January 1: New Year’s Day Brunch: 3 Ham and Cheese Crescent Rolls Lunch: Polar Bear Plunge Party (potluck) – chili, meatballs, pull pork slider, olive and cream cheese penguins, crackers with dip, polar bear cake pop, sugar cookie, and tangerine sparkler Dinner: Macaroni and cheese with pull pork and a meatball Exercise: 3 […]
Vegetable Stuffing
This is a lighter and less fancy version of Thanksgiving stuffing: simply vegetables and bread cubes. Because there is significantly less butter, this recipe is healthier than the original. Ingredients 1 box Mrs. Cubbison’s stuffing 1/2 onion finely chopped 1 carrot finely chopped 2 celery stalks chopped 1 T butter 2-3 cups chicken broth […]
Creamed Spinach
This is the recipe I usually make for Thanksgiving. It is lighter because I omit the cheese, but it still delivers on flavor. Spinach is the first vegetable I was able to get Rich to eat. Ingredients 10 oz. Package frozen cut leaf spinach, thawed 1- can cream of celery 6 green onions chopped […]
Tangerine Juice Drinks
Tangerine Juice I acquired two bags of Cuties tangerines for Christmas. Although I like tangerines, this is too many to eat before they go bad, so I decided to juice them. One whole bag made just 2 cups of fresh squeezed tangerine juice. The juice was thick, delicious, and sweet. Although it was tempting to […]
Spreadable Cream Cheese Cracker and Vegg...
This is a super easy recipe for a great spreadable cracker topping. The sour cream softens the cheese just enough to make the dip scoop-able, but not too much to make it runny. The spread can be shaped into a ball or dome and won’t break the crack as you dip it. Ingredients 12 […]
Marinated Olive and Cream Cheese Penguin...
A relative made olive penguins for the Christmas potluck. They were so cute; I had to make them for our next friend get together, which happens to be a polar bear plunge. Perfect, right? I made a few modifications to make them taste better. First, the carrots were softened and the vegetables were marinated […]
Polar Bear Cake Pops
Who would have thought cake pops would be so difficult to make? Mix cake and frosting, dip in chocolate coating and done, right? Well, maybe if you are lucky. I attempted to make cake pops once before. Apparently, I added too much frosting because the ball would not stay on the stick and fell through. […]