If you are planning an event such as a wedding, a birthday celebration or a retirement party, you will know that it can be an expensive affair. If you plan on having lots of guests and lots of food, it can quickly add up. If you want to make your celebration more affordable, you should look at ways of cutting down your catering expenses. Below is a handy guide which will help you to reduce the cost of your catering.

Your wedding should be the happiest day of your life, reception included, and you might not be too enthused by the standard wedding reception fare of cold buffets and various poorly identified meats. If you have more of an Italian or Italian-American bent to your cuisine choices or simply want to serve something a little more casual and crowd-pleasing at your wedding reception, pizza can be one of the most versatile and unusual choices out there.

Holding a successful cocktail is about generating a convivial atmosphere in which people feel relaxed. However, you also need to maintain a relatively high level of sophistication. Striking the balance between formality and informality is tricky. Assuming you have your cocktail recipes prepared, here's what you need to do to prepare. Select the right time and date for a cocktail party. Unlike an informal house party, you should set a time that is not too late yet not too early.

There are multiple types and brands of grocery scales to consider when looking for a good tool to precisely measure various food ingredients. Therefore, you must evaluate and compare these measuring appliances before selection and purchase. Here are the primary parameters that you should use in identifying the perfect grocery scale for your food weighing applications. Capacity The capacity of a grocery scale refers to the maximum weight of food ingredients that the product can weigh.

Eating out vegan and gluten-free is challenging at the best of times, but it might feel even harder than usual at an Italian restaurant. With most dishes consisting of gluten-containing bases, like pasta or pizza dough, then topped in meat and cheese, you might wonder whether there's anything at all that you can eat. Luckily, most establishments are becoming more aware of the need to cater to special dietary requirements, and you might be surprised at how many options restaurants have available that will suit your needs.

If you're one of many people reaping the fat loss benefits of the ketogenic diet, then you'll no doubt be aware of the different foods available for you to eat as part of a balanced diet. For those who haven't heard of this method of eating, it's very straight forward: Just adjust the percentages of your macronutrients so that you're consuming approximately 70-75% fat, 20-25% protein and 5-10% carbs, in order to get into a state known as ketosis.

If you have a passion for baking and have been learning cake decorating techniques, you might want to start your own cake shop. You can either open up a local shop or from home. Either way you go, the following tips will help you get started. Choose Between a Home-Based or Local Shop The first decision you need to make when you intend to open a cake shop is where you will operate the shop from.

The cuisine of Rajasthan in Northern India is predominately vegetarian, but meat dishes can be found and typically use lamb or chicken. The dishes are rich due to dairy products being used in place of water when cooking as the state is arid. Spices, pulses and sweet dishes feature heavily, and sweet dishes are eaten as an appetiser rather than saved until the end of a meal. Gram flour is used to make a variety of snacks and breads and chutney with lots of spices is served as an accompaniment to most meals.

Any kind of social gathering is one of the greatest causes of stress for children on the autistic spectrum; after all, these kids crave predictability and routine, and any change to a routine can cause anxiety in the life of the child as well as the caregiver. A birthday party is particularly stressful, with popping balloons, screaming children, unusual foods etc. If you have an ASD child and would love to throw a birthday party but have put off doing so due to fear of how it will affect your child, read on for some ideas on how to throw a party that will be fun yet not too overwhelming.

When your grandmother turns 90, she will have reached a significant milestone. It is also likely that she will have everything she needs, but it is still good to mark her birthday with a gift from the heart. Specialised food is a good option for a gift for an older person. Everyone likes variety, but an older person like your grandmother may not want to eat large portions.  You could spoil her with a personal chocolate bouquet make from chocolate cake pops.