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If you like simple and delicious, sweet and ginger spicy, and utterly addictive goodness…you need to get out the ingredients for Rachel’s Spicy Christmas Shortbread right now! Our friend Rachel brought these beautiful wedges to a Christmas potluck last year. And her plate was the one I couldn’t help returning to again and again. It kept [...]
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Welcome to one of my favorite childhood Christmas memories! Chocolate Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies. These cookies have it all going on at once. Chocolate, creamy peanut butter, and crunchy buttery salty crackers. Very simply put, they’re an awesome homemade candy bar! And you won’t believe how easy they are to make. With just 3 ingredients [...]
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Today’s my mom’s birthday. With this special day falling at the beginning of the Christmas season, it always feels appropriate to bake something holiday-ish. I’ve turned to red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting in the past, as it always makes for a beautiful presentation. And we’re definitely a chocolate cake and cream cheese frosting kind [...]
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Hello! Today I have a guest post over at Simple Organized Living, where Andrea and Dave are cuddling a brand new baby girl! Sweet little Nora Faith made her grand debut into this world just 6 days ago. I’m sharing a little bit about the joys of having little girlies in our own life, and [...]
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Have you heard of this book? one thousand gifts – by Ann Voskamp During this week of our celebrated Thanksgiving, talk of gratitude, blessings, and grace are abundant. It has been almost one year since I dared myself to be more aware of my everyday, and often perceived as mundane, life. To audibly acknowledge the [...]
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It had been awhile since I had sat down to craft an artsy project with our preschool daughter. So when Marie LeBaron’s new book – Make and Takes for Kids: 50 Crafts Throughout the Year – showed up at my door…well, I was antsy to pick out an activity and dig in! I’ve always admired [...]
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I think I look forward to turkey leftovers more than the big bird gracing the Thanksgiving day table itself. Although I do appreciate and enjoy a heaping plate from the traditional feast, it’s anticipating the next few days of chow that get me giddy. Using the leftovers in the simplest form, I cannot deny a [...]
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I think I’m in love with candied ginger. Since making that incredible Pumpkin Cheesecake with Ginger and White Chocolate, I’ve had recurring cravings for the candied ginger’s spicy sweetness, tender and irresistible. Maybe you don’t know about candied ginger? Well, sometimes it’s called crystallized ginger. The names seem to be interchangeable. It is simply ginger [...]
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Just imagine my elation when I learned I would be visiting the Better Homes and Gardens Test Kitchens… Yes, just a couple weeks ago, I flew to Des Moines to meet up with a small group of bloggers from across the country to experience some Iowa agriculture. While we all pretty much knew the itinerary [...]
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About this time last year, I bought this little wooden Blessings block. Blessings Remember to count them each and everyday It was just shortly after I made a pact with myself to become more consciously grateful. To try harder to shoo away any negativity from my mind and replace it with thankfulness. However small [...]
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