Caramel Candy Apple Surprise

What You Need:   1 (18 1/4 oz.) pkg. spice cake mix 2 C tart apples, peeled and chopped 20 caramels 3 T of milk 1 C pecans, toasted and chopped fine 12 Popsicle sticks […]

Steamed Christmas Pudding with Fruit Sauce

What You Need:   1 3/4 C flour 1 1/2 t baking powder 1 t ground ginger 1/2 t ground nutmeg 1/2 t cinnamon 1/4 C butter, softened 1 C sugar 2 eggs 2 egg […]

Alternative Christmas Dinners Part 2

Seafood works well as an alternate Christmas dinner dish. A pot of clam or seafood chowder (New England style) will warm the cockles during the holiday meal. After a hearty bowl of that, no one […]

Alternative Christmas Dinners Part 1

We all have a picture of Christmas dinner in our minds. It involves turkey, stuffing, gravy, and a host of other dishes. If you want to break with tradition, here are some alternative Christmas dinner […]

Gluten Free Christmas Cookbook

Gluten is a common component in many foods, but for people with celiac disease and other food sensitivities and allergies, it can be the difference between feeling great, and feeling awful. Having to eat a […]

Sweet Red Apple Slaw

A great festive side dish due to the mix of colors. What You Need:   1 lg. head of cabbage, shredded 4 carrots, shredded 2 medium sweet red apples, chopped fine 1 C mayonnaise 1/4 […]

Soulful Christmas Dinner Menu Ideas Part 2

Try a new twist on the traditional turkey dinner. Barbeque or fry the turkey for Christmas dinner. Fryers don’t cost much but it does take a fair amount of peanut oil to fill up the […]