Weight Watchers tips for keeping healthy habits during the holiday. A special thanks to my friends at Celestial Seasonings for sponsoring this post. Over the past week since announcing that I’ve joined Weight Watchers, I’ve had several emails of support and also questions from people wondering why I chose Weight Watchers. Obviously, there are so many…
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Banana Cream Pie Recipe Like Grandma’s
A classic Banana Cream Pie recipe, topped high with homemade meringue is just like the pie my grandma used to make. There is one thing I’ve discovered as I have learned to make homemade pie. The more I do it, the more I miss my grandma. As I was beating the egg whites together for the meringue of…
Hot Buttered Rum Cocktail
A Hot Buttered Rum recipe gets a fall like twist with spiced rum and pumpkin spiced butter! Hot Buttered Rum… I can’t think of a better cocktail to curl up with on a cold, fall day. I actually hadn’t had Hot Buttered Rum before until a few weeks ago. I was visiting a friend one evening and…
Hallmark: When The Neighborhood Grows Up
Watching our neighborhood grow up… a Hallmark Life is a Special Occasion Post. Maybe it’s because the oldest “kid” on our block left us for college this year… Or that my son no longer wants to dress up for Halloween… Or that our group of “kids” at our annual Halloween “Boo in the Bubble” neighborhood party…
Halloween Party Idea – Frankenguac
A fun Halloween Party Idea using fresh California Avocados to make a quirky and cute guacamole dip shaped like Frankenstein. Meet Frankenguac! Friends… if you know me at all you know I am not cutesy or crafty or “kid food” creative at all. In fact I used to be the food editor for a kid’s…
Don’t Forget the Chocolate {Recipe: Double Chocolate Pecan Pie}
Try this recipe for double chocolate Pecan Pie / Tart for a sweet twist on a holiday favorite! Thank you to Diamond Nuts for sponsoring this recipe. My grandma Sumner was the pie maker in our family. She showed up to every holiday with 2 of each flavor of pie… she had pumpkin and banana…
#ThisIs40 Week 3 in Pictures
Hi all! It’s time to share week 3 of my 40th year! Here we go!
Huge Kraft Foods Halloween Goodies Giveaway
I’m honored to be a part of the 2013 Kraft Tastemaker Community, where I am teaming up with Kraft Foods to bring you family friendly recipes using common ingredients found in your pantry! Can you believe Halloween is right around the corner? It is just a few weeks away, which means it’s almost time for our…
Project 365 2012 – Finishing Up the Year Part 2
Taking a picture a day in 2012 hasn’t been hard for me. In fact, I take so many pictures each day sometimes the hardest part is choosing which picture gets to be the picture of the day. Getting them uploaded to my blog in a timely manner has also been difficult, but so worth it….
We Need to Talk About Eggnog
Friends, we need to talk about eggnog. Specifically, where you are on the love / hate scale with it? Eggnog is one of those things where each year around this time, I get incredibly tempted by the freshly stocked shelves of eggnog. Things go down exactly like this… I purchase a 1/2 gallon of eggnog…
