hosting

Hosting guests during the Holidays is stressful. Hosting unexpected guests during the Holidays can be traumatic. After years of scrambling to find extra food and last-minute gifts, we’ve discovered a few easy tricks for taking the stress out of the unexpected:

Prepare and freeze hearty winter soups ahead of time.

Hearty soups leave every guest satisfied. We always make and freeze some ahead of time, just in case we have extra mouths to feed. Particularly suited for the job is our Butternut Squash Soup with Dried Bing Cherries.

Keep ingredients on hand for quick, filling sides

We always have a few bags of dried Bing Cherries and long grain wild rice on hand for our quick and easy Dried Cherry Wild Rice side. It goes great with anything and fills up even the hungriest guest.

Always have a few extra small gifts

You never know who’s going to show up, so purchase a few small gift gifts that anyone can enjoy. Our favorite trick is to take apart on of our Hostess Gifts and wrap each 3 oz. box for 10 small gifts or stacks of 2 or more boxes tied with a bow for up to five larger gifts.

Most importantly, make sure all of your extra food and gifts can be enjoyed by anyone, including you! That way even if you don’t need the extras, you can treat yourself to some wholesome meals and Chukar goodies. Find more easy recipes and gifts at Chukar.com!