Holiday ideas

Corned Beef and Sprouts

With St. Patrick’s Day comes an abundance of corned beef and cabbage. This year you can take the Irish and American tradition and change it up a little with brussel sprouts, which give this dish a fun and unique flair. This is a great recipe where you’re able to let your slow cooker [...]

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Swedish Pancakes

Swedish pancakes are a fun and delicious tradition from my husband’s childhood that has been passed down to our family. It actually goes back to my father in law’s Scandinavian heritage and something he enjoyed as a child too. If you’re looking for a unique and different way to bring the family around [...]

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Easy Banana’s Fosters

It’s time to get ready for some fun Valentine’s desserts. Need to make a little sweet for your sweet….of course the pun was intended. Staying in for Valentines can be just as fun if not more than heading out to the overflowing restaurants. Here is a simple take on banana fosters that [...]

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How to: Open a Bottle of Champagne

Now the holidays are fast approaching the bubbly will start flying. Okay hopefully not really because if you open a bottle of champagne properly it won’t go flying across the room. Opening a bottle of champagne can be a little tricky if you’re not sure how to go about it. Champagne has [...]

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Recipes for Holiday Tins

It’s time to start filling your holiday tins. Here are a few of my favorite recipes that are wonderful to share with family and friends and also serve as nice gifts. Think of all the people you could give a holiday tin filled with homemade goodies this season: friends, family, teachers, mailman, garbage [...]

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Homemade Egg Nog

Homemade egg nog is a delicious, light and creamy treat this time of year.  This is my dad’s recipe that I grew up enjoying (minus the alcohol of course) and I hope he is okay with me sharing it.  It’s just so good that I have to share with you so you can make it and share [...]

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Refreshing Holiday Punch

Year after year we spend so much time planning and preparing a wonderful Thanksgiving feast.  I’m not sure about yourself but I don’t give beverages much consideration.  So this year add a festive punch to your menu.  It’s makes for a beautiful centerpiece and conversational piece as well.  This is a really easy recipe that [...]

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Top Voted Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Recently I got together with a group of women to share our favorite Thanksgiving side dishes. We even went as far as voting on which one was our favorite. It was a great evening that included an extraordinary amount of delicious food. I thought I would share with you the top three winners [...]

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A new way to serve pumpkin this Thanksgiving

Okay do you want to do something a little different for dessert this Thanksgiving? Why not try this amazing looking pumpkin mousse trifle (layered style dessert) recipe. I wish I could take credit for this recipe, but this one comes from Country Living. Trife is always a fun and delicious dessert to [...]

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Thanksgiving “classic” side dishes

We are continuing on with our Thanksgiving theme.  Today we will feature a few “classic” Thanksgiving side dishes.  Now while these are classic’s they have been modified just a little. These slight modifications are really only little tweaks to make these family classics shine a little more on the Thanksgiving table.

Green bean casserole
Food Network
Ingredients:

1/3 stick [...]

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