Make Your Own Healthy Food Gift Basket

Are you looking for something different to give someone for a special occasion. I love gift baskets they always have interesting items in them. What I like better though is making my own baskets for people. This way I know exactly what is in there and can put things that I know they will like in the basket. There are dozens of different basket ideas for all occasions. making your own healthy gift basket is a great way to show you care about a person.

What Are Some Healthy Things I can Put Into The Gift Basket

You can pretty much place anything you want in a gift basket. Make sure though the things you plan to put in to the basket will not go bad or sour if the person does not get to it right away. One of my favorite kinds of gift baskets are the ones that have different healthy foods in them. I love healthy food to begin with so a basket full of healthy foods is like heaven to me. If you are out looking for a basket that has nothing but healthy things in it, I am sure they do have them out but you can save so much more money if you make the basket your self. Here is a list below of different things you can place in to a health food gift basket.

1. Different fruits. You can also go with bags of dried fruits.
2. Whole wheat crackers with a healthy dip
3. You can put healthy cooking oils in fancy bottles.
4. A different assortments of nuts such as peanuts, almonds, walnuts, water chestnuts, hazel nuts, cashews and pistachios.
5. Different organic food products.
6. Trail mixes can go inside a healthy food basket.
7. Meats and cheeses that are low in sodium.
8. Dark chocolate. This is better for you then regular milk chocolate.
9. An assortment of different coffee and tea packets.
10. You can place different wines in the baskets.Wine in moderation is suppose to be good for you.
11. You can try making your own foods to go in the basket that are healthy treats or drinks.
12. Vitamins and healthy shake mixes.
13. You can place different kind of jellies, jams and preserves in the basket.
14. Get a few healthy living cookbooks and place them in the basket so now the person can start cooking healthy too.

These are just a few things that can go into a health food gift basket. Again the great thing about making baskets as gifts, you can place just about anything that you want to inside and incorporate it with the basket ideas. Weather you go and buy one or even hand make one I am very sure the person receiving the gift basket will just love it.

How Do I Make A Healthy Gift Basket

Making a gift basket can be a very fun project. Yet it can also become a pain in the same time if you don't have a plan. You are trying to figure out how to put everything inside and have it look nice and orderly not all thrown together. You may even want to add some decoration to the basket to spice it up. Here are some different steps to help you make a basket of healthy goodies look nice and in shape.

First off you will want to get a basket along with something to fill in the bottom. tape, glue, ribbon, stickers, bows, fake or real flowers, colored saran wrap or shrink wrap, and a blow dryer. Now that you have all of your supplies you will want to decorate the basket before placing anything into it.

After you have decorated it and let the glue dry then place the filler in the bottom of the basket.Now you are ready to place all of the healthy goodies you have gotten for the basket inside. I would go from biggest item towards the back and end up with the smallest things sitting in the front.

Once you have everything in place and the way you like it now you can place the bottom of the basket on saran wrap. You can go with a colored or clear wrap. After the basket has been placed on the wrap pick up all of the sides of the wrap and bunch it together neatly with a rubber band.

This is the part where you now can wrap the bow or ribbon around the top of the wrap to keep it closed and look pretty with the bow, flower or ribbon you have chosen. Than you can decorate the outside of the wrap as well if you desire. Now you have your very own home made healthy food basket.