The holidays can bring on unwanted stress, especially if you are hosting a holiday party. The Festival of Trees committee has several ideas to bring you over the next few weeks to help make your holidays a breeze.

Need a quick appetizer dish to serve or bring to your next party? Try this snowman cheese ball recipe, courtesy of Karen Pope, from Get Cooking.

Ingredients:

• 3 pre-made (or your own recipe) cheese balls
• shredded Italian cheese
• black olives
• small carrot
• crackers

Directions:

1. Using a pre-made cheese ball (from your local grocer) or your own recipe, shape cheese balls into 3 different balls (small, medium, large.)
2. Roll into shredded mozzarella or Italian cheese.
3. Stack the balls on top of each other to make a snowman.
4. Use black olives to make eyes, mouth and buttons and a carrot wedge for a nose.
5. Serve with crackers as desired.

Don’t forget to join us for Festival of Trees, beginning with Friends Night Out, Thursday, November 19. To find out more, click here.