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What sort of lime juice did you use? I use the Nellie & Joe Key West Lime Juice in mine, and it usually comes out pretty darn tart.

I use blurb for mine, as recommended by a professional photographer friend. She told me that many sites/companies actually gain the rights to your photos outside of your own personal orders, when you use their services.

I prep any casseroles the day before and keep them in the fridge. Then a few hours before I ready to serve I pull them out, let them come to room temperature (to not shock the dishes for one thing), and add any of the toppings (fried onions etc) and pop them in the oven. It means the only thing I really have to focus on the day of is the bread and turkey and any other thing I might be making.

I imagine that college students around the world will rejoice once these become available for their hot pocket consumption.

You can also always find something on etsy you like. Once you find an apron you like, you can ask the seller to customize the size since she is taller. Since most items are hand made, usually the sellers are very agreeable to customize something for you.

Something I do at home when serving large groups is use bulletin board paper as a “table cloth”. You can buy it online in very large rolls and in a variety of colors. I then use a white marker that I bought at my local crafts store to write on the paper what everything is beside the dish. The marker is one that can be used on all colors, even black. I’ve even decorated around the dish in neat patterns so that everything has a spot. If you don’t want to put the actual food on the tables you can use this idea on the serving tables. In addition, you can create decorative place mats with the marker for everyone’s plate.

You can buy bulk napkins online, or if anyone is so inclined, sew them. Just make sure to wait for a good sale on the linen, or have a good coupon.

I’m not sure what city you live in, but I was recently at a wedding where the food was catered very affordably by a food truck. Specifically they had a brick oven pizza one come out and make hot fresh pizzas with salad, but I know of several people who’ve found food trucks to be an extremely affordable and unique option to food.

We have bamboo floors in our kitchen. They are a lighter color so dirt doesn't really show all that much which is nice. They do dent easily, and you can tell where we pulled the refrigerator out to finish installing. In addition, they wear saw blades out much quicker than other woods. This was something we were warned about before choosing bamboo, and were told there would be an upcharge for an extra blade. The installer did indeed have to use a second blade, so if you are planning on installing yourself keep that in mind.

I cook everything in my dutch oven. I don't even own a frying pan as anything I want to cook goes right in the dutch oven. Like previous posts, because of this I find that I actually rarely put mine in the oven.

Usually I give them a few minutes. This happens naturally as I don't put hot food out until everyone is getting seated and ready for dinner. If I put it out to soon then it will either A. be cold when everyone is ready to eat or B.(most likely option) My cats will notice that people aren't gathered around the table and decide the feast must obviously be for them then and that they should just help themselves.

I actually just added some malted milk to my chocolate protein shake this morning. I've always kept it in the house ever since I was a kid.