Tag: Chinese New Year

A Chinese New Year Treat!

January 17
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A Chinese New Year treat will be a delicious way to surprise your family with some extra January fun!  Each year we try to celebrate this festive holiday with a take-out meal from our favorite restaurant.  And since we were traveling on NYE this year, making our Chinese New Year festivities extra fun seemed important!  Along with our meal, I decided to create a treat board with some interesting snacks we picked up in China at the Epcot World Showcase.  Nibbles with an Asian flare & an array of cookies helped us deliciously ring in the Year of the Tiger!  We went ahead and celebrated a tad early so we all could be home together and I’m excited to share it with you!  If you’re feeling like having another go at some New Year fun, check out this inspo!  No trip to China or Disney required…just ideas you can tweak to fit your family celebration!  Let’s gather ’round the table again…

cheers to the year of the tiger!

Easy Chinese New Year Fun!

February 15
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The Chinese New Year holiday is one that my family loves to celebrate!  But like I mentioned on Monday…this week has been so jam-packed with holidays it about makes my head spin!  But I couldn’t let this last holiday of the week go by unnoticed…especially since the celebratory food is one of our favorites!  There’s really nothing easier than ordering out and there’s never any shame in doing so!  If it means you have more time to decorate, relax, or just spend extra quality moments with your family and friends, letting someone else do the cooking once in a while is A-Okay with me! (besides, the cleanup is often easier too!)  So since tomorrow marks the celebration of the Chinese New Year, I’m making it simple by serving up our favorite carry-out meal with the simplest decorations…but no less festive!  Check out the super easy ideas and ring in 2018…

Chinese New Year style!

Year of the Rooster!

January 30
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We have a lot of family celebrations that have now become much anticipated traditions…Chinese New year is one of our favorites!  Even when our boys were little, they were pretty adventurous eaters so it was always easy to introduce new cuisines and celebrate with food!  I love all the opportunities to have meals around the table together…whether it’s big celebrations like Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter…right down to our corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day,  a Mexican feast on Cinco DeMayo, or all the Asian choices for Chinese New Year!  Over the past several years we’ve invited friends over to enjoy the Chinese New Year with us.  It’s a fun celebration to get a little creative and since the theme changes with the zodiac calendar, each year is something new until the cycle repeats itself!  But this holiday we kept it simple and decided to celebrate with just the four of us and place a take-out order from one of our favorite Chinese restaurants!  And since I didn’t have to prepare any food…I had a little fun making our table just as festive as if we were having guests!  By recycling my supplies I saved a lot of time and money creating a simple but fun table!  If you think you missed out on the Chinese New Year celebrations, not to worry!  They’re not over for 15 days into the new year so you’ve got plenty of time to break out the chopsticks and still have some fun!

Celebrating the Chinese New Year!