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Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas are a great addition as a side to any meal, they are perfect on top of salads for added nutrition and are easy to make in your Instant Pot Pressure Cooker for weekly meal planning.
This Sand Tart Cookie Recipe is our family recipe perfect for the Christmas & Holiday season making a big batch of cookies. These cookies are easy to customize to your tastes with various toppings and make a fun activity for everyone involved.
This sweet, Homemade Coffee Creamer recipe can be used in coffee or tea. It is made with 1 can of sweetened condensed milk and water or for a creamier option, you can use milk or half and half. It is infused with pure vanilla extract but can be customized with other extracts or even Baileys or rum for a boozy option. This creamer is so fast and easy to make for yourself or as an edible gift!
Maple Cinnamon Butter is a sweet and delicious butter recipe that is perfect for having on muffins, toast, popovers, bread, or just about anything you imagine. It only takes a few minutes and 4 simple ingredients to make this maple-cinnamon scented butter.
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November 2020 Coffee Time - It’s Coffee Time and time for our monthly, life update check-in.
Hey Everyone, if you celebrate Thanksgiving, how was your Thanksgiving?
I hope it was a good one.
Ours, like many, I'm sure, was low-key.
We had turkey, gravy, and some sides just for our family in our household and did a small outdoor "Dessertsgiving" with our family who lives locally in the state from two other households.
I love the "Dessertsgiving" concept, it worked well and I think it's totally a thing now!
We wore masks, had a sanitation station, were spaced out apart. We had pumpkin pie, pecan pie, these yummy coconut-chocolate patties (that I have to make a recipe for!), and cheesecake - yum! We had a nice fire pit going and the weather was beautiful and warm.
It is nice to have a year where I didn't have to cook a huge meal and feel more pressure.
Since I have an infant in tow this year along with my older two kids under 7, if there ever was a year for me to get a nice, low-key, Thanksgiving, this was it.
I would have loved to have seen my parents and the rest of my family but they live 5 states away and it would have been hard.
We did a Facetime chat which was really nice, texted, and sent photos throughout the day with my extended family.
I look forward to having a larger Thanksgiving celebration next year.
I loved having an outdoor component to Thanksgiving and I would love to be able to keep that idea for the future.
It's a great time to reflect on the things that really matter, be grateful and thankful for what we have and sit in the present moment, and feel grounded.
I'm going to hold onto that feeling and even if things change in the future, the gift of feeling grounded, grateful, and thankful is what I would like to carry with me.
I am grateful to all of you!
Thank you to all of you that have followed the blog over the years, enjoyed my recipes - thank you so much!
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