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Today we thought we would share some kids party decoration ideas with you all. We have a bunch of baby cousins and always end up doing the decorations for their birthday parties. We compiled a step by step process that we hope makes it easier to decorate for your next event.

Step 1: Pick a theme- whether it's princess, rainbow, cars, dinosaurs etc., having a theme will make everything fall into place better.

Step 2: Based on your theme, pick out colors you want to use. We recently decorated for a "Thomas the Train" first birthday party so we used blue and green as our main colors.

Step 3: Make a list of items you think you'll need to purchase. This list usually consists of items like streamers, balloons, a backdrop, happy birthday banners, plates, silverware, napkins, party favors, loot bags, and games.

Step 4: the CAKE! Knowing your guestlist beforehand will help in deciding what size of cake you will need to get. We HIGHLY recommend SAMs club cakes. SAMs club does tiered cakes that are really affordable and cute. The sheet cakes are good there as well (Costco's sheet cakes are awesome also).

Step 5: Once you have all of the equipment you will need to decorate, you should pick a location for where you want to set up the cake. That location tends to be the focal point and the area that should be decorated the most. After that, we like to decorate large open areas around the cake cutting location.

Decoration Ideas:

• We usually like to have a backdrop thats related to the theme behind the cake table, and decorate the cake table with a tablecloth, and confetti on the cake table. 
• If you have a large entrance and staircase, we like to drape and hang streamers to make it more festive. 
• Balloons are a super easy decoration idea. You can basically stick them anywhere to make it more festive

Namaste y'all!

Today we thought we would share some of our staple party recipes. We made this spread for our New Years party and it was a big hit with our guests (not just our moms). Our menu consisted of: Fried Kimchi balls as an appetizer, a mushroom and spinach penne pasta for our main course, trifle cake for dessert, and raspberry sherbet punch for a beverage. This was just our contribution to our otherwise Indian potluck party. Let's just jump right into the recipes.

Fried Kimchi Rice Balls (20 Servings)
inspired by Seoul Sausage food truck

Ingredients
2 cups uncooked jasmine rice
1lb kimchi diced
1lb kimchi blended
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup frozen green peas
1 cup shiitake mushrooms
1 bunch green onions
1 tablespoon chili garlic paste
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 cups cheddar cheese
2 cups mozzarella cheese
3 eggs
3 tablespoons flour
Panko breadcrumbs
Spicy Mayo


Process
1. Cook rice and let it cool overnight
2. In a large pan or wok, heat oil. Once hot, add chopped bulb of green onion.
3. Once green onions are wilted, add diced mushrooms, frozen peas, and diced kimchi. Stir until sufficiently cooked through.

4. Add blended kimchi and chili garlic sauce.
5. After 1 minute, add the cooled rice and mix well. Add soy sauce and salt if needed.
6.  Let the kimchi fried rice cool completely (at least 2 hours).
7. After the rice is cool, mix in chopped green onion, 1whole egg,1 tablespoon flour, and cheeses and mix well.



8. Form balls in desired size. We found it helpful to use an ice-cream scooper for uniform size and well shaped balls.
9. Set up a dredging station. Coat the formed balls in flour, egg, and lastly panko breadcrumbs.
10. Heat oil and fry those balls!


11. drizzle fried balls with spicy mayo




Spinach and Mushroom Penne Pasta (16 servings)

Recipe inspired by http://allrecipes.com/recipe/89334/portobello-penne-pasta-casserole/?scale=16&ismetric=0 (doubled and slightly modified)

Ingredients
16oz package uncooked penne pasta
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 lb portobello mushrooms (sliced)
1 cup butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 cloves garlic (minced)
1 teaspoon dried basil
4 cups milk
4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
2 (10 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese
1/3 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
salt
pepper
garlic powder

 Raspberry Sherbet Punch (20 servings)

Ingredients
1. Raspberry sherbet (48oz) thawed
2. 1 liter Blood orange Italian soda
3. 2 liter ginger ale
4. 2 liter 7up
5. Fresh or frozen mixed berries (for garnish) - optional

Procedure
1. In a large punch bowl, mix together all of the ingredients. (we recommend adding sherbet first to reduce spillage). 
2. ENJOY 


Hope you try out some of these recipes and enjoy them as much as we did :)

Leave us a comment and let us know how we are doing!

Much love,
Cee and Ess