.
Check the website. It will be economical to buy from here than buying all the stuff and then cooking.

Let us talk about worst three:
1. Chocolate Fountain: If wedding was for adults only and everyone was in black or brown clothes, then it may work. But kids (and colic babies), expensive dresses, wedding gown – you either need insurance or you need to steer clear of this option. What a mess chocolate fountain makes? Chocolate drips, spilled chocolate and oily table.

2. Jello Bar: It jiggles, wriggles, and will inevitably prompt That Guy to do obnoxious impressions. Jell-o is the food of hospital and nursing homes, so unless your guests are primarily recovering from the stomach flu, stick to heartier varieties of puddings (e.g., chocolate bread and sticky toffee) that won’t move to the beat of your playlist.

3. Fruit Bar: It’s a wedding, not a healthy meals convention. Even if you’re getting hitched on a pineapple farm, serving only fruit at your reception is boring and lame. Serve fruits as tarts, mousse, pies, skewers and so on.

Most popular three – OK I like four:

Cake is of course a wedding necessity but it is not a dessert. Generally half of guests do not even eat it as it is not cut till end of wedding.

1. Crepes are on rise. Fillings, toppings, fruits and whatevery you want to serve – including jello, chocolate and so on. Warm crepe with cold fillings are filling and tasty. On site action station will help.

2 Wedding cupcake is still a strong contender. Rather than serving regular-sized cupcakes, though, most brides and grooms are choosing mini cupcakes so that guests can choose a variety of flavors. These flavors can be old-fashioned favorites, like chocolate, vanilla and red velvet or unusual and exotic like key lime, coconut and strawberry shortcake.

3. Wedding tartlet: With this year’s trend toward “backyard chic” and other more casual, down-home weddings, tartlets has become a popular wedding dessert. You can match colors to wedding. Chocolate or fruit or your imagination!

4. Wedding cookie bar: The trend toward more casual weddings and down-home weddings has also led to an explosion of the “Cookie Bar.” For the bride with more family than money, a cookie bar can be a great way to save a little money. You can create the same effect with beautifully decorated store-bought or catered cookies, as well. If small bags or boxes are provided, the cookie bar can serve double-duty as dessert and a favor. Guests can be encouraged to take a box or bag of treats home.

Crepe Station

Wadly Farm’s blog states “This August has been unseasonably cool for our Utah summers. This 10 degree difference has resulted in bigger brighter flowers, glossier greener lawns, and beautiful beaming brides (well all of our brides are beautiful

You can never go wrong with black and white with one accent color. This is always a classy choice.”

It is so accurate to do wedding decor in white and black. With all the other utensils can be in stainless and white china. Eyecatching, classy, elegant and what elese?

How to select a caterer? The easiest way (may not be best) is to search on internet. Ask friends, family and colleagues if they have catered an event, and who they used. Personal recommendations can help but may not give you best caterer. Also, wedding fairs, consultants and party planners can make recommendations. If you are planning an event at a reception hall, the facility may offer catering services (many times restrict caterers), or be able to suggest a caterer. When you begin looking for a caterer, look specifically at those that offer the sorts of menus you envision for your event. Interview several caterers to select the one best suited for your wedding, party or reception. Visit their kitchen and request for tasting. Visting kitchen and tasting will help you to select right caterer. Compare prices and check pictures of past events. By then you will get good idea of a caterer who will work well with you.

For example Sandy’s Kitchen in Salt Lake City offers free tasting sessions. They also offer most economical cost and elegance. Call them to check and compare. Good starting point.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Meat-and-Poultry/Turkey/Leftovers/Main.aspx

Old ides include soup, enchiladas, sandwich, stock, curries, etc. Some new ideas are at this website.

http://www.bhg.com/holidays/holiday-slide-shows/thanksgiving/fresh-ideas-for-leftover-turkey/

1- Six months before the wedding, have a major consultation with your stylist of choice. Bring along the headpiece and the picture of the dress if possible. The more the stylist knows about the mood of the wedding, the better he or she can create the perfect hairstyle.

2- Do not use the portrait session as the “dress rehearsal”. There should actually be a “test run” for the portrait.

3- During the “test run,” walk around with the hairstyle you plan to wear to determine its comfort level. A good rule is: the simpler, the better, since pins can hurt, and intricate styles are often delicate.

4- Consider the time of day and type of wedding when choosing a style. Loose styles are appropriate for informal or daytime weddings, while up-do’s portray a formal, evening look.

5- Remember that some hairstyles can add inches to a bride’s height, and shorter brides may want to use this to their advantage.

6- Do not have any chemical treatments the day of the wedding. That is not the time for surprises!

7- Hair color looks its best the first two weeks, so have your hair colored a week to two weeks before the wedding.

8- If a permanent wave is necessary, have it done a month prior to the wedding.

9- Hair that is too fine and over-conditioned does not style well, so deep conditioning treatments should not be used within four days of the wedding. For best styling results, shampoo hair lightly the day before the wedding and, if possible, do not wash hair the day of the wedding.

10- Stylists and makeup artists do their best work in their own environments with their own tools, so have your wedding party meet at the salon a couple of hours before they need to be at the ceremony for pictures. This increases efficiency, (and usually costs less!)

Appetizer Tables
Passed hors deuvres, while elegant, can drain your catering budget. Consider
instead an appetizer table. And don’t fret that this decision will scream “low
end.” Infuse the table with creative displays – even a vegetable tray can be served
with an elegant presentation. Ask Sandy about her floating displays. Wedding
catering with floating displays is new trend and Sandy’s Kitchen can provide it at
economical prices.