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Spicy Cranberry Cider Dipping SauceCranberry Sauce
November 23, 2011
Heather L
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Spicy Cranberry Cider Dipping Sauce

Posted in Gluten Free, Homemaking, and Photography

As we were preparing our Thanksgiving menu, I thought I would try out a new sauce for the turkey rather than just having the traditional gravy. Yes, I still made regular gravy because the crew would have had a fit if there was no gravy for the mashed potatoes. Since we had some mini turkey sausages, I thought it would be fun to use the cranberry sauce as a dip. The spicy cranberry cider dipping sauce is simple, but delicious. Ingredients: 1 C whole cranberry sauce (homemade or can) 1/2 C apple cider (divided into 1/4 C portions) 1 -2…

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Sweet ConversationsCookies
November 21, 2011
Heather L
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Sweet Conversations

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I treasure our family Bible study time.  It’s during this time that we learn, grow, and have some of the most precious conversations.  Our Bible study time gives D and I the opportunity to really see where Munchkin is at spiritually and help her in her Christian walk.  She is able to share what is on her heart and going through her mind.  There are times that the talks are difficult due to the topic discussions, but we always walk away feeling closer to Christ and each other. Family time is important, but these sweet conversations during our family Bible…

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Bountiful Baskets for ThanksgivingBountiful Baskets
November 20, 2011
Heather L
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Bountiful Baskets for Thanksgiving

Posted in Family, Homemaking, and Photography

Blessed?  I do believe so.  I am so thankful for our local (just a few minutes from the house) Bountiful Baskets.  I haven’t ordered for a while, and we’ve really missed it.  This week, knowing that Thanksgiving is next week, I ordered several baskets – 3 organic and 2 Thanksgiving hostess baskets.  Wow!  What wonderful baskets.  I told Munchkin and D that I might need to make the gluten free sweet potato muffins completely from scratch (I usually use canned sweet potato in the recipe) since we received so many sweet potatoes. Tonight, we dined on fresh salads with these…

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Vanilla Sugar & Vanilla-Cinnamon SpiceVanilla Sugar
November 17, 2011
Heather L
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Vanilla Sugar & Vanilla-Cinnamon Spice

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Mmmm… The yummy holiday scents are filling the air due to making some vanilla sugar and vanilla-cinnamon spice for holiday baking (as well as for the rest of the year).  Little flecks of vanilla bean pepper my white kitchen counter and the room smells delightful. Yesterday, when I wrote about the homemade vanilla extract, I said to make sure you didn’t toss those used vanilla beans.  Well, I thought I’d go ahead and show you why it’s a great idea to re-purpose those beans that still have plenty of vanilla flavor in them.  It seems a little funny calling it a recipe…

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Homemade Vanilla ExtractVanilla Extract
November 16, 2011
Heather L
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Homemade Vanilla Extract

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Mmmm… Homemade vanilla extract Back in January, I decided to make some of my own homemade vanilla extract.  Part of the whole process is allowing it to sit – for a long time – in a dark place.  It’s when of those fix it and forget about it type of things.   Well, finally, the time came when we could start using it.  It’s so much better than store bought vanilla extract.  I am so glad that I decided to go ahead and make it. My problem was that I wanted some cute storage containers for the extract, and I…

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