Tag: Christmas 2012
Cranberry Ginger Whole Wheat Quick Bread
I had grandiose ideas. Yes, I had done the The Twelve Days of Christmas for 2010 and I had done fourteen Christmas gift posts last year. This year promised to bring posts on “Gifts from the Kitchen 2012.” I had even written many drafts, some as far back as January 2012. I had lots of things…
Sock monkeys for adults
Remember the perennial sock monkey? I still have a vintage one that mom made me back in the day. (I will not tell you how long ago that was.) When the nieces and nephews were babies, I attempted to make some sock monkeys and even some sock elephants. I think the elephant is still waiting,…
A gift for the birds
Hopefully the family won’t think this gift is “for the birds!”
Family Cookbooks: Food, traditions, customs and love
It may be too late to put one together this year for your family, but this is a great year ’round project.
I’m dreaming of a white chili.
I’m dreaming of a white chili…..Just like the ones I used to know. Every once in a while, our local paper will publish cherished recipes from long ago closed restaurants. St. Michael’s Alley white chili must have been a much loved favorite because it is featured quite often. I made this same recipe about five…
Pepper Jelly Jewel Thumbprint Cookies
Finally, another Gift from the actual Kitchen! And finally, another use for pepper jelly. I can only make so much cream cheese dip. I saw this cookie at the BHG site. For the original recipe, click here. I decided I had to make it. These cookies are similar to a short bread cookie with the…
More Christmas Gifts
OK. Forgive me. I have not been in the kitchen all week. I am hoping that my name wasn’t up on the board to bring holiday treats tomorrow. It ain’t happenin’. I have just not felt like cooking much lately. Work has been über stressful. Enough said. I am waiting for Christmas break and I…
Advent Calendar: Making paper bells
This isn’t a Gift from the Kitchen, but we did make it in the kitchen. That counts, right? When the in-laws were here for Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law and I got so bored with the 24/7 football that was blaring in the living room, we found a project. She was wanting to make paper ornaments for…
The Gifts from the Kitchen Kick-Off: Cheese Ball Kits
The first year that I was invited to spend Christmas with The Hubs’ family (my future in-laws), I was thrilled. We had been dating a long time and I had only met the parents once. It was to be a momentous occasion to be sure. His family always celebrated on Christmas Eve with an appetizer/sandwich/snack…