Cheap Trick Thursday: cheap, last-minute, easy, homemade Christmas gifts and food
Here's a roundup of last-minute holiday gift and food ideas --- some, perhaps more strange than others --- to help you finish up those last few things before the Christmas and Hanukkah and Kwanzaa next week.
If you're feeding a crowd a holiday dinner, consider serving a beautifully seared piece of roast beef, with a recipe from The Sun's You & Taste section.
You might also be baking up some delicious desserts that require specialized ingredients such as evaporated milk. Consider making your own evaporated milk with nonfat powdered milk, as Erin Huffstetler suggests on her Frugal Living blog.
And yes, if you've still got a few people on your list, you still have time to make some gifts!
The Los Angeles Times has a list of 50 homemade gift ideas that you could put together with your own hands over the weekend and hand out to the people who make your life special. Candy some lemon or orange peel, bake some breadsticks or infuse some vinegar with interesting flavors.
But if you're avoiding material holiday presents this year, go to NoChristmasGiftsThisYear.com to put together an e-mailed greeting to share with those you care about.
But if you're avoiding material holiday presents this year, go to NoChristmasGiftsThisYear.com to put together an e-mailed greeting to share with those you care about.
Comments
Here in southern california oranges are a glut on the market - 5/lbs. for a dollar. We are making everything from orange cakes to mixing drinks with fresh orange juice.
Davidwayne, way to make the most of what you have handy. I've heard that rosemary grows wild out there as well, which would make for lovely, fragrant, inexpensive wreaths. Not sure if there's a Maryland equivalent, but if readers have any suggestions ... --- lfk
Posted by: davidwayneosedach | December 18, 2008 11:47 AM