I love making pies, but pie crust can be a bit fiddly to make and shape without the right ingredients and instructions. This recipe, though, works really well and the dough is very easy to roll out and shape! Use my double crust recipe if you are making a pie with both a bottom and …
How to Make & Blind Bake a Single Pie Crust (Vegan & Gluten Free) Read More »
My mom and I are going to start a 21 day countdown to Yule on Thursday, November 30th. We will be holding a short candle ritual each evening at sundown, and then will turn off the internet and do a Yule activity or craft together. We invite you to join us in slowing down every …
Making a Yule Log & Preparing for Our Yule Countdown! Read More »
I needed a Yule candle for the center of our Yule log, and I wanted it to be unique. So, I decided to make my own! My mom and I ended up making it together and that made it really special! Here are the ingredients and supplies that we used to make our candle: I …
We spent a wonderful Sunday afternoon at Sunrise Sanctuary! Every year they hold a special event called Thanksgiving for the Turkeys and it was a lot of fun!
My mom found these two gummy candies at Trader Joe’s that are vegan and really good! They are copycats of Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids, but use natural colors: Here is the back of the Scandinavian Swimmers and a closeup of the ingredients:
There is nothing as comforting as a hot bowl of soup on a cold winter day! This “turkey” or chick’n soup gets a lot of its flavor from the broth, so I recommend making your own for the best flavor. Click on these links for my “turkey” broth and chick’n broth recipes. Here are the …
This lovely one-pan dinner is very simple to make and includes all of your favorite holiday flavors! I make it every year and we always love it! Here are the ingredients you will need: I forgot to put the nuts in the photo, but you will also need chopped walnuts or pecans to add at …
These caramelized onions are super delicious and one of my very favorite holiday recipes! There are only six ingredients (including the salt and pepper), but the flavor they create is wonderfully complex and deep. Here is what you need to make them: This is the red currant jelly that I used this year. I have …
This wonderful pie is a favorite of mine with its combination of sweet apples and tart cranberries! It looks fancy but is really very easy to make. Here are the ingredients you will need: You will need to make a batch of pie crust and have the bottom crust ready and chilled in a pie …
I loved Dandies vanilla marshmallows from the first time I tried them, and I always keep both the regular size and the mini ones on hand. I recently found the pumpkin and peppermint varieties, and I really like both of them as well! The peppermint ones taste like candy canes and the pumpkin ones like …