Holiday Food Gifts from the Kitchen - Homemade Food Gift Recipes

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Food Gifts from the Kitchen

Part 2: A pretty package enhances the food gift

More of this Feature

• Part 1: Quick food gift ideas
• Part 2: Gift packaging ideas
• Part 3: Food shipping tips and hints
• Part 4: Food Gift Recipes

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Food gift packaging ideas
• A myriad of wonderfully-shaped jars, cruets and bottles are readily available and relatively inexpensive to add to the presentation of your gift from the kitchen. For canning jars, cut out a circle of pretty paper or fabric 2 inches in circumference larger than your jar lid. Secure them with bright yarn or ribbon.

• Purchase pretty labels to clearly mark your gift with the contents, usage and recommended shelf life. Or, make your own labels. Adding a recipe for usage of the gift is an appreciated touch.

• Metal tins are available in many shapes, colors, patterns and sizes. Line with non-reactive colored tissue paper before loading in the goodies. Moist foods should also be wrapped in cellophane or plastic wrap.

• Gift bags abound and are very inexpensive. Most are plastic-coated--a good choice for moist foods. You can easily make a "peek" window in these pretty bags by cutting out a square or shape from the side of the bag and gluing cellophane or plastic wrap to cover the opening. Staple shut and tack on a bow and voila! Or, line with pretty tissue paper, allowing the paper to peek out the top. You can also decorate your own gift bags for that personal touch.

• Coffee mugs and soup mugs make good reusable containers for food gifts. Fill a bit overflowing the brim. Place on the center of a large piece of colored cellophane, gather the ends at the top and secure with a ribbon.

• Baskets are always a favorite, and some of the newer ones can even be placed in a low-heat oven for warming breads. You can decorate them with paint or line with a pretty linen napkin.

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