Today's party prep updates.......

Ok......I will likely never make these again because they were a pain in the a$$ but they are so cute! GF too--yay Bugles!  :)  Please ignore the sideways picture---even if I saved it separately it still posted this way!

I made another batch of GF hot chicken salad after I read my Timehop for today and saw I had 2 batches last year.  :)  I even sampled today's batch and seriously I couldn't tell it was GF---the stuffing mix was an awesome addition!

 Over the weekend I made no bake cookies and put them into cupcake liners to make them a little less messy---when I have made them in the past they were runny and end up everywhere!  lol

I love to make food labels for my parties.  Why?  Well I like to know what something is when I am at a party before I put it on my plate.  ;)  It's also an easy way to label the GF things for my guests.

Magic......I perform magic.......

Well I'm not really magical but I feel like I am since I pretty easily made one of the most popular dishes at our Christmas Eve party GLUTEN FREE!  Which dish you ask?

Hot chicken salad made famous by Kristen's mom.......if you haven't trued it at my house or Kristen's  you must TRY IT.  You can eat it with chips , or bread or just with a fork (my preferred method lol).  The original recipe calls for croutons....instead of just leaving them out I substituted with a GF stuffing mix--I couldn't find GF croutons, didn't want to make my own and when I opened the stuffing package it basically looked like croutons---WIN!

Ready for the freezer--YUMMY!

I also made Jenni's famous chicken enchilada dip---the recipe is naturally GF which is nice.  I serve it with Fritos but really anything can work---I have even put the leftovers into corn tortillas and baked it!

This year I need to remember that things need to come out of the freezer 1st thing in the morning!  Last year a few things were still partially frozen when they went into the oven.  LOL

Christmas Eve Party Prep has begun.......

I finally made my grocery list yesterday and made it to the store this morning so I am able to start prepping some of the dishes for our annual Christmas Eve party.  I have found a bunch of desserts that hold up very well in the fridge (assuming I don't eat them LOL) and some other dishes that transfer well from the freezer to the oven.

So today (as of right now) I have made my Oreo truffles and guess what?  This year I made them gluten free!  It was an easy switch to make and no one will be able to tell the difference but my friends that are GF have one more thing they can eat at the party!  :)

This is the recipe that I used: http://www.chef-in-training.com/2011/11/no-bake-oreo-truffles/.  Obviously I used GF cookies and I used 8oz of cream cheese and regular white chocolate chips.  They are very easy to make and look a lot more complicated than they are---I promise!