I have been cooking for the holidays for 14 years now. Most of the dishes that I cook for the holidays (Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter) are the dishes that were my favorites when I was growing up, attending big holiday family gatherings. So, for your eating pleasure……the Better in Bulk favorite family recipes: Grandma Betty’s…
The Recipe I Search For Every Holiday – GMYBS-PSF
It never fails. Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter rolls around and I go on a frantic, tear-the-house apart search for my favorite cheese log recipe. I’ve been making this cheese log since a friend shared the recipe with me years ago. I’ve almost got it memorized, but since I only make it 3 times a year,…
Mother’s Day Quotes
Since I woke up sick this morning (yes, sick on Mother’s Day!), I am taking the easy route and re-posting some of my favorite quotes about Mothers. I couldn’t let this day go by without expressing my love and appreciation for my own mother. She is the best! The sweetest sounds to mortals given Are…
Making Valentine’s Day Memorable
As we near the end of January (how did that happen so fast?!) it’s time to start thinking about the next big holiday. Valentine’s Day (cue the horror music) photo by Whipped Bakeshop on flickr CandyMan and I have never been very good at making Valentine’s Day special. In fact, my most memorable….no, my only…
Top Ten Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers
Thanksgiving dinner is one of my favorite meals of the year. I love to cook it, and I love eating it even more. And strangely, I seem to enjoy day two of Thanksgiving food even more than the first (could it possibly have something to do with the fact that I haven’t spent the entire…
CandyMan’s Peanut Butter Cookies
I get to take a week off from planning and cooking dinners as we get ready for Christmas. I took my friend, Karen’s advice and made extra meals all month long and stuck them in the freezer to use this week. Now I can sit back, wrap presents, and concentrate on my big ham dinner…
I’m a sugar-aholic! (Secret family recipes included!!)
Making candy is messy business! My sister spent the day with me in the kitchen making all kinds of holiday candies and goodies for us to EAT (I mean GIVE AWAY!). I really need to give plates away fast or else I will EAT until my teeth fall out (that’s a line from Andrea!) and…
Thankful Turkeys – a Thanksgiving Craft
The other night, we made Thankful count-down-to-Thanksgiving Turkeys. We had so much fun making them! I love how each turkey started out completely unique, but then everyone started noticing the cool ideas from other family members, and added clothes or other features. We made enough feathers for each turkey (it was supposed to be…
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