How to Plan a Menu for a Knitting Party

Keep busy hands well nourished at your knitting party by planning a menu that is full of tasty tidbits. From finger foods like crudite and savory dips to rich and chocolatey bite sized desserts, your guests will leave your party with a warm and comforting glow.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Butter
• Chopped nuts
• Serving dishes
• Tea
• Fresh vegetables
• Rimmed cookie sheet
• Coffee
• Coconut flakes
• Mushrooms
• Oven
• Saute pan
• Sweetened condensed milk
• Chocolate chips
• Sour cream or greek style yogurt
• Garlic
• Phyllo dough
• Graham cracker crumbs
• Onion

Plan a Tasty Menu for Your Knitting Party

1. Keep foods small and easy to eat. Remember your guests will be busy chatting and knitting--they won't have time to mess with a fork and knife, so look to finger foods for inspiration when planning your menu.
2. Create a delicious and healthy platter of raw vegetables or crudite for your guests to nibble on throughout the night. Crisp vegetables such as baby carrots, celery, bell peppers and cherry tomatoes are perfectly dippable choices that are complemented well by a seasoned sour cream or yogurt dip. You can buy pre-packaged crudite platters if you are short on time or you can make your own.
3. Offer your guests a phyllo-wrapped mushroom appetizer. Cook finely diced mushrooms, garlic and onions in butter in a saute pan and spread onto thawed sheets of phyllo or puff pastry. Roll the mushroom-filled dough and slice into rounds. Place these tasty roulades onto a buttered cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees until brown. Serve them warm as a delightfully rich treat.
4. Tempt your guests with layered cookie bars. Drizzle melted butter over graham cracker crumbs in a rimmed cookie sheet and pack it down to create a crust. Sprinkle on chocolate chips, nuts and coconut flakes. Pour on some sweetened condensed milk and bake at 350 degrees until bubbly and slightly brown. Allow the cookies to cool before cutting into bite size squares.
5. Plan a knitting themed menu with "Knit 1, Purl 2" cocktails. Mix up your favorite brightly colored libation and use a small new plastic knitting needle as a cocktail stirrer.
6. End the evening with a fresh cup of coffee or tea to warm your guests' spirits as they depart with their new knitting projects in hand.

Tips & Warnings

• Ask your guests if they have any allergies to foods such as dairy and nuts before you plan your menu.

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