Every now and then mothers would be called to test their
cooking abilities in preparing food for different occasions. Birthdays,
anniversaries, weddings, get-together parties, holidays, whatever occasion
it is, mothers always want to come up with something different every time.
So how can mothers achieve what seem like such an ambitious
or even wishful thinking? The simple guidelines that are outlined below
would help any mother achieve an amazing result.
1. Resources: There are tons of ways to find recipes be it
through online research, through bookstores, the back labels of some food
items, or from traditional recipes - those that are handed down from
generation to generation.
2. Collection: Take time to neatly pile a collection of your
choices either in a clear book or scrap book or any other creative way you
can pile them into. Make sure that they are well protected by covering
them with plastic cover to prevent the pages from being torn.
3. Choose: Decide on recipes which are easily manageable.
Assess the overall type of crowd that comes in on a regular or occasional
basis to help determine the choices of food to be set out for each feast.
4. Mix and Match: Feast and festivities could come in mixed
crowds. In cases when there is a mixture of such, a well-organized
cookbook would come in handy in choosing a different variety of recipes
that would suit the varying choices of your guests as well.
5. Experiment: Some recipes that mothers would like to make
have almost been duplicated in the taste and texture and as mothers, would
generally prefer that our guests exclaim over how they had never tasted
such a unique variety of this and that. So take some time to experiment
with the different recipes that has been compiled. This can be done with
the rest of the family on weekends when everyone could be at home to play
critics on the sampling of the experimented recipe.
6. Presentation: Another sure way to make your cooking an
ultimate hit with your audience would be at how attractively set out the
meals are. This could take a little polishing to achieve an almost
exquisite work of art.
Be prepared to take on the extra challenge whenever you
can by browsing endlessly online, on television, or in cookbooks. You can even
practice on ordinary family meals to coax out even more creative ideas.
The meticulous preparation of meals can certainly whet a guest's appetite
and certainly add extra points to your confidence in cooking. These
are a just a few of the suggested ideas that can be juggled in
the process. Everyone is welcome to come up with their own ideas whichever
would deem more convenient or more fun for that matter.