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Advent Calendar Day 23 – Breakfast Casseroles On Christmas Morning

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 […]

Advent Calendar Day 22 – Let’s Dip

I’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 […]

Advent Calendar Day 21 – A Little Healthy Fare

We’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 […]

Advent Calendar Day 18 – Homemade Jelly or Jam

It’s getting down to the wire. In yesterday’s newsletter I mentioned next Wednesday was the day before Christmas Eve… and was promptly corrected that next Wednesday IS Christmas Eve – Yikes… I somehow thought I had an extra day to get things done. All the shopping is done (except for some last minute grocery stuff) […]

Advent Calendar Day 15 – Crockpot To The Rescue

Thanks 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. […]

Hillbilly Housewife Advent Calendar Day 13 – Healthy Eating

Between 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 […]

Advent Calendar Day 10 – Cookies, Cookies Everywhere

The 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 […]

Advent Calendar Day 9 – Homemade Convenience Foods

Let’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 […]

Baking Made Simple – Day 3 of the HBHW Advent Calendar

One 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 […]