Posted in Holidays, Recipes on Jan 28th, 2008 6 Comments »
This is a great way to use up all the extra candy canes that are left over from the Christmas holiday. My neighbor, Collette, shared this great idea for forming two candy canes into one big heart. It’s perfect for Valentines.
Make sure you take the plastic off the candy canes first. Place your candy [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jan 23rd, 2008 12 Comments »
I saw this fun idea for an ice cream treat one hungry night while watching Everyday Italian. These are a perfect little dessert for the whole family.
First you will need some vanilla ice cream, chocolate chips for melting, chopped nuts - mine are walnuts, ice cream scoop, and popsicle sticks. Giada uses hazelnuts [...]
Posted in Kids Crafts, Recipes on Jan 15th, 2008 5 Comments »
We made playdough! I love to make playdough. It is super soft and last quite a while stored in the fridge. I did a previous post last February with THE best Playdough Recipe. That post also tells how to make some great Playdough Placemats, helping to keep your table playdough-free.
For this playdough, I wanted to [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jan 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
My yearly subscription to Everyday Food Magazine has started coming in the mail. It is a like a little “food fairy” that comes every month. I love this magazine. It not only has great pictures (a must have for any cookbook), it also has great recipes. I do have to say that a few of [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jan 11th, 2008 1 Comment »
I have left over pizza toppings from last weeks homemade pizza making. There’s a bottle of pizza sauce and a big package of pepperoni in my fridge that I know is going to go bad by the time we make pizza again. So as I was looking for ways to use them up, I opened [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jan 7th, 2008 8 Comments »
This brown succulent bird, living in a plastic domed palace, is just waiting for me to buy him pre-cooked and ready for eating. With a Costco right across the street from my house, how can I beat buying their rotisserie chicken? It is just too easy. At $5 a chicken, one feeds my family for [...]
Posted in Recipes on Jan 2nd, 2008 6 Comments »
Oh yes! Homemade pizza is the only way to go. There are a few non-chain pizzerias that compare, but there is something so yummy and homey about making it yourself. I got the recipe from my sister Sue, who got this recipe from a fabulous Chef named Jason Hess, who got it from Wolfgang Puck [...]
Posted in Guest Make and Taker, Make and Takes, Recipes on Dec 17th, 2007 9 Comments »
Guest Make and Taker
Well, today is another Guest Make and Taker - Karen, my Mom. As I have already posted, she makes great Christmas-time treats. Check out the Lollipops and the Bread Dough Wreaths we used to make with her as kids. I am excited for her to share her own Mother’s Famous Fudge. She [...]
Posted in Holidays, Recipes on Dec 10th, 2007 11 Comments »
I love to make suckers, or lollipops as some say. This is another fun treat that I would beg my Mom to help me make for friends for the Christmas season. My Mom has a lot of treats up her sleeve. (She will be sharing another one of her famous Christmas treats soon on the [...]
Posted in Holidays, Recipes on Dec 6th, 2007 12 Comments »
This stuff is really magic. Mostly because it is gone is seconds as your guests will pile huge dollips into their hot cocoa. My sweet sister-in-law, Jeanne, first introduced this to me years ago and I have been making it for parties ever since.
Buy peppermint candy canes or even just peppermint round candies. Then using [...]