Every year, about this time, I start on the cookie and candy production for our annual Christmas Open House. Currently, I have four items in the freezer and will be making many more over the next six weeks or so. Of course, I have my favorite Christmas-themed measuring spoons handy. There’s no baking Christmas cookies […]
I tried a new recipe this week. It’s called Crustless Taco Pie. I found it on the blog Simply So Healthy. Her pictures are prettier than mine. We didn’t add sour cream or other toppings. It was able to stand alone, though it would be very good with all those extras on top. I changed […]
We enjoy oven-roasted vegetables, and cabbage is one of our favorites. We often roast slices of cabbage with chopped bacon and olive oil drizzled over the top. Today I made roasted kielbasa and cabbage. Oven-Roasted Kielbasa and Cabbage Serves 4-6. Depends on if you serve it on its own or add sides. 2 14-oz. packages […]
This past week seemed to fly by. I’ve been pretty busy and that always helps, doesn’t it? On Sunday, we drove north to visit my Dad and two of my siblings. We had a good afternoon. The grands enjoyed playing with my brother’s daughter who is four months younger than the twins. They don’t get […]
Middle Daughter is at college and not able to come home for a few weeks, due to commitments there, so Snow White and Rose Red helped me put together a care package for Auntie. We made hot chocolate mix and mug cake mix. Snow White added the chocolate chips to the hot chocolate mix. Rose […]
This past week I worked on three autumn Putz houses to place in Mary’s shop, Breath of Eden Country Store. A few finishing touches and a going over for glue gun webs, and they will be ready to send to Mary. Each Putz is painted to coordinate with the greeting card that makes up the […]
Some of my most favorite Putz patterns are for the Putz Christmas tree lots I’ve made. This Christmas tree lot has a welcoming snowman… …and a garland on the snowy fence. And how cute is that corrugated “tin” roof? This one is in my Etsy shop ~ ChristmasNotebook. I love the details of the Santa […]
I found myself with six small to medium zucchini to use for supper and I came across a recipe to try at the “I Breathe / I’m Hungry” blog site. This was a new recipe for me and I am so glad I tried it. It was delicous. DH complimented it, too. Click this link […]