Party Panache, Festive Red & Green Recipes for the Holidays!

Let’s kick off December with a roundup of the BEST Red and Green Holiday Appetizers, Sides and Desserts! Strawberry Pecan & Pimiento Cheese Wreath This tasty cheese wreath is paired with strawberry jam for a sweet and savory cracker spread BLT Party Skewers are perfect for holiday mingling Wedge Salad Dip Your favorite Wedge Salad … Continue reading

Holidays, Easy Recipes that can be served for Breakfast or Appetizers!

In my house, appetizers are our go to for gatherings and entertaining, but with the holidays coming up I’ve been thinking about special occasion breakfasts too How about easy recipes that can be good for both! Sassy Sausage Squares are only 4 ingredients and very addicting! Raspberry White Chocolate Angel Wings are rolls with raspberry … Continue reading

Holidays, Keeping it Simple!

With the holidays rapidly approaching, now’s the time to think of ways to keep from getting too stressed out and exhausted One of my favorite ways to make things easier during the holidays is to prepare simple food, and then give it a wow presentation! HHjr wowed us the other night with his plate of … Continue reading

Take-out Tuesday, Favorite Rosemary Recipes for the Holidays

One of my very favorite herbs is Rosemary~ I always have a fresh rosemary plant nearby to clip for cooking it can elevate any recipe from ho hum to divine! Let’s start with appetizers, Rosemary Pine Nut Sables are like cheese straws, except they are flavored with pine nuts and rosemary Sable is French for … Continue reading

The Organized Life, November Paint Bucket

I know we are all shocked it is November already! As crazy and hard as 2020 has been, I can’t believe that it has gone by sooo fast! So here we are, onto the holidays! This month’s Paint Bucket is full of Thanksgiving and late fall appropriate recipes, savory dishes full of vegetables and sweeter … Continue reading

The Organized Life, December Paint Bucket

  And just like that, on Sunday it’s December! 🎄 I apologize for posting this before Thanksgiving I mean no disrespect at all… I LOVE Thanksgiving       I’m sure you’re busy with last minute turkey things, so bookmark this and read it later if you get a chance… The next few days are … Continue reading

The Organized Life, December Paint Bucket

  🎅🏻   Ho ho ho, here comes December!  🎄   Whatever you celebrate in December, this recipe list is made up of family friendly and party perfect recipes for the holiday season! The flavor of the month is Peppermint!   You can see photos and links to these recipes in the December Section of the Monthly … Continue reading

Fearless Friday, Naughty or Nice?

Getting ready for Christmas with so many things on my mind this week, I was having trouble visualizing the food for our family feast on Christmas Eve  Naughty or Nice is the theme with kid & adult friendly finger food   I used PicMonkey online photo editor to design a sign Creating a blank template … Continue reading

The Organized Life, December Paint Bucket

December, 2 days away! 🎄 Are you ready?? 🎁 Will you be baking up a storm?    Traveling? This is the one month I don’t travel, and I will be happily in place at the North Pole, decking the halls, and doing all things Merry   In fact, the Paint Bucket is posting early for December … Continue reading

Holidays, Thanksgiving Menu

Thanksgiving is only a week away, have you finalized your menu?     I’ve been sipping eXtra strong coffee and drawing thinking rather than cooking this week     I want to come up with a Mouthwatering Menu     That is, of course, Fabulous, but balanced, with a few No Guilt  dishes     … Continue reading