Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. I am so ready to start a new year: new opportunities, fresh perspective, clear line marking the past and the future! 2008 is going to be a good year! Monday: Swiss Cheese Fondue (our annual New Year’s Eve dinner) Tuesday: Ham, Black Eyed Peas, Spinach [...]
Entries from December 2007
Menu Plan Monday
December 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: Menu Plan Monday · Recipes
Turkey Chili
December 31st, 2007 · 3 Comments
Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey 1 medium onion, finely diced 1 medium green pepper, finely diced 4 cans of kidney beans 4 cans of tomato sauce 1/4 – 1/3 chili powder 1/3 cups of brown sugar 3 tablespoons paprika 3 tablespoons ground cumin Directions Brown the turkey with the onion and green pepper until thoroughly [...]
Tags: Recipes
Swiss Cheese Fondue
December 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments
Ingredients: 1 1/2 – 2 cups White Wine 2 teaspoons Garlic, minced 1 – 1 1/2 cups Emmenthaler Swiss Cheese, grated 1 – 1 1/2 cups Gruyere Swiss Cheese, grated 1/2 cups Flour 1 teaspoon Nutmeg, finely ground Juice of ½ lemon 1 tablespoon Kirshwasser Assorted breads (rye, sourdough, ), cut in bite size pieces [...]
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Christmas Through Children’s Eyes
December 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment
This year BusyBoy and GigglyGirl could truly appreciate and anticipate Christmas! The day after Halloween, they woke up asking “what is next?” After Thanksgiving, they were ready for Christmas and now they are ready for New Year’s. Each day they would ask, is it Christmas today? I would reply “No, it is not Christmas today [...]
Tags: BusyBoy · Family Outings · GigglyGirl
13 Favorite Christmas Memories of 2007
December 27th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Christmas Eve Services at my father’s church, hearing him preach again on Christmas Eve for the first time in 6 years (he was at a managerial type appointment the previous 6 years and did not have his own church to preach at) Watching our children sit on Santa’s lap Having Breakfast with Santa Mr. Right and I [...]
Tags: Thursday Thirteen
