My mother-in-law has been interested in Amish people, factual and fictional books about Amish people, and Amish cooking for many, many years. She even has a beautiful quilt on her bed that she bought in an Amish store. Knowing this, a friend of my mother-in-law’s sent her this Amish recipe. I think it sounds delicious and thought I would share it. Someone might want to make it for a New Year’s Eve party coming up in a couple of days. (Our son-in-law really likes peanut butter! C, do you think he would like this?)
Here’s the recipe:
INGREDIENTS:
Using a double boiler or the microwave, melt white chocolate. Stir in peanut butter until well mixed. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Pour into a 9×13 pan. Wait until it has cooled completely and then cut into squares.
Hope everyone had a really nice Christmas! We had a wonderful time being with family several different times. It’s such a special time remembering how much we’ve been blessed and then in turn, blessing other people. Now, we don’t give gifts like a laptop or an industrial computer, but we try to give something special for each particular person. (However, several years ago, we did give my mother-in-law a computer. That was definitely an exception!)
This is one of my favorite Christmas songs. I tried to find just the song, but the best recording I could find has a movie clip with it. So…
Here is my Christmas card to you for 2009: (Lyrics are below)
Here With Us Lyrics
Verse 1
It’s still a mystery to me
That the hands of God could be so small,
How tiny fingers reaching in the night
Were the very hands that measured the sky.
Chorus
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Heaven’s love reaching down to save the world.
Hallelujah, hallelujah
Son of God, Servant King
You’re here with us,
You’re here with us.
Verse 2
It’s still a mystery to me, oh,
How his infant eyes have seen the dawn of time.
How his ears have heard an angel’s symphony
But still Mary had to rock her Savior to sleep.
Chorus
Jesus Christ, born in Bethlehem
A baby born to save, to save the souls of man.
Chorus (2x)
For those who like spicy hot snacks:
INGREDIENTS:
Mix together first four ingredients. Pour over pretzels and stir well. Bake at 200 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Stir every 30 minutes.
Appetizers:
Beverages:
Desserts, Muffins, & Breads:
Entrees:
Pie Crusts:
Salads:
Stuffing:
Veggies:
Holiday dinners are so typically loaded with fat, sugar, and lots of cholesterol. I tried to reduce those for our Thanksgiving meal, and this is what I came up with. I’m sure I’ll be changing and tweeking this even more as time goes on. I would love to hear your ideas and what you do. For now, here’s our menu and here’s what I did:
Whatever it is, I think it’s always best to read up on all the symptoms and treatments, whether it’s adhd symptoms, diabetes symptoms, etc. Then a person can have some background knowledge when they go to the doctor.
I’ve had a hard time trying to get well recently, with the flu week before last, then bronchitis setting in and also pink eye (where in the world did that come from – I think maybe from a quick trip to the grocery store) last week. Now I have this lingering cough. I read up on all the symptoms for each of the above, and I’m doing everything I can to get over this ASAP. I’ve finished my prescription antibiotics, and I’m taking vitamins and supplements, drinking lots of fluids, using a steam vaporizer at night (helps so much), taking hot showers, and using a lot of cough drops with menthol. I’m so thankful I’m a lot better now!
There are still quite a few people trying to decide what to buy someone for a Christmas present. Maybe a tv stand for their new TV, a certain item that the person receiving the gift would like to have, or maybe just a small gift to say, “Merry Christmas.” Whatever the present, it always has been and always will be the thought behind the gift that counts!
Hi all! Here’s this week’s questions.
1. How do drink your hot chocolate? Marshmallows? From boxed or scratch?
Mostly boxed Swiss Miss but I do make it from scratch part of the time. No marshmallows, but I do top it with canned whipped cream sometimes.
2. Do you prefer cider hot or cold?
Hot cider!
3. Do you like egg nog?
Yes, but just a little bit is enough for me.
4. How do you make punch?
I don’t. (except for wedding or baby showers)