The Holiday Table Gift Guide

I received products from Schwan’s in exchange for this post. All opinions are my own.

Schwan’s Home Delivery has been in business since the year I was born! That means they are almost 62 years old, and still delivering quality products direct to your door. If their food was not good and tasty, I don’t believe they would still be in business. They recently sent me sample of several of their products so I could put together a quick, delicious holiday meal. Even the best of cooks doesn’t feel like cooking every day.

My ideal Christmas Dinner started out with King Crab Legs as an appetizer. After that, there was a Sliced Ham, Savory Brussels Sprouts, and Roasted Sweet Potatoes. The meal ended up with a Red Velvet Cheescake (NOT gluten free). Add your favorite salad and some cranberry sauce, and I think Santa himself would be proud to have this meal.

BUY IT: You can order for home delivery from Schwan’s website, or if they don’t have a route in your area, you can order from Amazon.com

WIN IT: One lucky reader is going to win this entire meal from Schwan’s Home Delivery! It’s a prize valued at over $100! Use the Giveaway Tools entry form to enter the giveaway.

I received product in exchange for a review, but all opinions are my own.

APersonalizedGift.com is a website that has many great gift items that can be personalized for the recipient. I chose to receive a set of four white wineglasses. Each of the glasses is engraved with a  single, laser-etched engraving in a tasteful, script-style font. Graceful but sturdy, these custom wine glasses make the most thoughtful gift for a bride, wedding party, retiree, birthday boy or girl or home vintner. Fabgrandpa and I are celebrating our one year anniversary of living in our house! These glasses are the perfect touch for the party.

If you’re planning to give a set of wine glasses to someone on your list, why not include a nice personalized  wine tool set to go with it. This set includes a bottle opener and stopper, plus a place for two lines of engraving up to 17 characters each. It is compact, with the box measuring 5 inches by 6 inches by 2 inches, so it’s ideal for traveling, picnicking or keeping at your serving station.

And if your friend are more into beer than wine, you can chose to give them this personalized bottle opener instead. This engraved bottle opener will inspire celebration for years to come. With two lines of 20-character engraving in a sophisticated Roman font, the options for customization are endless.

With so many gifts to chose from, you’ll wish you had more people on your list! What would you buy for yourself?  10% off plus free shipping with $25 order, code nov10offAGP

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Ten Thousand Villages, the leading Fair Trade source for unique handmade items made by artisans from around the world features the Terra Cotta Pizza Stone, to create a twist on your family’s traditional dish. Proudly handmade by HEED Bangladesh, a non-profit organization committed to upgrading the socio-economic condition of the disadvantaged and underprivileged, the Terra Cotta Pizza Stone ($39.00) includes a recipe for Bengali Style Pizza – perfect for a unique family pizza night or a change in the way you look at pizza at home.

Bengali Style Pizza

Servings: 1-2 (10” pizza)

Preparation Time: 40 minutes

Cooking Time: 8-12 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 10 inch pizza dough or bought shell (uncooked)

• ¾ cup crab meat

• ¾ cup chopped shrimp

• ½ cup crushed pineapple

• 5 mushrooms, sliced

• 4 ¼ oz. canned sliced black olives

•1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated

• ½ cup crumbled feta

• Dash of corn meal

 Step by Step Procedure:

1.Place baking stone in oven.

2.Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

3.Remove hot stone from oven and place on heat resistant surface.

4.Sprinkle corn meal onto stone to inhibit dough sticking.

5.Spread pizza dough onto stone making sure not to burn yourself in the process.

6.Brush dough with oil.

7.Top with crab, shrimp, pineapple, mushrooms, olives, mozzarella and feta cheese.

8.Bake at 450 degrees F. until cheese is bubbly.

Other uses: Bread, bagels, dinner rolls and cookies are also good with baked on a pizza stone.

For many years when my children were growing up, I planned a Christmas Eve party just for them. We all dressed up in our best outfits, played games, danced, and had a jolly good time until bedtime. Even when they were just two and three years old, it was so much fun. But the best part of the party was always the food. I would pick up a Hickory Farms package, and serve it as finger foods for three little kids, too excited to see what Santa would bring to eat a regular dinner that night. We continued that tradition until my son, the oldest of the three, went into the Air Force when he was about twenty three years old.

Now, whenever I see Hickory Farms, I think about my children as toddlers, eating their hors dourves on toothpicks, and drinking their juice from my good wine glasses.

For more than 60 years Hickory Farms gifts have been a classic holiday tradition that brings family and friends together. Do you have a family tradition that centers around a Hickory Farms package? Many Americans do, and Hickory Farms is very proud to be a part of those moments. They continue to focus on and celebrate its long heritage of tradition and authentic holiday memories.

Start your own Holiday Tradition this year with a Party Planner Gift Box from Hickory Farms, or any one of the many great packages they sell.  The summer sausages, cheeses, and spreads included in them are great for any occasion.

BUY IT: You can buy Hickory Farms products at over 7,000 locations across US and Canada. Find a store near you. Or, you can order online and have your purchase delivered right to your door!

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Compensation and products for review were provided by Hickory Farms via MomTrends. I received a free sample of the product for the purpose of this review and to facilitate a giveaway. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions of Hickory Farms.

Oh, my goodness! If you have not ever tasted an Eli’s Cheesecake, you have no idea what you are missing!  They sent Fabgrandpa and me a Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake, and I have to tell you, it was divine! Just the right combination of pumpkin and cheesecake. These delicious cheesecakes from Eli’s come in so many different flavors. Chocolate, Original, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake with Snickers…I could go on, but that would just make you drool more, right? Our cheesecake arrived packaged in dry ice, and frozen. The cardboard box was very sturdy and protected the cheesecake during shipping so that every slice was perfect.

The cheesecake was cut into 16 pieces, so we had it for dessert for 8 nights.  We could have frozen part of it save for later, but we chose not to.

In addition to being delicious to eat, it is pretty, too. Our cheesecake was cut into sixteen slices and was still pretty and intact when it arrived.

You really need to get one of these cheesecakes to see for yourself how good they are.

BUY IT: Buy a Eli’s Cheesecake and save 15% with the coupon code FAB10. Just enter it during checkout on your  order through Nov. 19^th.

WIN IT: One very lucky Fabgrandma reader will win an Eli’s Cheesecake Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake, valued at $40. Enter using the Giveaway Tools entry form.