Click here to see my video and list of how to make Blessing Bags Chewy, sweet, lightly salty chocolate chip cookies are just a few ingredients away! And finally, we know what to do with those crushed chips at the bottom of the bag! Okay, we finally know a socially acceptable thing to do because 99% of us just turn that thing up and pour them into our mouths- but let's keep that on the down low ... Continue Reading
How to Make A Blessing Bag
Contents of our Blessing Bags:Each bag is in a two gallon zipper seal bag.Chicken salad kit Fruit in can with pop lid Bottled water Good Quality Socks Chapstick Bandaids Tissues Wet wipes Toothbrush kit Deodorant Feminine Pads Nutri Grain Bars Peanut butter crackers large bottle water Cough drops Warm item that is either freshly laundered or ... Continue Reading
Holiday Popcorn Crunch- and Shifting our Holiday Focus
Microwave popcorn makes this candy coated treat quick and easy! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We were able to get together with a great deal of our extended family, enjoy one another’s company, and eat some awfully good food. We didn’t do a whole lot other than sit around, drink coffee, and talk, but that was the goal all along - reconnecting. Too often I think we get distracted ... Continue Reading
Drinking coffee with generations past
Where we live in North Alabama we kinda skipped over fall this year and just rushed right into winter as of this past week, but we are loving every second of it. For us, winter is one of the shortest seasons of the year, it sneaks in between fall and spring so fast that if you blink you might miss it, and before you know it we’re at 100 degree heat index again. So needless to say, we try to get ... Continue Reading
Simple Spritz Cookies
Be sure and read a special message at the bottom of this post - and if you're on Pinterest or Facebook and could use one of those buttons above, I'd surely appreciate it!If you have never made Spritz cookies before, you may not realize that these gorgeous little cookies, with all of their different shapes and colors, are some of the quickest and easiest Christmas cookies you can make. You may ... Continue Reading
Meal Plan Monday #141
Hey Y'all! Welcome to Meal Plan Monday #141! We're so glad you stopped by. Don't be a stranger either. Our food blogging friends will be adding new recipes over the next few days so be sure to stop by again to check those out too. It's full steam ahead into the holiday season! Speaking of holiday season....make sure you come back next week for tons of cookies and sweets! Okay, pull up a chair ... Continue Reading
Tiger Butter – and why I already have my Christmas
My kids BEG for this every year! Fortunately, this recipe is as easy as they come!Today's recipe for Tiger Butter is a form of almond bark that my children absolutely love. We first had it at Swiss Pantry in Belvedere, Tennessee (If you're ever near there, stop and buy anything at all and it will taste wonderful!). This bark isn't quite as sweet as regular bark and really ends up with a peanut ... Continue Reading
Holly Jollies – Christmas Candy On A Budget, In A Hurry!
This is a recipe I posted eight years ago. I updated the photos but kept some photos of my daughter and the precious story of Jesus in a Snuggie - make sure you read that! This is the busiest time of year for most of us. We have all of the decorations to put up and tend to, presents to shop for and wrap, visits to Santa, to see lights, to see family...and on top of it all we really want to bake ... Continue Reading
Ultimate Thanksgiving Side Dish Recipes
These are some of my family's favorite Thanksgiving Sides. Click on the ones you like and scroll down to the printable recipe card to print them out and have them handy for Thanksgiving Day! Make sure and check out my cooking ahead guidelines to make your Thanksgiving dinner stress free.Grandmama's Crock Pot Thanksgiving Dressing Homemade Cranberry Pineapple Relish- Make this up to ... Continue Reading
9 Favorite Holiday Dinner Desserts
This is an exciting time of year for anyone who likes to eat! While we have many dishes we look forward to at our holiday dinners, dessert is always something a extra special. These 9 desserts are ones my family requests the most! Italian Cream Cake My mother says this is "THE best cake she's ever had". If you've ever sat beside her at a quilt retreat, this is the recipe she told you to make ... Continue Reading
