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March 20, 2015 · 30 Comments

Save Time and Money with these Easter Tips

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One thing I love to do is host dinners and parties at my house. I thoroughly enjoy hosting friends and family and making memories in our home. No matter what the celebration, I’m always down to host it. I enjoy decorating, cooking and preparing the house for guests. I enjoy it because I am forced to get my house in order but regardless, it’s still something I love. There have been times that I’ve stressed myself to no end trying to make everything perfect for an event at my house. I went a little over board – the rugs had to be cleaned, the floors mopped, my guest room decorated. You know, all those things that no one else would even notice?

After stressing myself out to the max, I realized it’s just not worth getting stressed over. I still enjoy getting my house ready but I’ve learned it doesn’t have to be perfect. With each party I have at my house, I’ve figured out how and when to cut corners to make things less stress full on me.

Save Time and Money with These Easter Tips

After getting married and joining our two families, holidays are CRAZY. Everyone is going in different directions, it’s hard to see everyone and spend quality time with them. I was determined to make our Easter not only special but stress free. So here’s what I did…

Instead of decorating my whole house in Easter decor, I only focused on the main areas that we would be in. I put a main focus in the dining room where we would be eating.

Easter DecorationsTo take things up a notch, I bought name tags for each guest and placed them at the table. It added a special touch that cost practically nothing!

Easter DecorationsCooking is one of my favorite things to do. It relieves my stress and I get to make beautiful food that makes lots of people happy. During Christmas I ordered a HoneyBaked Ham with sides. It was not only simple but everyone was more than pleased with their food. I thought why not do that for Easter too?

This is how simple making my meal was – I went to HoneyBaked Ham. I didn’t have to call ahead of time or anything. I just showed up and told them what I wanted. I ordered a HoneyBaked ham, turkey, 2 sides and dessert. Within minutes, I had my whole entire Easter dinner completed and it not only saved me time and stress, it also saved me money! I could not have gone to the grocery store for the amount of money I spent at HoneyBaked Ham.

HOney Baked Ham for Easter DinnerI bought the HoneyBaked Ham literally hours before dinner time. They suggest to leave the ham out for about 30-45 minutes before serving. I asked if I should heat it up and they said there was no need to. That drastically cut down any ‘cooking’ I had to do.Honey Baked Ham for Easter

Once I got home, I warmed up the mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese. Within 30 minutes they were both ready.

Honey Baked Ham Easter SidesWe ate dinner and everything was perfect. The food was delicious and we had plenty for leftovers to eat on the next day. The night wouldn’t have been complete without dessert. Even though I’m not a huge ‘sweets’ person, I love to serve dessert. I was able to grab a coffee cake from HoneyBaked Ham and I picked up a few cupcakes at the grocery store.Easter Dessert IdeasEaster dinner was a complete success. Everybody who joined us left happy with full bellies. We had lots of leftovers for the next day and I didn’t have to cook a thing! I didn’t have a thing to stress about and it was magical.

I’ve got great news to share. HoneyBaked Ham is offering a coupon for you to make Easter simple and stress free. Click here to receive $5 off any purchase of $50 of more.  Offer valid 3.14.15 – 4.4.15. Must present coupon at time of purchase to receive offer. May not be combined with any other offer. One coupon per person at participating retail store locations. While supplies last.

This is a sponsored post but all opinions are mine.

 

Tell me how you make Easter and other celebrations at your house stress free!

 

 

 

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Comments

  1. Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says

    March 23, 2015 at 11:58 am

    When I was growing up, my mom always made Honey Baked Hams for Easter. They were always SO good.

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  2. My Journey With Candida says

    March 23, 2015 at 12:02 pm

    We love the honey baked ham. That is a must for our Easter dinner.

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  3. Stacie @ Divine Lifestyle says

    March 23, 2015 at 2:05 pm

    Honey Baked Ham is the best. We have it for Easter, Thanksgiving, AND Christmas.

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  4. Amy Desrosiers says

    March 23, 2015 at 2:40 pm

    Oh man, your Easter spread looks lovely! I am in love with Honey Baked Ham food!

