Category: Party Ideas

Grilled Bacon Jalapeno Wraps

Ingredients

  • 6 fresh jalapeno peppers, halved lengthwise and seeded
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • 12 slices bacon
 

Directions

  1. Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat.
  2. Spread cream cheese to fill jalapeno halves. Wrap with bacon. Secure with a toothpick.
  3. Place on the grill, and cook until bacon is crispy.

via allrecipes

Queen For A Day Throne

Dress up a dining room chair for Mom on Mother’s Day. This inexpensive, stylish idea comes from crafts.kaboose.com

What you’ll need:

  • Standard white pillowcase
  • 4 brown paper grocery bags
  • White craft glue
  • Scissors
  • 2 spools of colorful ribbon (we used purple and yellow)
  • Sequins in a variety of colors
  • Pencil
  • Gold paint pen
  • Colorful craft jewels
  • Colorful pom-poms
  • Pink and silver glitter glue
  • Pattern

How to make it:

  1. Start with an ironed pillowcase. Insert the four paper bags inside the pillowcase. This will keep the glue from seeping through the fabric and sticking to the other side.  (See photo.)
  2. Print out the pattern. Cut out the crown and position in the middle of the pillowcase.
  3. Using your favorite font, print out the word”QUEEN” in big letters and place it above the crown. (See photo.) Then cut out each letter individually and place back onto the pillowcase.
  4. Pipe white craft glue around each letter and remove the patterns. Place sequins on the glue. (See photos 1, 2, 3.)
  5. Use a pencil to trace around the crown pattern. Remove pattern and trace pencil markings with gold paint pen. (See photo.)
  6. Decorate the crown using pom-poms, and glitter glue to write “MOM”. Outline the crown with silver glitter glue.
  7. Line the outer edges of the pillowcase using pink and yellow ribbon, adhering with white craft glue. Decorate corner by tying a couple of bows and gluing them in place. Glue another bow toward the bottom of the case, under the crown. Glue craft jewels in the bottom corners to cover up the ends of the ribbons.
  8. Decorate the bottom border of the pillowcase using colorful craft jewels. Glue smaller craft jewels in a line between the word “QUEEN” and the crown. (See photo.)
  9. Allow everything to dry completely before removing the paper bags. Place pillowcase over the back of Mom’s chair.

Tips:

  1. White craft glue will wash out, and there are far too many attachments on this project to run the risk of washing it – for more durability use fabric glue and hand wash the case.
  2. Carefully fold the pillowcase and store in a zipper storage bag until next year.
  3. Sequins can be purchased by color or in variety packs.

Roasted Garlic Twice Baked Potatoes

VIA Kraft Foods

What You Need

1
head garlic
1
tsp. oil
4
large baking potatoes (2-1/2 lb.)
1
cup BREAKSTONE’S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
1/2
lb. (8 oz.) VELVEETA®, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, divided
1/4
cup KRAFT Grated Parmesan Cheese
4
slices OSCAR MAYER Bacon, cooked, crumbled

Make It

HEAT oven to 400°F.

CUT thin slice off top of garlic; discard top. Place garlic on sheet of foil; drizzle with oil. Wrap loosely with foil. Prick potatoes in several places with fork. Bake potatoes and garlic 1 hour.

REDUCE oven temperature to 350ºF. Cut small slice off both ends of each potato. Cut potatoes crosswise in half. Scoop out centers, leaving 1/8-inch-thick shells. Place potato flesh in medium bowl; mash. Squeeze garlic out of papery shell into bowl with potatoes. Add sour cream, 3/4 of the VELVEETA and Parmesan; beat until fluffy. Spoon into shells, mounding filling as necessary; place in shallow baking dish.

BAKE 30 min.; top with remaining VELVEETA. Bake 5 min. or until melted. Sprinkle with bacon.