How do you start your Christmas morning? We usually get up, make some coffee and stick a Breakfast casserole in the oven to bake while we open one or two presents. By the time breakfast is ready, we’re usually ready for a break and sit down to eat before getting back to reading cards and […]
Continue readingI’ve gotta tell you… I’m getting excited about Christmas. A good chunk of the presents got wrapped yesterday and this morning I promised my daughter we could go to the store to get ingredients to make two different types of fudge. She’s busy right now combing through Pinterest to find two recipes she wants to […]
Continue readingWe’ve been making and eating Christmas cookies and fudge the past few days. And looking at my Christmas menu, we’re not exactly living healthy right now. Of course that’s ok, it’s the Holidays. I do plan to cook and eat a lot healthier starting a few days after Christmas and may try to sneak in […]
Continue readingWe had one of my favorite simple dinners last night. I roasted a chicken and made a loaf of homemade bread. I got the last of the lettuce from the garden and dinner was done. And it was delicious. There’s just something about adding warm bread fresh from the oven to make any meal special. […]
Continue readingThanks so much for your well wishes, good thoughts and prayers. Things are starting to look up and I’m read to rule out the flu. I think our daughter just has a bad cold and my shoulder is starting to feel better thanks to some rest yesterday. Today we start the week busier than ever. […]
Continue readingBetween the cookies and other Christmas treats, we haven’t exactly been eating healthy the last few days. Ok, who am I kidding… we haven’t eaten all that clean since Thanksgiving. I’m feeling the pounds creeping on and my shoulder is starting to ache again… all good signs that I need to clean up my act […]
Continue readingThe cookie plates I took to the neighbors that I told you about a few days ago were a huge hit. Sadly between making a few extra of those and all our incredible cookie eating skills, my large Christmas cookie tin is empty again as of last night. We took a vote after dinner last […]
Continue readingLet’s talk about convenience today. Compared to even a few short years ago, my life around the Holidays has gotten so much more convenient. I’m able to order gifts and have them shipped to my door. We can watch a huge library of Holiday movies whenever we choose without having to drive to the video […]
Continue readingWay back in 2009 (has it really been this long?) we held a Virtual Cookie Exchange here on the Hillbilly Housewife blog. We had all sorts of delicious cookie recipes that were contributed by fellow bloggers and compiled them into a pdf document. I thought it would be fun to share those recipes with you […]
Continue readingOne of our favorite traditions is each is to bake Christmas cookies and special pies for the Holiday Season. Christmas Day wouldn’t be the same without French Toast Casserole made with homemade bread for breakfast or Sweet Potato Pie for dessert. Leading up to Christmas there’s lots of baking to be done, cookies, brownies, quick […]
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