Families today are carefully looking at ingredients now more than ever. With research and information available on the effects of dyes in our food, it’s common for people to want to avoid dyes in their homes. When it comes to Easter Eggs, most egg decorating kits contain food dy...
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Christmas Morning Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
There’s nothing quite like fresh baked cinnamon rolls in the morning. For many families, mine included, it is another one of our Christmas morning traditions. While they are delicious, they are not the healthiest breakfast item. If you have family members with health concerns or al...
Making Christmas Memories on a Budget
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As prices of everything go up, you may be feeling it in your budget this hol...
Turkey or Chicken Pot Pie
While the big day of Thanksgiving is tomorrow, it is not a bad idea to start thinking about what you are going to do with all the leftovers, and pot pie is always a crowd pleaser.
Any turkey you have leftover should be eaten or frozen by Monday. I recommend freezing your leftover ...
Thanksgiving Turkey Brine Recipe
Thanksgiving can be a stressful holiday if you are not familiar with the steps of preparing and cooking a turkey. There are so many recipes out there that it can be overwhelming to choose one. In this blog, I am sharing my Thanksgiving Turkey Brine Recipe at the bottom of t...
Our Fall Leaves Family Tradition
Every family has traditions that they look forward to in various seasons and for different holidays. A family tradition that is very special to me and my family is our fall leaves tradition.Whenever we gather as a family for Thanksgiving, I have fall leaves precut on colored paper ...
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Summer Barbecue Sauce – A Recipe for Your Family
Up here in the Pacific Northwest it’s June, and that means it’s summer barbecue season. We’ve had some rain, well, a lot of rain for this time of year. When the sun comes out or we get a break from the rain we like to fire up the grill and that means barbecue sauce! Barbecue sauce ...
Valentine’s Day Traditions – Recipe for Fondue at Home
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My husband, Mike, and I celebrated our very first Valentine’s Day as a couple in 1994. I was a ...
Pomegranates-Jewels of the Winter and My Favorite Christmas Snack
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The Christmas Fruit
Christmastime is pomegranate time. Sin...
Cedergren Family Kroppkakor
This is the first time in almost 200 years that someone from my Cedergren side of the family tree has put this recipe on paper. Seriously, over 200 years of a family tradition. It has been passed from generation to generation, back further than my great, great grandmother, who lear...
Thanksgiving Stuffing
Is it stuffing or is it dressing? You may call it one or the other, depending on where you are from. I will forever call it stuffing, even though I no longer stuff a bird like my mom and grandma did. This general term refers to the Thanksgiving side dish that contains, at its foundat...