Green Options » food swap http://greenoptions.com/tag/food-swap Posts tagged 'food swap' Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Host A Food Swap Party: Five Ideas For Themes You’ll Love http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/09/10/host-a-food-swap-party-five-ideas-for-themes-youll-love/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/09/10/host-a-food-swap-party-five-ideas-for-themes-youll-love/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:59:15 +0000 Kelli Best-Oliver http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/09/10/host-a-food-swap-party-five-ideas-for-themes-youll-love/ Don’t have time to try new recipes?  Want to have homemade value-added products on hand, but don’t have the time to make them all?  The next time you and a group of foodie friends get together, make it a food swap.

You may be familiar with a recipe swap; I belong to an online recipe swap blog for local bloggers. A food swap is similar.  Its a party where, based on pre-established guidelines, all guests provide multiple portions of food items, and each guest takes home a number of different items made by others.  Food swaps are a great idea for two huge reasons: you can try foods/recipes you might not be familiar with or have thought of, and you can save a huge amount of time by making a large quantity of one item, but get the benefits of coming away with a variety of dishes and foods.

This can take many forms and themes.  Here’s five themes to get you started, after the jump…

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