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First things first, have you seen the fantastic new Recipe Index on the website?? As someone who started her blog simply to have an organized and easy to use way to store recipes, this index makes me grin every time I use it. I never imagined that this website would one day hold over 1400 recipes, yet here we are and it was time for a wee update.
The shiny new recipe cards? With their much requested easy print button? The categories that are so easy to search? That fabulous search feature at the top and side of every page? Oh, friends, I’m so happy to share this with you at last. May all of your recipe searches be fruitful now.
Have you checked out The Little Things? On the weekend, I share a glimpse into our life and my thoughts in The Little Things Newsletter. Books I’m reading, things we’re watching, things we’re doing, and whatever I might be pondering: I didn’t imply this was brilliant writing, right? You’ll find the Weekly Meal Plan in the newsletter as well as mouthwatering links to foods that I’m craving. This is my favorite way to connect with all of you and each time you hit reply on that newsletter in your email, it makes me smile. (You can sign up HERE and I’ll drop that newsletter straight into your email each weekend.) I dearly love hearing from you all and I am honored that you take the time to write to me.
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sharon koons says
When my girls were little we would put the Christmas tree up and on Christmas eve they would sleep under the tree.. They are all grown now and my husband has gone to be with the Lord, our tree still goes up but now only gifts are under the tree.. Time goes by very fast . Enjoy your children and remember the good.. God is Good!! Merry Christmas
Donna Tolson says
Favorite holiday food is dressing. My mother and mother-in-law both made great dressing, however they different. I hope one day my dressing is as good as theirs.
John Toutaint says
date nut balls and cream cheese and pickles on celery
Sheila Korsmo says
My favorite holiday food would have to be the Pecan Pie. I just love it!!!! Makes me wonder…why do we wait till the holiday season to make this wonderful pie???
mary s. says
We kind of skip the holidays, hubs birthday near Halloween only child the first week of November..so I spoil them both in rocktober and November with lots of surprises and gifts and love love and more love..Come December I am gearing up for cold weather, wet or snowing, people are starving here so I get warm undies, sox and womens undies and also gift cards for teens in foster care and now over 18 living in transintional housing..We are broke by Hanukkah and Christmas but do have a feast at the beach with kids I have known since kindergarten and thank God for our many blessings…..ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tammy says
My favorite memory is my mom always turned the garage into a “holiday workshop”, we would make decorations, plate cookies, and get them ready to send out.
Jennifer I. says
I guess my favorite Christmas memory is waiting for Santa to come down our street on the firetruck & watching my youngest get excited to see Santa (he’s the only one of my three who still believes). My favorite holiday food would have to be my grandma’s homemade jam cake. I wish she was still around to make it.
Julia Rain says
When, I was little my older sister used to ring “jingle bells” late at night on Christmas eve so I would think Santa had come! I do that every year for the kids, even now that they’ve grown! We still track Santa on NORAD’s site, too! Our favorite holiday meal is traditional Roast Beef with Yorkshire Pudding and Brussel Sprouts with Chestnuts. Yule Log and Mince Pie too for dessert! we look forward to it all year!
Sandra kalousek says
When my grown children were younger, we hid their presents all over the house and they had to,find them using clues. They still talk about how much they enjoyed it.
Elizabeth Tello says
My favorite holiday memory is decorating the tree listening to Manheim Steamroller Christmas music.
Emma Moore says
My favorite Christmas was when all my family would be together at my parents house. My mother would ake all kinds of cakes and pies, cookies. When the other children ( adults and married )came home we would have so much fun. Along with their children. We would stay up really late play games, sing carols and just talk. My parents would tell us stories about when they were first married and about their childhood. Wonderful Christmas’s. My parents have passed away with a sister, brother.
Love your blog. HAve a Merry Christmas.
Betsy says
My favorite holiday memory is of me and my 2 older sisters at Christmas. We didn’t have a lot growing up, but we were all very happy kids. Instead of stockings full of presents and treats, mother would decorate small boxes for each of us and fill with fruit and nuts to put out by the fireplace. We loved it and actually thought everyone did this! I was the youngest of the 3, and me and my middle sister would always hold a pillow up to our faces to hide our view of the Christmas tree on Christmas morning as we walked by to our older sister’s room to wake her up to go open presents. We didn’t want to see all the presents before she saw them with us! So sweet, now that I think back to those days.
La Vonne Henderson says
I got a picture of 2 if my grandchildren in Atlanta visiting Santa. My 4 yr old granddaughter was happy and excited. My 7month old grandson was sound asleep in Santa’s lap. He represents how I feel about the holidays- I wish I could sleep through them!
karen marie says
Short on time so I’ll be quick. Home-made lasagna for Christmas eve dinner, after shopping for and decorating the tree, was a yearly tradition throughout my childhood. It’s still not really Christmas without lasagna.
Pick me! Pick me!
Happy holidays to all.
Brenda Brown says
My favorite holiday food is definitely the candy. Every December I make peanut butter fudge, cracker candy, sugar cookies with peppermint icing. YUM!! It’s the only time of year that I make candy/cookies. The people at work and home start asking when it’s coming just before Thanksgiving because they know it’s almost time.
Nancy Rogers says
Favorite holiday tradition was going to Christmas eve service singing Silent Night at the end of the service. All the lights in the sanctuary would be turned off and we all held lighted candles.
Kate Hutchison says
Thanks for the interesting reads!
Rosie Pacheco says
My Christmas memories always revolve around Tamales…when I was kid, my job was to put the black olives in the tamales. My Mom and Aunts handled the spreading of the masa, ladling the filling and stacking the tamales. It wasn’t until my twenties that I moved up to masa spreader! Now I am the holder of the tradition and recipes as my mom and aunts are now gone. It was and is a lot of work…but I still remember them gathered around the kitchen table talking, gossiping and laughing while making the best tamales I ever tasted! 🙂
Dawn L says
My favorite Christmas time memories is baking cookies & goodies with my daughter (she is getting married in 6 months where has the time gone) my niece & my boyfriend’s son. You get so much quality time with them & you get to pass on the joy of being in the kitchen. (About to have 3-4 major spinal surgeries so I’m probably not going to get the chance to bake this Christmas). But the memories bring a huge smile to my face
Sally Barnhart says
I love christmas with my 2 grown daughters and love cooking for them… but I also cherish the memories of christmas’s in my childhood. Miss all my family now as they are all spread across the country, and one brother in Ecuedor.