One year, I hosted all of my in-laws for Christmas. I mean all of them. My brother-in-law was coming home from his 2-year mission for our church from Spain just a few days before Christmas and Utah was the welcome home spot. I love hosting, so it was fun mixed with a lot of crazy… Continue reading Forget-Me-Nots
I remember going to my grandmother’s house at Christmas time when I was growing up. She always had “NOEL” in red felt letter magnets on her fridge. She was annoyed because whenever the grandkids came over, one of us was bound to change the letters to spell LEON or some other nonsense word. My grandmother,… Continue reading Buttercrunch
I’m not a huge fan of eggnog. One sip for the season, and I’m good until the next year. However, my husband and kids LOVE it so much. My husband grew up diluting the eggnog with milk to reduce the thickness. I’m not so sure about that because I think one of the best redeeming… Continue reading Eggnog Cupcakes (Tres Leches)
A few years back, my husband’s work did a bakeoff and spouses were able to participate. I was all over that, and so excited about it. I agonized for weeks about what I was going to make, and finally decided on a coconut cake with a pineapple curd. I decorated it with buttercream, and even… Continue reading Better Than Sex Cupcakes
A couple of years ago, my daughter brought home a Disney princess cookbook from the school library. My kids absolutely love looking through cookbooks and do it quite often. I will find them on the couch flipping through books and saying which recipes they want to make. I wonder where they got that from? While… Continue reading Ultimate Peanut Butter Cookies
Years ago, when my husband and I were dating and attending BYU, we came across this recipe. Tim worked in a tiny, dark room in the library where he would take pictures of old newspapers for microfiche film. He literally sat, flipped a page, pushed a button, flipped, pushed a button, on repeat for 4… Continue reading Pumpkin Delight
When I was growing up, I was a super picky eater. I refused to eat pork after a science lesson in 7th grade, I’d make my mom cut my chicken so I wouldn’t find any gross parts, I didn’t eat red meat. My mom still thinks I eat weird, oh well. While I’m still not… Continue reading Creamy Chicken Enchiladas
This is another recipe from my talented sister-in-law.I have a lot of sister-in-laws, this is the the one who gave me this Cranberry Cream Cheese dip recipe that I loved to serve on a charcuterie board at Thanksgiving. Back when I was in college, my husband and I went to my brother’s for a Sunday… Continue reading Pineapple Sausage Stuffing
Have you ever heard of Bunco? I had heard of it, but it wasn’t until I moved to Utah that I actually participated in a Bunco game night. A close friend of mine had invited my neighbor and I to be substitutes in her monthly Bunco group. I had an absolute blast. Little did I… Continue reading Sausage Tortellini Soup
Way back when I was in college, my brother and his wife would invite us up to dinner at his house that was thirty minutes away. My sister-in-law always had a great spread, and my siblings, husband, and I always left with a full belly. I remember close to the holidays one year, they invited… Continue reading Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip
