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30 of the Best Christmas Recipes!

To start off the holiday season I asked some of my blogging friends to share some of their amazing Christmas recipes. Here are 30 of the best Christmas recipes to get you started. All you have to do is scroll down and click on the ones

Beef Brisket in the Slow Cooker

Beef Brisket in the Slow Cooker is a simple way to make the brisket fork tender. Have you ever cooked a beef brisket? It’s a less tender cut of meat so many people shy away from cooking it. You can read more about the specifics

Cheddar Bay Biscuits

If you’ve ever eaten at Red Lobster you know what Cheddar Bay Biscuits are. They recently had their All You Can Eat Shrimp Fest, so we went out to dinner. I had forgotten how good these biscuits are. The very sweet waitress sent me home

Pecan Pie

When it comes to pies, I’m a pumpkin lover. Pumpkin pie is a must have at our holiday dinners. Another traditional holiday pie is the Pecan pie. I can honestly say in my 50 some years I have never tasted, let alone made a pecan

Green Beans with Rosemary & Garlic

  On Thanksgiving I like serving fresh green beans. The typical green bean casserole is delicious but can be very high in fat and calories. I also prefer to be able to taste the green beans in the recipe. This is super simple and the flavor

Mini Candy Cheesecakes

Cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts. It took me many years before I would even try cheesecake. Cheese and cake didn’t sound right together. What I was missing! lol.  I love making little mini ones they are so easy anyone can make them. I

Chocolate Banana Bread with Carob Powder

Chocolate banana bread, what’s not to like? I love just about anything with chocolate, add some bananas and it makes it seem a little healthier, right? Oh well…that’s what I tell myself when a eat a big slice for breakfast. Actually in this recipe which

Mocha Pumpkin Seeds

I’m sure I mentioned this before but just in case you didn’t know, I grew 13 pumpkins in my garden this year! It was my first time to grow pumpkins and it was pure pleasure watching these pumpkins grow from big beautiful yellow flowers into

Princess Cupcake Dress

My granddaughter turned 6 years old this month. She likes me to make her cake for her birthday party. Last year I made a Princess cake. This year since she is still wild about Princesses so I decided to make a Princess Cupcake Dress. I

Rendering Bacon Grease For Cooking

I believe in trying to use every bit of everything I can. Not waste a thing, especially with the price of food now a days. Every little bit helps. Bacon fat has been used for years in cooking. My mom always saved her bacon grease. We

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Pumpkin Butter

 Pumpkins and more pumpkins! I love pumpkins! My first attempt this year to grow my own pumpkins turned out great. My one plant produced 13 beautiful orange pumpkins of various sizes. All but 2 are still waiting on my sun porch for their time in

Apple Crumble Pie

It’s apple season! I love this time of year and I love apple pie, apple cider, apple crisp, any kind of apple concoctions I can think of.  When I was a child my mom would have us gathering apples from a local tree. If they were

Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Bacon

  First, let me start by saying, my husband is in heaven with all the bacon recipes I am sharing this month. As bacon month continues today I’m going to share a recipe guaranteed to make those brussel sprouts extra delicious. I really I really

Roasted Potato Salad with Bacon

I make potato salad at almost every cookout or family gathering we have. I thought I would try something different and make a roasted potato salad with bacon. Who doesn’t love bacon?   It made a delicious difference in the taste. Tasted a bit like a baked

10 Car Travel Ideas For Kids

Use Cookie Sheet as a Play Surface. Buy magnetic letters to spell words. DVD Player Handheld Games Books Healthy Snacks Sing Songs Pack a goodie bag for each kid with little dollar store surprises. Kids love little surprises. Play the old slug bug game except

Blueberry Banana Oatmeal Bread

I am still baking with blueberries! They are so perfect to toss in a pie, bread or cookie. I love these little guys! So here is another recipe using these little gems. I paired them with oatmeal and some overripe bananas, yum! I found a

Simple Tomato Sauce for Spaghetti

The best part of summer by far is the ability to walk into my own backyard, pick a couple different vegetables, bring them into my home, and make dinner. That is something that makes me happy. 🙂 Today I want to share a Simple Tomato

Mini Blueberry Pies

I recently got a great deal on fresh blueberries so I decided to make a few different recipes using the blueberries. After all blueberries are a super fruit. They are full of antioxidants, which we need to get rid of all those free radicals we

10 Tips for Camping with Kids

I spent this past weekend camping with my grand kids. It was their first trip. It was an adventure for sure. I have always been a camper and I love it. We decided to take the kids tent camping because we figured the youngest is