Health & Fitness:: Weight loss: Low Carb Christmas Goodie Swap!

Ever been to an old-fashioned Christmas ³cookie swap²? Well, just because we
are low carbing for life doesn¹t mean we...

Ever been to an old-fashioned Christmas ³cookie swap²?

Well, just because we are low carbing for life doesn¹t mean we are going to
be deprived this Christmas or ever!

A ³Low Carb Christmas Goodie Swap² is the perfect way to begin your holiday
festivities! Set your date NOW and begin inviting your low carb friends!
Make it ³special² from the start and create a FREE email invitation at
http://www.evite.com or make personal phone calls.

Don¹t know about the indulgence and relaxation and FUN of a Low Carb Goodie
Swap and how it¹s done? No worriesŠ It¹s so simple!

Each guest brings ³one kind of low carb goodie² which makes it easy on the
guest (don¹t forget to include yourself as a ³guest² so you get goodies
too)! Each guest brings ONE DOZEN goodies PER guest. Formula = 9 guests = 9
dozen goodies + ADD ? dozen = 9 ? dozen goodies!

Why the ³extra² half dozen? So everyone can sample the goodies at the
party! It is nice if the goodies freeze well so they don¹t get wasted or we
³eat them all at once² when we get home!

Be sure to ask each guest to bring printed recipes for their goodies. Why
not request that the goodie recipes be printed on a 4² x 6² card. Then use a
fancy punch (like a star), some pretty red ribbon and tie all the goodie
recipes together to form a little booklet for each guest to take home.

You could print out some special Christmas quotes on a 4² x 6² card with
the date and ³First Annual Low Carb Goodie Swap² on it for a cover! What a
nice memento of a fun-filled time with Low Carb friends! I¹ll bet come next
year you will be getting inquires as to when this year¹s swap is going to
be!

Have a simple and festive centerpieceŠ a small, live, Christmas tree (the
smell is so awesome) and decorate with miniature cookie cutters. (You can
find the cookie cutters at a lot of dollar stores in a package!)

Make special tent cards to write the name of each type of goodie and place
the tent cards in front of each plate of goodies (these would be the goodies
your guests bring to ³swap²)!

Have a large platter or tray for the ³samplin¹ goodies that each guest can
contribute to as they arrive. A plain tablecloth works best so the focal
point is your ³goodies on parade²!

Ask everyone to ³dress for the occasion²! Get in the spirit and get out
your Christmas dudsŠ it may be a homemade Christmas sweatshirt or a pretty
Christmas sweater, just make it festive!

You, the hostess, can prepare something festive and easy (like Chicken
Poinsettias on Page 201 in my Low Carb Christmas Cookin¹ cookbook). This
will give everyone some ³real food² before embarking on the goodies!

Prepare a special coffee drink with a dollop of whipped cream and start
tastin¹! Remember to set out a couple pitchers of water with lemon slices
and small glasses. It may be Christmas but it is still a low carb party!

Place Christmas candles everywhereŠ even in the bathroomŠ crank up those
Christmas tunes and you have a party!

Have each guest tell about their creation that they have brought to
contribute. Maybe the first batch floppedŠ maybe they were trying to convert
an old recipe to low carb - there might be some giggles thereŠ maybe it is
just a favorite that they wanted to share! We all have stories to tell and
stories are the best when they are shared!

Ask each guest to bring a large container to tote their goodies home in and
circle the table with each guest taking their share. I guarantee you that
you won¹t regret taking the time to host this sharing occasion and if you
are a guest you will be so tickled that you took the time to prepare and
attend.

A Low Carb Goodie Swap is so what Christmas is all aboutŠ good friends,
sharing, laughter, joy, love, and more sharingŠ Merry, Merry Low Carb
Christmas!

http://www.LowCarbcookin.com Home site of Low Carb Christmas Cookin' The
FIRST Low Carb Christmas Cookbook! Low Carb Christmas Cookin'- With an
Old-Fashioned Cook! 224 fun-filled, sometimes hysterical pages!

About the author:

Jan McCracken is author and self-publisher of 39 gift books and cookbooks.
Born in the Midwest and former owner/innkeeper of a country bed and
breakfast in Branson, MO, she has been cooking since she was seventeen years
old (she won¹t tell us how many years that is)!

Jan has been living the low carb lifestyle for eight years. Her long-term
goal is helping people understand that food is truly the great medicine,
prevention and healer of disease.

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