Here is a healthy and light breakfast for the kids Christmas morning. When you have a hard time to get the kids to leave their new toys to eat breakfast, this would be helpful. They can still play and drink at the same time. Or save it for the ride to the next relatives house, so they can have as … Read More ...
Hanukkah Bento Lunches
I love looking at Bento lunch boxes. So cute and creative, but mostly healthy. I am amazed at the creativity and how well the Bento box can be used in so many different ways. Such as making the holidays fun for the kids as they wait for the holiday vacation to begin.
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Dairy-free Holiday Cookies
Here are a few more dairy-free cookies for the holidays and throughout the year. Time management is definitely going to be my New Year’s Resolution besides trying to be more creative in the kitchen. I have all these great recipes for you to try and people sending in to me, that I could probably spend a whole year cooking a … Read More ...
Treat Yourself: 10 Ways to Revive Your Christmas Spirit
Between Christmas baking disasters and holiday party hangovers, a gal’s Christmas spirit may need rejuvenation by mid-December. If you’re a Type A (i.e. you had the Christmas tree decorated by Thanksgiving and gift shopping done by December 1) you may be in need of a holiday spirit recharge before Christmas Eve. Gift yourself with the following indulgences—you deserve it!—and you’ll … Read More ...
Banana and Strawberry Candy Cane
With the holidays, there are a lot of sweets to eat. As much as we want the kids to indulge, we also want to make sure they get an occasional healthy snack. It’s bad enough being flu season, we don’t want a sick kid because they ate one too many cookies or candy cane
. This would work for a … Read More ...
Gluten-free Vanilla Bean Confetti Cookies
I did a few dairy-free items earlier this month. Here is a gluten-free cookie. If you are going to make this along with your regular baked items. Make sure it is done before and everything is packed away or make it on a separate day. You don’t want to cross contaminate the ingredients.
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Challah Bread (Braided Egg Bread)
Happy Hanukkah! One of the other traditional foods served during Hanukkah is Challah bread. Besides the holidays, bread seems to be the center of all meals. Give this bread a try! I hear it works great as french toast.
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Holiday Chalkboard Sugar Cookies
Chalkboard like mason jars are still in style. I knew you could use the mason jars for making food gifts such as pies or holding the supplies to make a food item. But chalkboard? I would never have guessed you could actually make something edible with it. Use white icing pens
to write or draw onto the black icing. The … Read More ...
Matzo Ball Soup – Free Recipe
Tomorrow is the first day of Hanukkah! If you don’t celebrate Hanukkah, here is a great chicken soup for those cold days or when you are feeling under the weather. I might have to drive to my local deli and pick up some! Soup always tastes better when someone else makes it! Especially when you are under the weather!
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Make Ahead Breakfast Casserole
Christmas is a week from Thursday. Yikes! I mentioned earlier we don’t do breakfast in our household on Christmas morning, just a bag of donuts to munch on till lunch. Plus, after we open presents I start on the lunch.
These make ahead casseroles, might make me change my mind. These would also work if you are having a brunch … Read More ...
Christmas Breakfast Ideas for the Kids
Growing up we didn’t have a big breakfast on Christmas morning. In fact, what was in our stocking was our breakfast. We got an orange, grapes, banana, some nuts and a few chocolates. As a kid, we just wanted to open our presents and play with them all day. Plus, we ate our Christmas lunch around noon. We still don’t … Read More ...
Melted Peppermint Ornaments
I love peppermint, but we do have a lot left over from building gingerbread houses, advent calendars and to give to cashiers, especially if they have a mean customer before you. I like to save mine and mix it in my ice cream, put in my hot cocoa and just munch on them whenever.
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Ferrero Rocher Christmas Reindeer
Here is a great project for the kids to help with. They would make cute gifts or place cards for the dinner table. Maybe you need a last minute gift for a hostess, these would be perfect to give.
Click here on Happier Than a Pig in Mud for the directions. She used a hot glue gun to put the … Read More ...
Merry Christmas Cookies
Even though these cookies spell out Merry Christmas, they can actually be used for all the holidays. You could spell out Hanukkah and Kwanzaa or even spell someone’s name on their birthday. The possibilities are endless. Chocolate cookie dough is used here, but you could do gingerbread or sugar cookie dough for the holidays.
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25 Christmas Appetizers
Having a party and still need ideas to serve to your guests, here is the site for you. Hopefully, you will be able to find something new to serve or maybe you are having your first party and need some ideas. I’m getting hungry just looking at the pictures!
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