Homemade Christmas Food Gifts
Homemade Christmas food gifts are a fantastic way of adding a lovely personal touch to your Christmas gift basket, OR if you package them up creatively, they make great Christmas presents to give as standalone gifts too. Most people love to receive YUMMY TREATS to eat at Christmas time. If you've got the time then WHY NOT try making a few handmade Christmas gift ideas yourself.
Shortbread or Christmas cookies iced and made into Christmas shapes such as trees, bells or candy canes are ALWAYS popular choices. Pop them into themed Christmas gift bags or boxes and decorate simply with ribbons in complimentary colors. Need a couple of ideas for CHEAP Christmas gifts for your co-workers that are guaranteed to please? 1. Make or buy some small Christmas cakes and decorate the cake first by taping a length of ribbon around the outside of the cake. Pop the cake into a box lined with red, green or gold tissue paper (add some scrunched up tissue in the bottom first if the box is too deep, you don't want your cake to disappear from sight!). Use a box with a lid and decorate the box with Christmas decorations such as pine cones or holly and ribbons and bows, of course! You could easily substitute Christmas puddings for this food gift idea if you prefer, check out christmas gift basket ideas for gift wrapping instructions. 
2. Make up a TASTY chutney (like the one below) and some pesto or another relish/spread type treat. Put your chutneys into either unusual jars, or jars with decorative lids or, try making your own decorative labels!Use a box with a lid and place the jars in the box side by side with the labels facing up. Choose a box that's just a tiny bit bigger so the jars will fit snugly together (much less likely to get broken that way!). You could decorate all your gifts the same or, make them all different! Red boxes with white bows look simple and elegant or go for red or black boxes Check out how to tie a bow and empty gift boxes if you need some more help with these ideas. Christmas Food GiftsRecipe for Pesto - basil, sun dried tomato or cilantroTapenade recipe - tasty black olive paste Tomato relish recipe - great smoky flavor Recipe for Biscotti - almond, cranberry and pistachio or chocolate Homemade cookie recipes - Anzac biscuits, shortbread plain or choc dip Chocolate Truffle Recipe - melt in the mouth treats Rum ball recipe - add rum or orange juice Chocolate coated coffee beans - a perfect addition Christmas sugar cookies - fun shapes especially for Christmas Gingerbread men - classic little characters Yummy Onion JamFor a great savory idea try making this versatile chutney that's loaded with flavor and PERFECT to use in a variety of ways!It's fantastic for adding a little EXTRA ZING to a plain sandwich, or serve it warm alongside a meat or chicken dish. For a simple but tasty appetizer add a couple of tablespoons to a slice of bruschetta and top with a little crumbled feta cheese, YUM! Onion Jam Recipe
Store in the fridge in an airtight container, will last up to about six weeks. The sugar and vinegar in this chutney act as preservatives which is what gives it such a fabulous long life! As a general rule though, most of your homemade Christmas food gifts won't have the same shelf life as store bought products (but will taste SOOOO much nicer!) so do try to make them as close to Christmas as you can. Check out the great ideas on these pages: Gourmet Chocolate Baskets Christmas Food Gifts to Gift Basket Ideas Home  |
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