A couple of months ago the girls and I attended a wedding. I decided to do something a little different for the couple’s wedding gift.
While I know cash is always a welcome gift as are items off the registry, I decided that maybe having an easy meal with almost all of the necessary supplies and ingredients would be helpful.
I thought about which of our favorite recipes might translate well into a shelf-stable gift and settled upon my chicken pasta alfredo recipe. And with that, the Newlywed Dinner Survival Kit was born.
The kit contained a 5 quart dutch oven, a colander, measuring cups and spoons, a large spoon, a box of bow tie pasta, 2 cans of chicken, garlic powder, parmesan cheese, a can of green beans, and a can of peaches.
I printed out a recipe card and placed all of the items into the dutch oven.
The only items the couple would have needed were water, milk, butter, salt, and pepper. I could have included a can of milk as well as salt and pepper but I was afraid I wouldn’t have room. Maybe next time I will do that.
I used half of a plastic tablecloth to wrap up the kit and tied a big bow around it.
I even came up with a corny poem to use as a gift tag. You really just never know what I might come up with. 🙂
If you want to print out the recipe card and gift tag simply click the link below for the PDF version.
Even if you don’t want to give this as wedding gift you can always print out the recipe card and do something similar for a housewarming present.
Newlywed Dinner Survival Kit Printable Recipe Card & Poem
If you’re wondering how the gift was received, the couple sent us a nice thank you and said that they enjoyed the meal.
