This is our third annual 12 Days of Cookies — it’s so much fun to make a variety of cookies for the holidays and a nice family tradition. You can catch up on our 1st Annual 12 Days of Cookies here and 2nd Annual 12 Days of Cookies here. Ok, back to our soda bread…
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Advent 2025
Welcome!! It’s the Advent Season and one my girls and I look forward to each year. We are preparing our hearts for the Nativity and for Jesus’ return. Over the years, we have done different things for Advent Sundays. We have made polymer clay candles, perler bead candles and real candles on a variety of…
Advent Week One – Hope
Happy Advent Sunday! Advent marks the start of the Countdown to Christmas Eve and the arrival of our Lord Jesus. To celebrate, each Advent Sunday we read scripture and Bible verses, bake something to go with it and do our Advent candles. Since it’s the first Advent, we will be making our Advent Wreath and…
Old Fashioned Fruitcake Loaf
This is not like traditional fruitcake! It’s more like a soft and tender pound cake filled with dried fruit – it’s so good and even better with cream cheese frosting, though it really does not need it. It has a lovely orange flavor from the fresh orange and a slight tang from the cream cheese….
Slow Cooker Soup Sunday – Zesty Leftover Chicken Soup
This is one of our favorite soups using leftover chicken or turkey. It’s hearty, a little zesty with loads of flavor from the bacon and bell peppers which are a must because it really boosts the taste! You could easily add mushrooms or potatoes too if you like. We like having this soup with rice….
Making Ground Cayenne Pepper
We are making homemade ground Cayenne pepper and it’s actually quite simple. This summer we grew a variety of peppers like these cayenne peppers. This cayenne pepper plant produced well all summer long. We had so many peppers. Here are all the peppers we picked in September. We had about 7 pounds. Some we used…
Chocolate Fudge Raspberry Cookies
These cookies are scrumptious. They’re moist, soft and brownie-like filled with tart raspberry. The chocolate chips melted and are ooey gooey. These are decadent cookies and are great for dessert or with afternoon tea! The extra filling I cooked until thickened and served with the cookies – absolutely delicious! Let’s get started! Combine raspberries, raspberry…
Slow Cooker Soup Sunday – Loaded Steak Pub Nacho Soup
Happy Sunday! And Happy Slow Cooker Soup Sunday! As requested, I’ll be sharing a slow cooker/crockpot soup recipe each Sunday until the end of the year. Today’s soup is Loaded Steak Pub Nacho Soup — it’s like nachos mixed with pub-style nachos in a delicious soup! It’s so good and even better with all the…
