Earth-Friendly Entertaining
How to throw an eco-friendly party in your own home.
Apr. 22, 2008— -- The trend of "going green" has become increasingly popular in the past year. While we become more eco-friendly in our lives, why not bring green to the party, too? Maria McBride, author of "Party Basics for New Nesters," stopped by "GMA Now" to share some of her creative and delicious ways to incorporate organic, local and recycled goods into your next gathering and help leave a greener footprint on the Earth.
Please find some of McBride's Earth Day party recipes below.
Energy-efficient and delicious, tea on ice is a bracing thirst quencher. Fill glass vessels with water and use the sun's rays to brew a hearty batch of teas. Serve in vintage milk bottlesor mason jars with simple syrup for an old-fashioned charm.
Ingredients
1. Fill 3 quart bottles with water; add 3 tea bags to each bottle.Cover with lids or plastic wrap; let sit in full sun for an hour tosteep. Remove tea bags. Chill tea in refrigerator.
2. To prepare simple syrup, bring 2 cups of water to a boil; mix insugar and dissolve. Cool. Pour into ½-quart bottle.
3. Add sliced lemons to lemon tea, sprigs of mint to black tea,and berries to fruit tea. Cover with lids or cut a 6-inch swatchof cheesecloth to cover mouths of bottles; secure withwired twine.
4. Serve with simple syrup and tall glasses of ice.
Makes 3 quarts tea.
Celebrate spring and the bounty of the earth with a medley of seasonal vegetables. Instead of presenting guests with mountains of crunchy vegetables to be picked through, I prefer to set up personal portions in shot glasses or glass votive holders, and serve each with a tablespoon of dipping sauce. Each glass holds a mini-salad that's symbolic of a petite garden, meant to remind us that Mother Earth can sustain us if we treat her well.
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