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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

"Real Holiday Helpings" and another GIVEAWAY!

The "Real Holiday Helpings" website is a great resource for SUPER busy moms {like I know you all are} to use during the SUPER busy holiday season.

The website has a ton of SUPER recipe ideas for the holidays, as well as some awesome videos of Bobby Flay sharing his {holiday} magic in the kitchen! You can also print out a coupon for Hellmann's Real Mayonnaise and enter to win year of free groceries!
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I tried out one of the recipes from the Real Holiday Helpings website and it turned out so YUMMY! I just made half the recipe to try it out...but this would be a great party appetizer for a crowd!

CAESAR SALAD CROSTINI
A Bobby Flay Recipe




Ingredients:
1/2 cup Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise
1 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 Tbsp. anchovy paste
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 loaf French baguette, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices
1-1/2 cups finely chopped romaine lettuce leaves
3 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese
1 Tbsp. red wine vinegar

Instructions:
Combine Hellmann's® or Best Foods® Real Mayonnaise, mustard, garlic, anchovy paste, salt and pepper with wire whisk in medium bowl. Remove 1/2 of the dressing to small bowl; evenly spread 1 side of bread slices with dressing mixture. Arrange bread on baking sheet, dressing-side-up, and broil until lightly golden brown. Let cool slightly.
Toss lettuce with remaining dressing and cheese. Stir in vinegar and, if desired, salt and pepper to taste. Top each crouton with salad.

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Just for sharing a little bit about this wonderful website, the wonderful people at Real Holiday Helpings are letting me give away a $25 American Express giftcard to one of my readers!

So here is how to enter:

For your first entry leave a comment...any comment will do!

For another entry, visit Real Holiday Helpings and tell me which recipe you would love to try.

For one extra entry, follow me and leave a comment telling me that you do.

For another entry, put my button on your blog and leave a comment telling me you did.

For one more entry, follow me on twitter and leave a comment telling that you do.

For three extra entries, blog about my giveaway linking back to this post and to Real Holiday Helpings, then leave three comments telling me you blogged.

**This giveaway will end on Wednesday, December 16th at 12:00 pm CST. Winner will be chosen using Random.org and the winner will be announced on my blog.**

Special thanks to Hellmann's and Real Holiday Helpings for sponsoring this giveaway by providing the winner and myself a $25 gift card.


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Monday, December 7, 2009

CHRISTmas Parade

On Saturday, Jason and I bundled up the boys and headed to our community's Christmas parade. We met a few friends and their kiddos and had a blast waiting for and watching the parade. Grant, Hayden, and Henry waiting for the parade to start.

Eli playing with a necklace that he got at the parade.
It was pretty cold when we first got there. But by the time the floats started rolling by, all the kiddos had taken off their gloves so they could pick up candy and treats!
After the parade, we took the boys to a birthday party and then to pick out our Christmas tree. We stopped by Krispy Kreme on the way home and ate some yummy hot donuts for dinner. I think we may have to make that a new tradition! When we got home Jason set up the tree and put on the lights. Then the boys got busy decorating {the bottom half of} the tree. Now if only I could figure out how to keep Eli from un-decorating it!


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Friday, December 4, 2009

C is for Coconut Cookies

I had a little bit of this: leftover from making Magic Cookie Bars.
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So I decided to make these:
And fill up this:
For at least one day, anyway!
Chewy Coconut Cookies
{from allrecipes.com}
Ingredients1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
DirectionsPreheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C.) Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
In a medium bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla until light and fluffy. Gradually blend in the flour mixture, then mix in the coconut.
Drop dough by teaspoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly toasted. Cool on wire racks.
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