Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’

How to Make a Splendid Pumpkin Pie for the Holidays

Diabetics and others watching their sugar intake can afford to indulge over the holidays just like everyone else when you serve this “Splendid” Pumpkin Pie.  Top with sugar free whipped topping lightly sprinkled with cinnamon for a festive holiday touch.  Grab a cup of coffee and a slice of pie just like everyone else in [...]

How Did the Fruitcake Become so Popular For Holidays?

Who hasn’t tasted a fruitcake? If you have browsed through a holiday gift display in your local department store, you have most certainly seen a fruitcake or two in the offering. A fruitcake is almost always included on a holiday dessert menu and can usually be found tucked away in a corner at a holiday [...]

How to Make a Healthy and Delicious Carrot-Fruit Bundt Cake

This tasty Carrot-Fruit Bundt Cake is made with a healthier for you dessert in mind.  Most cakes of this type would contain about a cup of oil.  This cake only has a quarter cup of heart healthy canola oil while the remainder of oil is replaced with applesauce.  The carrots add beta-carotene to this dessert.  [...]

Favorite Foods of Christmas

Favorite foods enjoyed by Americans for any given holiday, season or special occasion will likely include some ethnic dish, given the many ethnic groups that reside in the country. Despite this variety of melting pot cuisine, there are some similarities in dishes that will be a part of most meals during celebrations such as Christmas.
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How to Make a Yeast Bundt Cake with Fruit Preserves

If you are tired of making the same old cakes every time you entertain or treat your family, give this recipe a try for a cake that will be different yet tasty.  This bundt cake is sure to become a favorite at your house.  You can change the cake by using different flavors of preserves [...]

Fruitcake Sauce in 3 Simple Steps

Is that fruitcake I smell on your breath?! No…just the new fruitcake sauce.
Good fruitcake is hand prepped, gently baked for hours then doused with generous quantities of fancy liqueurs. The flavors of the particular liqueurs infuse every morsel over the months of cool storage ahead so you can savor the flavor! It sounds perfect but [...]

The Amazing Story Behind Pumpkin Pie

Did you know that at the first original Thanksgiving feasts in the colonies of the new world, none of what we call traditional thanksgiving foods were served? So how is this known? It’s known because these foods simply weren’t available to them with one exception. That would be squash, including pumpkins. You see pumpkins are [...]

Christmas Decorating Ideas for Your Home

Christmas decorating is a must, to some degree at least, for most of us who celebrate the holiday season. For some there is no such thing as too much. The more lights and glitter the better. Others prefer a more limited display of Christmas holiday decor, but rich colors and a bit of shimmer usually  [...]

Christmas Décor Idea Utilizing Old Ornaments And Decorations

Christmas is the time of year where one can get away with using ostentatious decorations. Many people agree that the more the merrier when it comes to decorating for Christmas. One problem with decorating for this season is the expense that it entails. One Christmas décor idea to lessen the blow of expenses is to [...]

Swiss Maid Fudge – Homemade Gingerbread Bark Spices Up The Holiday Season

Every family has their holiday food favorite. Perhaps Grandma’s buttery shortbread is a traditional treat; maybe homemade Greek Christmas bread is a goodie everyone looks forward too; perhaps an old-fashioned family recipe for chocolate fudge is the indulgence of choice for the holidays. When it comes to mouthwatering, homemade food, there really is no place [...]