My solution to entertaining on a budget is simple: The Potluck. So how do we receive guests (lots of them) and still have money at the end of the summer for school supplies?
But not gathering with friends is entirely out of the question, as summer entreats us to fill the back patio to overflowing and let the laughter spill onto the neighboring yards. The children’s bedtimes have long gone out the window, friends and family are in town, and the garden is flourishing – its fruit ready to take center stage on the dinner table.Ī barbecue with the guys one week, a garden party with the ladies another week there is no question that entertaining in summer can eat a chunk out of the monthly food budget. There’s nothing like a lingering, warm summer evening to inspire one to entertain.
