Food Gifts

Vanilla Extract

December 24, 2011
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This year I got a little bit fancy with my food gifts.  I did make the normal baked goods but then, thanks to my little friend named “Pinterest,” I stumbled upon a fun project. I decided to try my hand at homemade vanilla extract and I gotta say, it was SUPER fun and SUPER easy! [...]

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Buckeyes

December 22, 2011
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I have fun memories of visiting my dad’s parents at Christmas time!  They had this big, old house and I remember thinking it was so cool that the doors had old keyholes.  They had a basement and I had never seen a basement before so I thought my grandparents must live in some kind of [...]

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White Trash

December 21, 2011
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Have you made all of your Christmas giveaway goodies?  Let’s check the list: fudge peppermint bark sugar cookies gingerbread cookies chocolate covered pretzels white trash What?  What’s that you said?  What’s white trash? Oh, only the yummiest, most addictive stuff in the world! Make sure you read the fine print warning that comes with this [...]

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Basic Scones (and many variations!)

December 14, 2011
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(To the tune of Carol of the Bells)… Hark, smell the scones, Sweet and savory scones, All seem to smell, Really, really swell! Gayly I mix, Working magic tricks, Turn a crumbled mess, Into fluffy dough. Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy, SCONES Yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy, SCONES! Ok, so, I’m a wee bit excited about this [...]

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Gingerbread Cookies

December 8, 2011
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Run, Run, as fast as you can! You can’t catch me, I’m the GINGERBREAD MAN! What says “holiday season” better than gingerbread?!  As soon as I flipped the calendar to the month of December, I knew it was gingerbread cookie season.  And that is a good thing. My friend Shasta makes the BEST gingerbread cookies! [...]

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Gingerbread Spice Jelly

December 4, 2011
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It’s jelly making time! Question:  What kind of fruit jelly can be made this time of year? Answer:  Not much. So, in keeping with the Christmas season, I bring you…. GINGERBREAD SPICE JELLY It tastes like Christmas, and it’s so much easier to make than fruit jelly.  You don’t have to chop a bunch of [...]

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Peppermint Bark

November 30, 2011
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Tis the season for food gifts! At long last, December is nearly here and I just love spending the whole month making edible gifts for friends, family and neighbors!  This month, I hope to share lots of nifty gift-y ideas with y’all! The first of these is PEPPERMINT BARK. I love this stuff.  A little [...]

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Pumpkin Fudge

November 19, 2011
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Chocolate fudge… Peanut butter fudge… Peppermint fudge… Pecan fudge… Pumpkin fudge…  wait… what? Yes, you read correctly!  PUMPKIN FUDGE! At first I was skeptical of this recipe.  But, after one bite of this fudge I found myself saying, “where have you been all my life!?” Fudge is sometimes tricky to make.  If you don’t work [...]

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Candied Pecans

November 3, 2011
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Two words…. SUGAR. PECANS. What’s not to love about those words??  I mean, really?  And once you whip up a batch of these little sugar nuggets, you can use them for so many dishes!  Here are a few suggestions: Toss them in a spinach salad Crush them and put them in your pie crust Use [...]

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Pumpkin “Cookies”

October 29, 2011
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It’s October 29th and it’s SNOWING in the northeast!!  Can you believe it?! It’s hard to tell from the picture, but it is really coming down out there!  At least you can see my orange tree!  Isn’t it lovely?  The northeast truly does have a BEAUTIFUL autumn season. I am gonna post a pumpkin recipe [...]

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