{"id":3739,"date":"2012-12-18T04:31:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T04:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/?p=3739"},"modified":"2018-03-15T16:18:53","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T00:18:53","slug":"holiday-entertaining-made-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/holiday-entertaining-made-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Entertaining Made Easy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.king5.com\/new-day-northwest\/Easy-appetizers-for-entertaining--183954621.html\">King 5&#8217;s New Day Northwest<\/a>, I&#8217;ll be taking the stress out of holiday entertaining with my do-ahead recipes. I&#8217;ll be sharing my tips and tricks for my savory <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/foodwine\/2019883929_kathyrosemaryhamxml.html\">Overnight Rosemary Ham &amp; White Cheddar Strata Bites<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/foodwine\/2019883925_kathylemongrasschickenxml.html\">Lemongrass Chicken Meatballs with Sassy Peanut Sauce<\/a><\/strong> recipes!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/foodwine\/2019883929_kathyrosemaryhamxml.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8058\/8282352701_e10ccb4bac.jpg\" alt=\"Strata bites\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/foodwine\/2019883925_kathylemongrasschickenxml.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8058\/8283411664_8f05891123.jpg\" alt=\"Chicken Meatballs\" width=\"219\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Photos by Kathy Casey Food Studios\u00ae)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tackle the crowds&#8217; sweet tooth with my<strong> <\/strong>recipes for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/foodwine\/2019930532_kathypannacottaxml.html\">Pumpkin Panna Cotta with Holiday Ale Caramel &amp; Sea Salt<\/a> <\/strong>and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/foodwine\/2019930527_kathychocolatecakesxml.html\">Warm Orange &amp; Pistachio Bittersweet Chocolate Cakes \u201cin a Jar\u201d with Orange Cream<\/a><\/strong>, featured in this Wednesday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/foodwine\/2019930524_kathycaseydessertsxml.html\">Seattle Times&#8217; Food &amp; Wine section<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/foodwine\/2019930532_kathypannacottaxml.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8073\/8284994367_0733086061.jpg\" alt=\"Panna Cotta\" width=\"191\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seattletimes.com\/html\/foodwine\/2019930527_kathychocolatecakesxml.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8223\/8286053096_4b17f6c129.jpg\" alt=\"Jar Cake\" width=\"195\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>(Photos by Kathy Casey Food Studios\u00ae)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For a great signature cocktail for your next party, try stirring up some of my <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallscreennetwork.com\/video\/800\/liquid-kitchen-spiced-vermouth\/\">Spiced Vermouth<\/a><\/strong> into a <strong>Holiday Manhattan<\/strong>! Red vermouth is infused with fresh citrus, ginger, allspice, cloves, cranberries and spiced rum for a great holiday taste. Mix the infusion with bourbon and a dash of bitters for a great holiday-themed Manhattan!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aocY6kOo3t8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liquidkitchen.tv\">Kathy Casey&#8217;s Liquid Kitchen<\/a> for my Holiday Manhattan with Spiced Vermouth recipes! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s to de-stressing the holidays! -Kathy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On King 5&#8217;s New Day Northwest, I&#8217;ll be taking the stress out of holiday entertaining with my do-ahead recipes. I&#8217;ll be sharing my tips and tricks for my savory Overnight Rosemary Ham &amp; White Cheddar Strata Bites and Lemongrass Chicken Meatballs with Sassy Peanut Sauce recipes! (Photos by Kathy Casey Food Studios\u00ae) Tackle the crowds&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11748,1],"tags":[5657,4866,7565,461,4994,2758,11450,1529,8666,8696,1621,5009,5654,411,4022,1128,5530,2759,3573,7910,1058,7659,244,6989,1054,1347,1510,323,8688,414,1239,3828,2812,1117,1386,46,1506,4444,2789,1388,8664,3148,2691,462,6991,992,2975,8683,8684,6507,2592,2853,988,1485,2599,3310,1504,4139,2802,1259,4109,6286,4467,11457,995,1499,72,220,6209,8667,7916,2459,3208,2269,570,1226,8677,8678,5667,4113,6861,8685,1177,2435,1030,4220,8649,328,2008,1345,1418,1249,7468,2787,5887,6546,2813,1086,1509,1613,3455,8655,8690,3802,2238,4447,3055,227,8680,8669,4643,4840,4839,8676,8675,8674,7634,3025,3100,3096,1060,8658,1947,324,308,2743,1775,8692,8691,1860,1991,7382,7840,1040,5834,7914,7913,1092,980,8645,8091,1062,2481,3167,6472,1124,2927,1435,8670,2007,1701,8647,551,11454,1724,8689,4617,2514,4974,1594,1333,2597,8653,8654,5243,5769,3168,8612,2776,245,2672,4004,460,1385,1761,1096,1588,1091,6596,792,8682,2003,2210,3432,3899,1596,6544,3897,8644,6170,1969,5067,8662,8661,1853,5075,1502,3931,1230,3932,1152,1642,331,341,5078,5469,2634,1718,7570,7389,7390,334,5829,1618,1597,8652,4693,8059,8679,8063,2256,4800,2474,1727,6303,1089,8660,1139,8650,5776,7969,445,1857,4915,7050,1528,6150,8663,1238,5209,1721,1147,1157,8695,573,4203,2800,5778,4594,2791,8687,8686,1381,1616,1708,1523,8668,3280,5041,2520,8694,8665,5519,8648,7478,5712,560,8646,5387,8673,8672,8671,705,582,4229,4801,1671,5239,1672,5238,8659,4598,8657,8656,1728,1508,8693,1526,2796,1176,4806,706,5136,8681,1039,1131,4838,1719,4195,1723,5871,2676,3827,8651,5088,4918,1199],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/holiday-entertaining-made-easy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Holiday Entertaining Made Easy! - Dishing with Kathy Casey\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On King 5&#8217;s New Day Northwest, I&#8217;ll be taking the stress out of holiday entertaining with my do-ahead recipes. 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