Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full
So, November totally flew by! It was like I packaged up the Halloween decorations and now I am pulling out my snowmen and Christmas items. This blog started with the making of a wreath {and then a ton of wreathes after that} so I like to be sure and share the newest wreath I make each year for Christmas. This year, I am going for a pretty traditional and rustic feel so my burlap and plaid Christmas wreath fits in perfectly.
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I am going to share a secret with you. I am not an eggnog fan. For whatever reason, I never really fell in love with it. I think eggnog is just like that annoying/endearing relative that you see every Christmas. You either LOVE him/her and think they are the most endearing person. Or, you have zero love for him/her and they become super annoying.
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I’m a real life cookie monster. Like, seriously don’t put cookies anywhere near me because I am not going to be able to resist. Mathlete claims my love of cookies is the reason I love Christmas so much. I mean, during Christmastime, you can’t go anywhere without there being Christmas cookies!
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The moment November hits, I start dreaming of gingerbread. It is one of those things that I don’t really eat during any other time but absolutely love. Gingerbread loaf, gingerbread cookies…it really doesn’t matter! 
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With the holidays upon us {um, can you believe Thanksgiving is this week?!}, most kitchens are gearing up for major cooking and baking!
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We are really into Christmas and literally change the decorations in pretty much every part of our home for Christmas. We have about five Christmas trees of different sizes around the house. We even take down artwork and put up Christmas decorations instead. I’d probably change out pieces of furniture too if Mathlete wouldn’t give me a hard time about it! This year, I decided to add a little Christmas sparkle to our paper mache tree and made some super easy glitter Christmas ornaments to hang on it.
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Every year, we host a big Christmas cocktail party. I think about it all year and really put a TON of effort into putting it together. For me, party food recipes have a few requirements: taste good, look good and be easy to eat without utensils. These spicy spinach artichoke stuffed mushrooms check all the boxes and are easy to make too!
…I’m what you’d call a cookie addict. Cookie Monster and I could totally throw down over some cookie love and I bet I would win. There aren’t many cookies that I dislike and I could probably replace most of my meals with them. In an effort to at least feel like I was eating somewhat healthy cookies, I went in search of cookies that had oatmeal in them. I came across 15 oatmeal cookie recipes that looked so good that I just had to share them with you.
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Sweet treats are pretty much all I want during Christmas time. From fudge to cookies to cheesecakes and candies, I just can’t get enough. Another one of my favorites is definitely different kinds of “bark” candy. I was trying to find new flavors to make into bark and that is how this toffee and chocolate eggnog bark was born.
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It’s the holiday season and you know what that means, right? Peppermint! One of the only times of the year where peppermint is totally acceptable in every dessert you make!
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