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  5. ascendingbutterfly says

    March 23, 2015 at 4:25 pm

    Easter and my birthday always meet, this year they are literally one day apart, so it’s always stress free as I don’t cook at all on my birthday weekend, friends and family will be taking me OUT! 🙂

    Tracy @ Ascending Butterfly

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  6. Pam says

    March 23, 2015 at 5:53 pm

    I love the placecard idea. What a cute touch.

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  7. Liz Mays says

    March 23, 2015 at 6:56 pm

    I love that cute name tag! Having a HoneyBaked ham would give you so much more time to prepare!

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  8. Jeanine says

    March 23, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    Sounds great! Easter isn’t much of a stress here. We just do our own little thing as a family!

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  9. Theresa says

    March 23, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    I was super impressed with how quickly I was able to get all of my Honeybaked fixings too! I thought for sure I was going to have to call in an order, so I was super happy I could walk in, walk out, then have dinner on the table in under an hour!

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  10. Christie says

    March 23, 2015 at 9:13 pm

    Prepping an Easter meal can be so stressful! This definitely looks so amazing and welcoming for dinner!

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  11. chrysa says

    March 23, 2015 at 9:21 pm

    We love adding Honey Baked Ham to our Easter dinner every year. It make dinner time so easy because it is already cooked. Thanks for that coupon! I can use it. Love all your goodies and their quick sides, too.

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  12. Felicia says

    March 23, 2015 at 9:53 pm

    These are great tips. I love your tablescape!

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  13. casavilorainteriors says

    March 23, 2015 at 10:50 pm

    I am from Jamaica originally and we eat fried fish for Easter. We also eat bun and cheese (buns are not the same as here in America, It is a loaf like bread but is sweet with raisins in it). We never have ham

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  14. Debbie Denny says

    March 24, 2015 at 7:21 am

    Your decor id awesome. Love that ham.

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  15. Beth@FrugalFroggie says

    March 24, 2015 at 10:08 am

    Luckily, we will eat at my family this year which makes it so easy for me.

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  16. Ann Bacciaglia says

    March 24, 2015 at 10:53 am

    Honey Baked Ham is one of my favorites. I try to prepare as much as i can the day before so i can have a less stressed day on Easter.

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  17. Rosey says

    March 24, 2015 at 12:16 pm

    Those are some great pictures to go with the post! We’re big HoneyBaked lovers over here.

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  18. yumeating says

    March 24, 2015 at 2:55 pm

    All of your dishes look great. I grew up in OK while the rest of my family was in MI; where I am now. So, most times our holidays were very small. Sometimes a friend would come over. I’m not really in to hosting. My in laws are sooooo stressful. So, I just let them handle and deal with it.

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  19. itsafabulouslife2014amanda says

    March 24, 2015 at 5:03 pm

    These are great tips! We do the a Honey Baked Ham too!

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  20. Angela says

    March 24, 2015 at 6:24 pm

    I love having Honey Baked Ham for Easter. It’s always so delicious and definitely relieves some of the stress that can come with holiday entertaining.

    Reply
  21. DonnaChaffins (@DonnaChaffins) says

    March 25, 2015 at 8:20 am

    Our favorite ham is Honey Baked Ham and the time you save from not having to be in the kitchen by picking up yummy food from HBH is fantastic! Love your tips!

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  22. Kiwi says

    March 25, 2015 at 11:29 am

    You got Easter started early in your house! I am already hungry and cute decor!

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  23. Debbie L. says

    March 27, 2015 at 11:12 am

    We always have a Honey Baked Ham at Easter! It has been our Easter tradition for years! So long I can not remember when we 1st found Honey Baked! We get our ham at Anderson’s in Toledo Ohio. I have spent Easter at my parents for the last 25 years!

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  24. Shannon Gurnee says

    March 28, 2015 at 7:11 pm

    Those are some really great tips on decorating for Easter! We love Honeybaked Hams, but it’s been forever since we had one. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply

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