Edible Party Favors
Looking for something unique and fun to pass out at your party? Try some edible party favors. The choices today are limitless. Some of my favorites are lollipops, cookies and anything chocolate.
Personalized lollipops are available in many different styles and flavors. Take yourself back to the good old days with a jumbo swirl lollipop. With festive personalized labels and colorful ribbon, swirl lollipops are an incredibly fun party favor. Having a pink and white party? Go for a pink and white swirl lollipop. Add a personalized label to match your colors or your theme. Keep it simple and elegant with a script monogram or add some whimsy with pink polka dots for a trendy favor. Many of the online shops offer cellophane and ribbon to finish off the lollipop.
Personalized lollipops also make great centerpieces. Fill a wide vase with jelly beans or tissue paper and place the pops in a decorative fashion to display in the middle of the table. Or cover a box with festive wrapping paper and poke some holes on top to hold the lollipops in place. Lollipops also make fun seating cards. Add your guests name and table to the label and display at the entrance of your party.
Hand decorated cookies are have become a very popular favor. Today's cookies are festive, bright, big and delicious. Cookie shapes are available to match just about any theme for any party. From Weddings and Baby Showers to Sweet 16's and Christenings, there is a perfect cookie favor for you. Many websites will allow you to purchase a sample to taste the cookie before placing your order. This is highly recommended. Also, please note that many of the bakers are not using preservatives today so the shelf life of a cookie may only be a few weeks. Make sure you check the ingredients before ordering and plan to have the cookies delivered close to the party date to insure freshness.
Lollipops and cookies not your thing? How about a scrumptious chocolate favor? There are truffles, candy bars, lollipops and more available in chocolate. Personalized chocolate bars are easy to find. There are so many companies today offering beautiful candy wrappers to place over the bars. You can never go wrong with a Hershey's bar. Chocolate photo lollipops are all the rage. Printed with edible ink, the whole lollipop is edible, even the photo. Truffles are an old time favorite. There are so many beautiful party favor boxes to hold your truffles. Order the truffles already in the box with a beautiful satin bow ready to pass out to your guests. Or, order the truffles and favor box kits separately for a do-it-yourself favor. Many companies offering party favor boxes sell them in easy to assemble kits with ribbon cut to size included.
So, the next time you are planning a party, sweetly thank your guests with a scrumptious edible favor.
The life of a long distance lorry driver can sometimes be lonely and monotonous and it's not uncommon to look for company and comfort in the bottom of a fast food bag. But, as many drivers find out to their detriment, getting into the habit of grabbing food on the go, or snacking on sweets and chocolates, can lead to strange thickenings around the waistline! Transport contracts, by their very nature, can mean that a driver may be on the road for two or even three meals a day. If you're going to be away from home cooking that often, it's important to make your food choices wisely, and the easiest way to avoid temptation is to plan ahead and take as much as you can with you. If you're struggling for inspiration, here's what we reckon are three ideal selections for a day on the road.
The Perfect Packed Breakfast
If your hard-won transport contracts mean you're setting off early in the morning, too early even to sit down to a bowl of cereal or a slice of toast, instead of stopping at a greasy spoon and blowing a week's calorie allowance on two bacon butties and a double shot white chocolate mocha, why not try this? Cook up a batch of monster muffins made with whole wheat and packed Mushrooms Edibles Australia with raisins, walnuts, and sunflower seeds. Muffins are a neat little meal very easy to eat while driving, and you will have enough slow release carbs, fibre, calcium and protein to keep your motor running for hours. As well as a couple of your magic muffins, pop in an apple, a banana and a jumbo flask of piping hot tea or coffee and voila - breakfast is served!
The Perfect Packed Lunch
Don't let the fact that you're on the move stop you from having a satisfying smorgasbord for your lunch. Once again preparation is the key; but instead of slapping a bit of spam and some plastic cheese between two slices of white bread and calling it a sandwich, get creative and start thinking outside the (lunch) box! Wraps, pita bread or even a wholemeal bagel make a great alternative to processed bread and are much more filling. Pack them with some rocket (no soggy lettuce leaves), chickpeas, cous cous, feta, meats, or anything else healthy you can think of and follow with a thermos of warming chunky soup. After a meal like that, you'll feel like King of the road and be ready to face the long lonely miles to the end of your transport contracts.
The Perfect Packed Dinner
Dinner is probably the hardest meal to plan ahead for, and the lure of a nice, greasy, all-day breakfast fry-up at a roadside diner can be pretty strong. But the best news in years, for people who spend their lives on the road fulfilling transport contracts, is the invention of self-heating meals! Sounds crazy, but technology has arrived that uses the natural heat derived from the reaction between water and calcium to heat the packaging of ready meals, opening up a whole new gourmet world for truckers! A huge range of warming stews, casseroles, curries and other exotic meals are available from various companies, and at the press of a button on the outside of the packaging, it's only 10-15 minutes until dinner time. Bon appétit!