Munchy Meals – One Mom’s Solution to Game Time Munchies

When it comes to watching sports in our house I’ve learned that the best thing to do is to toss some food on the coffee table and let the sports fans go. Whether it’s a Saturday afternoon Red Wing game, the Rose Bowl or the Super Bowl, I know that my family and our guests [...]

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A Lighter Look at Tradition

It’s the day after Thanksgiving and it’s Friday so I thought we could all use a little laugh. After the craziness of yesterday it’s a great time to take a lighter look at some of our Thanksgiving traditions, including the unusual or just plain weird food that shows up. Since no one can so this better than Mitch Albom I’ll simply send you on over to him. Click here to laugh with Mitch.

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Fast Food ~ Have it Your Way!

My friend Judy Davis posted the fact that it’s National Fast Food Day today and wondered why we would celebrate something that has no nutritional value. And let’s face it, most of us know that and yet we find ourselves succumbing to the temptation to grab something quick and easy, especially when we are busy. [...]

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Chocolate Covered Raisins

In looking at upcoming holidays, I discovered that tomorrow is National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day. Being a sucker for a fun holiday, and a big fan of raisins dunked in dark chocolate, I decided to try an experiment in honor of this holiday.

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Coral Island Cookies

One of the great things about the holidays is traditions. You all know how much I love our cookie tradition. Well, in the blog chatter Kate Sanner told me how much she enjoys her annual tradition of baking all kinds of Christmas cookies. Kate’s tradition has been handed down through the generations along with some great recipes and she has been kind enough to share one of her favorites with us.

So if you love to bake and are looking for a new recipe, or if you are ready to create a great new tradition, give these cookies a try! And remember that cookies make great gifts. Just box them up, arrange on a plate or in a great container (Flee markets and garage sales are perfect for finding great plates and containers for giving baked goods!)

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The great cookie debate

If you’ve ever heard me speak you probably know how much I love Cookie Day (the day that my girls and I bake our Christmas cookies). What you may not know is what cookies we bake that day. I used to be a little embarrassed to tell people about it because it didn’t seem very festive. But, since you’ve stopped by the blog I’ll confess: the truth is that we usually bake only 2 kinds of cookies;

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The pumpkin pie debacle

As I was making pumpkin pies with my daughter today I was telling her how important it is to mix the ingredients in the order that the recipe states. If you mix the milk in before the spices then it’s impossible to truly blend the spices into the mixture. The pies end up looking a little odd as the spices collect on the top of the pie, looking rather spotted.

You might wonder how I know about this great mystery of life.

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