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3 TIPS TO A GREAT PARTY

What guarantees a great party? It’s not the fanciest food, most expensive wines or exotic flowers. Your party is guaranteed to be a success if you are relaxed and having a good time. Your guests take their lead from you. If you are uptight, flustered and nervous, they will feel it and be the same. […]

MEXICAN FIESTA

GAME PLAN

4 Weeks Before

Think about the menu (see blog entry under Create the Party)

3 Weeks Before

Invite the guests

2 Weeks Before

Finalize the menu
Make the MASTER LIST of household items, food, beverages, serving supplies, everything you will need

1 Week Before

Make the Strawberry Creamsicle Pie and freeze it
Make the Corn Cakes and freeze them
Organize the dishes and glasses

Tuesday

Clean the house
Finalize the menu
Make a detailed SHOPPING LIST (food prep, house prep)

Wednesday

Do the shopping
Set up the bar
Puree the chipotles for the Chipotle Sauce

Thursday

Set up the table, dining or buffet
Arrange the flowers
Bake the Cayenne Mexican Brownies and store at room temperature, tightly covered
Resist the TEMPTATION TO TASTE!

Friday

Make the Roasted Tomatillo Sauce
Assemble the Crab Enchiladas (DON’T PUT THE SAUCE ON UNTIL BEFORE BAKING)
Make Pico de Gallo
Make the Fresh Mango Salsa
Make the Chocolate Kahlua Frosting and store it in the fridge

Saturday

Make the Black Beans
Make the Spanish Style Rice
Make the Guacamole
Wash and cut up the fresh fruit and berries, and arrange on a platter
Cover the Crab Enchiladas with the Roasted Tomatillo Sauce and bake them
Reheat the Corn Cakes
Frost the Cayenne Mexican Brownie with the Chocolate Kahlua Frosting
Make the Veggie Tacos Filling
HAVE A GREAT TIME!!!