Are you guys as in love with holiday traditions as we are? It's funny because there I am not a creature of habit at all (the term "free spirit" has been used to describe me my whole life)...but Christmas traditions are a whole different story. I LOVE them. My husband and I decided that crepes on …
holiday recipe
the easiest holiday dessert- buttermilk chess pie
Before I met Adam, I had never even heard of buttermilk pie (or any chess pie, actually). But it is so yummy, and so very easy to make. It's the perfect holiday dessert because homemade but with so little effort! Also, it's Burke's favorite dessert (well, tied with Texas Sheet Cake, yet another …
coconut pecan date balls
A few years back, a friend came to visit us in the Middle East and upon seeing just how many dates we eat, receive, have available at the store etc. she immediately wrote her grandma and asked for her date ball recipe. Since then, I have made these date balls roughly 9,000 times. They are delicious, …
christmas wassail- our family’s recipe
If I had to pick a smell that is Christmas to me, I think wassail would be at the top of my list. It may be even higher than the smell of evergreen? Just maybe, though- haha. We’ve shared our wassail recipe before, but as I was making up a batch, I thought I’d highlight it again. Mostly because I …
sweet & salty holiday deliciousness (aka christmas crack)
We’re skipping Adam’s mom’s annual cookie party this year (darn six thousand miles), but it turns out that there are Cookie Exchanges in Saipan as well (imagine that). Which means that our tropical home has been filled with the smell of Christmas baking these last couple days. This sweet and …
wassail- a family recipe
Growing up, our family had about a hundred Christmas Eve traditions- we saw a movie Christmas Eve afternoon, went to Christmas Eve service at church (wearing our new Christmas outfits, of course... I should note that the new Christmas outfits were still a part of the tradition through college- …