When was the last time you hosted a lunch for your girlfriends?
For me, it’s been a long time… I’ve been a stay at home / work from home mom for 10 years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve actually had girlfriends over during the day for lunch. I get so stuck in my routine and always think that entertaining needs to happen in the evening, at dinnertime, but we all need to eat lunch, right?
Marzetti’s Simply Dressed Salad Dressing gave me the gentle push I needed to have some girlfriends over to share lunch. Can I say this was probably the easiest “party” I’ve ever had? Armed with a selection of Marzetti’s Simply Dressed all natural salad dressings and a wide variety of salad toppings, I set everything out and we had a “build your own” salad lunch.
The kids were playing nicely, and it was a rare occasion that the 5 of us took a break from our actual work day and gathered together for great food and conversation. We spent a little over an hour together, so it wasn’t a huge break in our day, but it was just enough to realize that we need to do things like this more often!
Thanks to my friends Sara (at top), Jenny (above),
and Heather from Scraps by Heather for taking the time out of your days to join me for lunch! I adore you ladies and can’t wait to do it again 🙂
And thanks to Marzetti’s Simply Dressed Salad Dressing for reminding me that entertaining doesn’t always have to be complicated. A simple salad bar with a variety of great salad dressings, some good friends and a little time is all you need!
Marzetti’s Simply Dressed Salad Party Giveaway!
Marzetti’s has offered to give one lucky Dine & Dish reader the opportunity to “do lunch” with your own friends by sharing one Marzetti’s House Party Kit. Included in this giveaway is:
For the Host:
• 8 Coupons for Free Simply Dressed®
• 1 Simply Dressed® apron
• 2 Salad To Go Bowls (one is for a guest)
For the party:
• 13 Insulated grocery totes
• 13 Coupons for $1 off Simply Dressed®
• 13 Simply Dressed® recipe cards
To enter the giveaway to host your own Marzetti’s Simply Dressed Salad Party, follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter widget below. Thanks for participating and good luck!
Disclosure: I was given a salad party kit to host my friends for lunch as well as am being compensated as part of an ongoing relationship with Marzetti’s Simply Dressed. All opinions expressed are my own.
I would in invite my parents and in-laws to the salad party. They all love veggies as much as I do. 🙂
My neighbors – I have wanted to connect more people together!
I would invite my parents because they appreciate a good salad.
I would invite all my girlfriends from my law section last year – we never get to all be together any more!!
Funny – I just made lunch plans with two girlfriends that I haven’t had seen in weeks! Love this.
I loved that you had a party with your girlfriends for lunch! Looks like you had a great time!
I would invite my daughter, my sisters-in-law and all by girlfriends from my old job. Lots of fun!
I would make it a block party and invite all my neighbors. We love to get together and try out new foods so this would be great!
I would invite my sisters, there are five of us in total along with their teenage kids and that should definitely make for a large party of salad and yummy dressing.
I love having girlfriends over to reconnect but I don’t do it nearly enough. This Salad Party Giveaway would be the perfect motivation to get my little group together again.
My Fabulous 5 women from my Bible Study. They were there for me last year when I had surgery and I would love to bless them with lunch.
I would invite my girls from bible study
My school croonies want to get togehter and this would be perfect.
Marzetti’s Balsamic dressing is my favorite! What a fun idea for a little mid-day break.
I would invite my best friend Jules and Jennie because I miss them very much. We all live in different cities, but would love for us to get together
Some church gals that need a break once in awhile – and a great salad !
Having girls friends over is great. We get to just hang out and catch up. Also it’s what I do with my sisters and cousins. We share memories and laugh till our sides are sore. This would make the perfect lunch for either.
These are my FAVORITE dressings. Pick me!!!! I love your website.
I would invite my Mom, Grandma, daughter and best friend. They all need to eat more salad and we could visit and have fun.
Would love to get my friends together for a salad party.
We seem to never get together enough!
Marzetti makes the best blue cheese!!!
What fun! I think that I would have all of my co-workers over for lunch. It would be good for us to be in a party environment and out of our normal setting! I live close enough to work that we could have a nice lunch time for us all! I love love love their Strawberry Poppyseed dressing!
I seriously love their dressing!! Pick me 🙂
I’d love to invite my grandma, she just loves salad!
I would invite my sister and my girlfriends. A salad would do them good.
I would invited my parents because they appreciate a good salad.
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I would invited my parents because they appreciate a good salad.
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What fun! Your friends all look like girls I would want to hang with. 🙂
My Sister would be the very first person I would invite. She is always there when anyone needs her, she is kind, generous and because I love her.
My Sister would be the very first person I would invite. She is always there when anyone needs her, she is kind, generous and because I love her.
My Sister would be the very first person I would invite. She is always there when anyone needs her, she is kind, generous and because I love her.
My Sister would be the very first person I would invite. She is always there when anyone needs her, she is kind, generous and because I love her.
I’d invite my neighbors. We need more occasions to get together.
My best friend Tina. She now lives in CA and I never get to see her, sniff, sniff.
Looks like y’all had a great afternoon!
I would love to invite friends over a healthy luncheon.
I would like to invite some of my girlfriends over. Like you, I need to do this more often!
I would like to invite some of my girlfriends over. Like you, I need to do this more often!
I would invite my mom and my mother-in-law and my daughter-in-law – who is pregnant with my 4th grandchild! Also her girlfriends as we are all going to be really busy in one month!
My mom!
My mom!
My mom!
looks like a fun time with girlfriends. something the majority of mothers, i would venture to say, don’t make enough time for.
I would love to invite my sister because it has been quite awhile since we’ve hung out.
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
I would invite my three closest girlfriends. This is great! We need to remember that getting together doesn’t have to be a big production! A salad party fits the bill!
Great idea for a book club night!
I would love to invite friends that I’ve been to busy to catch up with over for lunch!
I’d invite my mom for all the years she cooked for me!
I’d like to invite my sisters and my mother so we could have a nice girls day together.
I’d like to invite my sisters and my mother so we could have a nice girls day together.
My neighbor, Randi, who is always good for a glass of wine !
What a fun party! I know exactly who I would invite. There are some friends that I would love, love, love to get together with soon!
Fun and simple way to get together! Love it!
great idea for catching up with a bunch of girlfriends!
I would invite my sister and mom. We don’t get together enough!
My daughter is crazy for salads and I love her company so she would be my first invite. I’ve tried the Blue Cheese dressing already and it is hands down the best bottled dressing I’ve ever had. I usually don’t like prepared salad dressing but this one is a winner.
I would have all my friends who stuck together and helped each other during the recent hurricane – it would be a thank you lunch!
I would invite my Mom.
I would invite my neighbors. I really enjoy their company & conversation.
I would invite over some of my girlfriends after taking our weekly Zumba class!
I would invite some of my neighbors! They’re all great people and we’re really lucky to have such good folks so close by.
Sounds like a great time…and I’d love to do it, myself, with some of my bus-stop-buddies!
I would invite my sister!
I would invite my bestie and my buds from work! Nothing like a good group of people enjoying food and company!
Definitely my friends and family!
iI would invite my friends and family! They all enjoy salads
I would invite my friends and family! They all enjoy salads
I would invite my best gals! There is nothing like some great conversation filled with laughter and joy!
Girls from Church because they would love coming to try the great dressings
The girls from work
I would most like to invite my daughter and granddaughter as they are my best friends!
Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!
My friends that I haven’t seen in awhile! We have all been really busy and have not been able to get together so it would be nice to have lunch and catch up.
I would host a salad lunch for the teachers and staff at our school that participates in our salad day lunches.
I would invite all my co-workers who eat salad with me every day for lunch!
I would invite my friend Wynona. She’s a lover of salads. It would be nice to create a tasty salad with Marzetti’s Simply Dressed Salad Party Mix and watch everyone smile because of the great flavors and friends.
I would invite my friend Wynona. She’s a lover of salads. It would be nice to create a tasty salad with Marzetti’s Simply Dressed Salad Party Mix and watch everyone smile because of the great flavors and friends.
I would like to invite my friend Wynona to my lunch party. She’s a lover of salads. It would be nice to have great friends and Marzetti’s Simply Dressed Salad dressing at the same table:)
I would host a salad party for my co-workers