Brad decided that as a "Thank You" to his team at John Deere, we would host a Christmas Party. I was all for this...if the house was ready! Hence the killing ourselves... I LOVE hosting parties, cooking, baking, decorating, and all that hosting entails. This is some Southern Hospitality right here up in Iowa. About 2 weeks before the party, I planned out the menu. The cooking/baking/preparing began on Sunday...the party was Thursday night at 6:00 pm!
Brad is a Manufacturing Engineer Supervisor at JD. He has about a 6-7 person team. So far, he is loving his job and I think it is safe to say (from previous comments), that Brad's team is glad he is here. That's my man. Anyways, we were very happy to have his team and their significant others over, as well as a few other co-workers for some Christmas fun!
I spent all of Wednesday and Thursday afternoon in the kitchen. I mean, from 12:00 - late into the night on Wednesday and until 6:00 on Thursday. Whew! Like I said though, I love this stuff! The first guest arrived promptly at 6:00 on Thursday night. Everyone else came within the next 15 minutes. We had a full house! total, we had 20 people over.
The Menu:
Snacks/Candies:
- Chocolate covered pretzels with Christmas sprinkles
- Pretzel Kisses
- Homemade Cream Cheese Mints
- Spicy Chicken Roll-ups
- Spinach Artichoke dip and chips
- Garlic dip and chips
- Fruit Pizza Cups
- Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
- Three Meat Pizza Casserole
- Chicken Salad and rolls
- New York Cheesecake (homemade from scratch!)
- Candy Cane Blossom cookies
- Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes
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