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[pommom]

Our annual yoga class Christmas gathering is this coming Friday, Dec. 8.  Caught me a little off-guard since I wasn't in class last week when it was first announced.

Here's the catch:  I have a session with my trainer on Friday at 9 am; pet setting 10:30 - 11:30 am and the party is from 11 am - 1 pm.  I can always show up late (will mention it to my yoga teacher).  So I need something that will keep in the car for 4 hours.  TIA

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[CelticCrafter]

If it's going to sit in the car for all that time, I think the only thing I would be comfortable bringing is either a fruit platter or a raw vegetable platter with a new, unopened bottle of ranch dressing and a bowl to pour it in once you get to where you are going.

[qualitygal]

Deviled eggs.  (We'll be in snow possibly by then) Or if you have a cooler, use that.

[Moonchilde]

I would bring something that should be kept cold rather than hot - chicken salad, pasta salad, something like that. I would put it in a nicely insulated zippered carrier and put a couple of blue ice packs inside. That should do you.

Or - stop on the way and pick up a hot or cold dish already prepared from a restaurant or supermarket. 

Bring cookies or baked goods, or a loaf of fresh French bread, croissants, etc.

I had to do that for years, as I mentioned in the potluck thread, because my working hours, distance from car to office and inability to leave my desk precluded me whipping up something homemade and carrying it in.

[chrystaltree]

Since it has to sit in car for 4 hours, I'd go with a bakery item.  Cookies, muffins, cupcakes, croissants.  

[VenturaHighway]

@pommomI love this dill dip in rye bread bowl. You can put the dip in a cooler and fix this fast when you want to fix it. This is always a big hit at a party. Make sure to keep the bread in a large zip-lock bag to keep it from getting hard.

[ROMARY]

Bakery items:  Cookies, donuts, muffins, etc.  Bring along a nice, large plate or two and arrange the goodies at the party.  That's what I do.  Always bakery items, and just about everyone runs over to have one or two.  Some take a couple home at the end of the gathering.  Enjoy!

[Noel7]

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@pommom wrote:

Our annual yoga class Christmas gathering is this coming Friday, Dec. 8.  Caught me a little off-guard since I wasn't in class last week when it was first announced.

Here's the catch:  I have a session with my trainer on Friday at 9 am; pet setting 10:30 - 11:30 am and the party is from 11 am - 1 pm.  I can always show up late (will mention it to my yoga teacher).  So I need something that will keep in the car for 4 hours.  TIA

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I would not keep any food sitting in a car that long, except maybe some bakery items.

Why do it?  Won't there be a bakery or the like around where you park your car?  You could pick up a cake on the way from your dog and class appointments on the way to the party.  Even a Safeway would do.

[alicedee]

If it is close by, you could do something in your crock pot and drop it off before your trainer appointment, perhaps?  

[Yahooey]

Bubbly + OJ 

Mimosa = Namaste