Holiday Baking Starts Today

Today I start some of my holiday baking. Dh has some work/school parties coming up so it is time to start. I love making candy and cookies at the holidays and sharing them as gifts. So, everyday now until I get everything done, I will be coming and sharing with you the recipe and pictures of what I made that day. So, I guess I will see you later today!

Holiday Made for TV Movies Online Free

Well, one thing I miss this holiday season is ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas. I really loved watching the specially planned holiday shows. As I told you a while back, my cable company took off ABC Family and added The Food Network. I guess I love that too, but I really want both channels! Anyways, I just thought I would go visit ABC Family's web page and checkout all that I was missing. I talked about in another post how a lot of networks have online full episode players, well ABC Family does too. I watched a really cute movie called Special Delivery. It is about a baby trying to be adopted that is accidental lost and how they get it back. It really emphasizes the importance of family. I thought it was really cute and funny. If you want to watch it just click on the movie name on this post. They also have several other holiday related movies that you can also watch on there. Also, if you have ABC family checkout all the great holiday movies including The Polar Express, Mary Poppins, a Harry Potter movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Home Alone 4, Prancer, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, lots of made for TV ABC Family Originals, and lots of those holiday movies we grew up with.

Works For Me Wednesday-What Do I fix? edition

Today Works for me Wednesday is all about What to Fix? I have done lots better about not having to ask that question because I have been meal planning for about a year now. Here's are some stand bys for my family!
Sweet and Sour Chicken-This is so close to the restaurant and it is easy!
Spaghetti-We always have the ingredients on hand and everyone will eat it.
Tacos-This is another family favorite and i always have ingredients on hand.
Pizza-Homemade is so much better and really it is not hard! This week I tried a Barbecue pizza. It was so easy. I started with a packaged pizza crust. you just add water to this and let it rise. Then I added my barbecue sauce, and I added pork that I already had cooked and chopped up, chopped some onion and added some mozzarella cheese. You can add anything you want! It was so easy and you could add whatever you wanted to! We will definitely be making again!
Chili
Vegetable soup
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For more great WFMW post see Shannon at Rocks in my Dryer.

Christmas Baking Series Part 3: Candy

Here is part three in my Christmas Baking Series: Candy. I have already done a post on fudge so this includes candy other than fudge. As you decide what kinds of things you are going to bake for the holidats, consider candy.

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Here are some websites for candy recipes:

razzledazzlerecipes

allrecipes

southernfood
bellaonline

recipezaar

verybestbaking

that'smyhome

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Here are my tried and true Christmas Candy Recipes:

English toffee

Mimo's famous carmels

Coconut Balls

Tiger Butter

Peppermint Brittle

Southern Pralines

Buckeyes

Old Fashioned Hard Candy
Peanut Butter Roll

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See all my Christmas Baking Series:

Christmas Baking Series Part 1:Christmas Cookies

Christmas Baking Series Part 2: Fudge

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For more great Christmas ideas go to A Juggling Mum!

Menu Plan Monday-December 3-9

Here's my plan:

1. Barbecue pork pizza- I was inspired to try this from this recipe and this recipe
   after watching them on the Food Network. I have never made a pizza using barbecue sauce and thought it might be neat to try. I cooked a 1 1/2 pound pork roast, that was pre-seasoned that I got a couple of months ago from Angel Food, last night and then diced it and put it in my fridge. So meal prep should be easy. I am using a package pizza mix and will probably put the pork, onions and Monterrey Jack cheese. We'll see how it comes out, but I have been craving it since I saw both these recipes on TV.
2. Salisbury Steaks, mashed potatoes, green beans
3. Tacos, Spanish rice
4. Alice Springs Chicken, corn, bread
5. Spaghetti, toast
6. Breakfast for dinner night
7. Soup and sandwiches night

Here are some lunches I am planning for the kids:

Corn Dog Muffins, apples, milk
Grilled Cheese, grapes, milk
Tuna Sandwiches, apples, milk
Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches, raisins, milk
Chicken Noodle Soup, apples, milk
Ravioli, grapes, milk

Go here to see more plans.

I am SOOO Excited!

Yes that's right I am sooo Excited! Today at church a lady said she had a new stove that had not really been used a lot and it was really nice and digital. Her son died and it was in his apartment in her back yard, she said they had put it in not long before he died so it is new!!! Someone asked her how much she wanted for it and she hesitated and said, "I would take $50." She said it cost $699. I told her that I thought we wanted it and would talk to her after church. I was really worried about the $50 because we will not have it until tax time. So later I went back to talk to her and asked her if she could wait until tax time and she said she did not want us to worry about it and we could just have it. Can you believe that? And guess what else? It could not have come at a better time! The stove we have currently belongs to our landlord. It has one burner that does not work and the other ones you have to hit to get them to make the connection. It takes me forever to just heat up soup! Our landlord said he does not plan to buy another one. We were just lucky that the last people who lived here left that one. So, anyways tomorrow I will have my new stove and I am so excited!

Nicholas' Baptism Pictures

Nicholas was baptised today. In the family picture is my dh's mom and his step father.