Canning Homemade Bloody Mary Mix Each year I reserve 25 pounds of tomatoes from the garden to can up into Bloody Mary mix. Typically I make a dozen quarts. Saving half for my loot for the home bar and the other half to basket up for Christmas gifts. I toss the bloody mary jar in…
Homemade Christmas* A Simple Hostess gift
My husband and I are off to an ugly sweater party tomorrow. Which seems to be the theme of choice for Christmas parties the last couple years. This is fine because nobody likes dressing up more like a dork than I do. Being invited into one’s home with food and drinks you should return the favor…
Homemade Basic Dry Spice Rub
My brother has recently found a love of cooking and barbecuing. So naturally, whenever I’m in the kitchen, he’s lurks over my shoulder curious about how I cook and prepare food for my family. So this year as part of his Christmas gift, I’m making him a homemade barbecue all-purpose dry rub. Packed in a…
Homemade Christmas Keepsake Ornaments
My absolute favorite Christmas ornaments are those that are handmade, with the majority of them being from my son. Each year he makes me a new ornament and every December my heart melts again when I put it on the tree. And at almost 12 years old he is still proud to show everyone which…
12 Days of Homemade Christmas Gifts
Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… …means a little bit more. Dr. Seuss, The Grinch After years of being disgusted with the consumerism of Christmas, my family (extended included) and I decided we should try out a “Homemade Christmas” and give gifts that we made with our own two hands and God…
