For the past two years I have put together a Summer Fun Guide for my church’s women’s group (with the help of two wonderful women — thank you Cheryl, and Jami — as well as content input from lots of other women) and we have circulated it via a Word document in print and email. [...]
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Not only are these treats yummy, but they are a great hands-on way way to drive home the story of Easter. Each treat ends up hollow, representing the discovery of the empty tomb — younger children will be amazed by the transformation. I do not know the original sources of the recipes, not even where I received them as I just had them as files on my computer.
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Okay, I jest. I need a little levity these days. But have you SEEN them? It is just wrong, so wrong, I nearly had to shield my young children’s eyes when we saw them as we turned the corner.
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I just love holidays. Give me a reason to celebrate and I’m already looking for coordinating cake pans and polishing the silver. JavaBoy definitely follows in my footsteps and JavaGirl, still too young to realize that every day is NOT a party, is always along for the ride. So imagine my bliss, when I discovered [...]
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No, really, I have not been whisked off into the WP nor have I drifted off into a holiday-food-induced coma (thought I came close to one of those scenarios). Like you, I am sure, I’ve been in a whirlwind of family visits, holiday obligations, and stuffed in a car traveling thousands of miles visiting relatives with [...]
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This is not really a foodie blog, but apparently that is where my mind is at during the holidays!
When I made my first Thanksgiving turkey nearly 15 years ago, my mother sent me a sage, yet humorous email, with instructions. I printed that email out and pulled it out year after year and managed to keep it despite moving cross-country twice since then. I’ve also picked up a few tricks of my own along the way and have written them in the margins and finally got wise last year and wrote up my own version for future generations on our family blog (and also because I was terrified of losing all those precious notes!
So for anyone who may not have the benefit of such notes, I share with you, a time-tested way to roast a (usually extremely large) holiday turkey, complete with humorous asides and a to-die for cornbread stuffing recipe from my mother!
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Gosh, after such a positive response to the little Thanksgiving turkey treats, I thought I’d share another holiday favorite around here — our hot chocolate mix. Now I can’t take credit for the recipe — once again I got this from a post on Scrapbook Addict (http://www.scrappertalk.com/bbs/) — there was a thread there several years ago where people were sharing their favorite hot chocolate recipes. This one intrigued me for several reasons: it was obviously creamy; I was looking for something I could make in large quantities for gifts that year; how can you not be intrigued by something that you have to mix in a (CLEAN) garbage bag??
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Go ahead, indulge your inner Martha (or Bree Hodges) and impress your friends, neighbors or those other moms at school. Or just thrill the hearts of your kids. These little treats are oh-so-easy to make! (Although if you want “picture perfect” results, you may want to work faster than your four-year-old helpers.)
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