Super Bowl Party Planning

Food: Make it easy. If you love to cook then go for the complicated menu, but for those of us who have had it with the big meals from the holidays, make party planning effortless and either order in or prepare simple dishes. Last year, I made pizzas on pre-made pizza crust. I got creative with the ingredients which made it fun and easy for me and satisfying for my guests (have you ever tried humus, spinach sautéed in garlic, northern white beans and parmesan cheese on a crust or strips of steak on a crust covered with 3 different cheeses?). Stress free is the key here because if you are happy, your guests will be delighted.

Drinks: Drinks don't have to be complicated either. With such a small and familiar group of guests, it should be easy to serve them. Go to your regular liquor store to get some advice on new and different red, white and sparkling wines. Go to http://www.bartender.com/ to get some new ideas on fun drinks and go to a Flora's Hideout for some original non alcoholic drinks. Whether you go with the usual or the unusual, just make sure your guests are comfortable with the choices you provide. Here are the most popular California wines.

Decorating: Again, make it simple and fun. Small plastic footballs and confetti swrills, make a great Super bowl Party buffet table center piece. And of course any memoribilia from your favorite Super bopwl football teams!

You are now on your way to having a relaxing low-key yet festive Super Bowl Party for your family and/or friends. The Super Bowl only comes around once a year so give yourself a gift of enjoying yourself and your guests by planning ahead and making it simple.

Super Bowl Party Ideas from White Linen Events

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Super Bowl Party Recipes

New Idea for Superbowl Entertaining.A longtime American favorite isn't just for kids after all. Hot chocolate mixes well with many flavors, and is especially popular during the winter season. With holidays, bowl games and football playoffs around the corner, hot choctails will be a warm and welcome addition at your next gathering.

With hundreds of mixing options to make a great hot choctail, one ingredient remains paramount -- milk. That's right, according to Gary Moravec, a mixologist of 30 years, the past 16 of them in Seattle, "You don't want to serve hot chocolate water; that dilutes it. It's the chocolate milk that makes the drink and adds body."

Gary's Top 10 Hot Choctails

   Raspberry Truffle
   7 ounces milk
   3/4 ounce chocolate syrup
   1 ounce Chambord

   Amazing Amaretto
   7 ounces milk
   3/4 ounce chocolate syrup
   1 ounce Amaretto

   Holiday Hazelnut
   7 ounces milk
   1 ounce chocolate syrup
   1.5 ounce Frangelico

   Exotic Vanilla
   7 ounces milk
   1 ounce chocolate syrup
   1 ounce Tuaca liqueur

   Seattle Spiked Mocha
   7 ounces milk
   1 ounces chocolate syrup
   1.5 ounce coffee liqueur

   Italian Licorice
   7 ounces milk
   3/4 ounce chocolate syrup
   1 ounce Galiano liqueur

   Candy Cane
   7 ounces milk
   3/4 ounce chocolate syrup
   1 ounce Peppermint Schnapps

   Irish Cream
   6 ounces milk
   1 ounce chocolate syrup
   2 ounces Bailey's or other Irish cream liqueur

   Butterscotch Toffee
   7 ounces milk
   1 ounce chocolate syrup
   1.5 ounce Butterscotch Schnapps

   Minty Green
   7 ounces milk
   3/4 ounce chocolate syrup
   1 ounce Creme de Menthe liqueur