10 Delicious New Year’s Eve Appetizers
Posted on December 29, 2009 - Filed Under Appetizers, Recipes, holiday, quick and easy | 3 Comments
What do you do on New Year’s Eve? Nearly every year for as long as I can remember, I have stayed home, watched a movie and ate some delicious food. At midnight, I always have some sort of sparkling wine or champagne.
Back when I was a teen, our family tradition was to eat a spread [...]
A Very Merry Christmas Eve 2009
Posted on December 24, 2009 - Filed Under holiday | 4 Comments
The wrapping is nearly done. Seventeen gift bags and baskets of cookies and other confections have been made and delivered. The tree is lit, the outdoors decorated. Butter is softening for a few more batches of cookies. The stockings are hung and the milk is chilling for that big guy in the red suit. All [...]
Read More..>>Buttery Roasted Shrimp Recipe
Posted on December 22, 2009 - Filed Under Easy Recipes, Recipes, dinner, fish/shellfish, holiday | 2 Comments
Our massive lawn is buried deep beneath snow. Our driveway is still white, though passable even with my little Civic. And those big C9 lights that I rushed to put up a few weeks ago really glisten against the wintery backdrop. It’s a winter wonderland out there.
For the first time in years, Will got on [...]
Last Minute Holiday Treats:
Peppermint Bark Coated Pretzels Recipe
Posted on December 22, 2009 - Filed Under Easy Recipes, Gifting Goodies, Great Gifts, Recipes, holiday | Leave a Comment
Peppermint. Dark chocolate. White chocolate. Those flavors together just scream winter and holidays and good times. It’s hard to believe that I went so many years without tasting this delightful combination, but ever since I did, I’ve been hooked. Love it.
In the past few years, I’ve made a delicious (and easy!) Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark, [...]
How to Package Homemade Holiday Treats
Posted on December 11, 2009 - Filed Under Gifting Goodies, Great Gifts, holiday | 1 Comment
One of my favorite things to do every holiday season is to make tons and tons of treats to give to my friends and family. I literally spend days baking, and love every second of it. I typically will place each type of treat in its own treat bag and then put them all into [...]
Read More..>>Favorite Gifts for Food Lovers and Home Cooks 2009
Posted on November 30, 2009 - Filed Under A Little Help, holiday | 7 Comments
Looking for the perfect gift for the food lover (I hate the word ‘foodie,’ but insert that if you prefer) or your favorite home cook? There are so many awesome presents out there at every price point. So, no matter how much you want to spend this year, you can find a great gift.
Now, how [...]
Thanksgiving Leftovers Recipes
Posted on November 27, 2009 - Filed Under Recipes, Thanksgiving, holiday, leftovers | 4 Comments
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving yesterday! Ours was perfect – relaxed, happy and filled with good new memories. My kids and I watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on television, a favorite tradition of mine. Later, Shawn and I took to the kitchen to prep our meal – Shawn does the turkey and I [...]
Read More..>>Thanksgiving 2009 in Photos
Posted on November 26, 2009 - Filed Under Thanksgiving, holiday | 2 Comments
Read More..>>Three Easy Thanksgiving Centerpieces
Posted on November 25, 2009 - Filed Under Thanksgiving, holiday | 5 Comments
When I was in first or second grade, we learned about cornucopias. Somewhere between coloring the ditto sheet and learning about this so-called horn-of-plenty, I decided that my family was totally missing the boat on this incredibly important holiday tradition. I went home and all but demanded that our Thanksgiving table feature one. And it [...]
Read More..>>Simple Pomegranate Spritzer Recipe
Posted on November 24, 2009 - Filed Under Thanksgiving, drinks, holiday | 3 Comments
Yesterday, we were just sitting down to breakfast when Paige said, “Mommy, water please?” (She’s two, so that’s a pretty darn good sentence!) Will echoed the request. Shawn laughed a little and said, “Kids who like water, well done, honey!” And really, they do love water. Paige will choose that above just about any other [...]
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