A homemade challah paired with garlic confit and some sliced meat is a Yom Tov meal unto its own.
Magnificently wrapped, it makes for a regal and delicious mishloach manot package.

The year my sister Leah’s husband graduated, the entire family monumentalized the occasion with this celebratory mishloach manot. With an accompanying unisex costume, it’s a smart one to the nth degree!

What’s more fun than an adorable family of little girls?

My daughter’s all-girl bond was the inspiration for this ballet slipper mishloach manos. You can fill the box with anything you choose and then seal it with a chocolate square. Pirouette, anybody?

What you see is what you get with this mouthwatering classy cookie box.

If you dabble in graphics, the cookie box labels can be designed with pictures of the actual cookies.

Good things come in small packages, and these adorable pies are no exception. You can use store-bought or homemade pies, but whichever you choose, they’re sure to be well received.

“Howdy” you make an easy mishloach manos that appeals to the guys?

My cousin Avigail created these cute cowboy packages with treats that the menfolk will definitely enjoy. Yee-haw!

What a "soup"er mishloach manos idea, spreading a feeling of warmth to your family and friends. Give just one type of soup, tied to some breadsticks for a second food item; two types; or as many as you like! 

So now that you have your Mishloach Manos and Costumes all taken care of (gulp) we can turn our attention towards the seudah.

Purim gives us a unique opportunity to unleash our creativity with a bit of a funky twist.  Most of our holiday meals are formal kind of affairs.  Purim is just begging for us to have fun and introduce that element of surprise into our table setup.

This week I'm focusing on Mishloach Manos "tags".  You can keep your packaging simple and neat, just adding a wow tag takes it up ten notches.

If it somehow co-ordinates with your costumes then it's your lucky day!

If you're looking for a special something to gift to an important person in your life, here are some personal favorites.  I have given/received and tasted all of the above items, and have been impressed with the presentation and quality of the foods.

Welcome to my First Installment of Purim Products Roundup.

Over the years we've had a lot of fun together creating all kinds of Mishloach Manos. We've had the elaborate years, when Purim was a focus and we spent time and money and effort making sure everything was just perfect.

Then we had those other kind of years, when so much was going on that all of a sudden it was Purim and we had to come up with something presentable - and fast!

Over the next few weeks leading up to Purim, I'm going to give you some quick links to Purim ideas. Some concepts I've shared with you in the past, and some are new ones that might be just what you are looking for - to add some pizzazz to your Mishloach Manos or Purim Tablescape.