CTK WIC Cookie Exchange

The ladies of our church had a cookie exchange on Monday night. The turnout was small but it was a very nice event. The location was wonderful. I made 2 types of cookies and will post the recipes the next couple of days. They were Peppermint Shortbreads and White Chocolate Orange Dream Cookies. Today I am posting pictures.

Travis is 20!!!!

It is such a day of mixed emotions. One I am so proud of Travis, and the other, I can't believe it has been 20 years since I gave birth to Travis. I was 10 days late and seemed like 10 months. Terry was in law school at the tail end of finals for that semester. Fortunately, it was only his oil and gas law final he had left.(his undergrad was in petroleum land management) Travis came in at 9lbs., 2oz. What a boy!!! One of my favorite memories is of him acting out the song "Step in time" from Mary Poppins. He has played trombone in marching band and had his own garage band in high school named "Gello". I thought they were pretty good and had countless hours of listening to them practice in our garage. I have gleamed with joy over the years at all he has attempted and accomplished. I look forward to seeing what he will do in the future. He has great ambition. So here's to you Travis. You are no longer a teenager.

Finished Project

I finally finished my reversible cable knit scarf. I worked on it on our Thanksgiving road trip and finished. I will be able to take it with us skiing.

Thanksgiving recipe #3

Ok, this is a recipe my mother-in-law brought me one year. She clips recipes and articles from newspapers to share with us and I love getting them. This has become a Thanksgiving evening tradition that we all look forward to. It is called....
Cranberry Tea

8 C. water
2 C. sugar
5 Cinnamon sticks
48 oz. Cranberry juice cocktail
2 C. Orange juice
1 C. pineapple juice
2 t. lemon juice

In a dutch oven or stock pot, bring water, sugar and cinnamon sticks to a boil. Boil for 10 minutes. Add all remaining ingredients and heat until warm.

You will notice this has NO TEA. I have no idea why it is call Cranberry TEA. It is delicious and more like a wassle or spiced drink.

Thanksgiving recipe #2

Ok, today's recipe is for my sweet potatoes. I got this recipe from Southern Living probably 10 years ago. It is called....

Nannie's Candied Sweet Potatoes

6 large sweet potatoes, about 4 pounds
1 lemon
1orange
3/4 C. butter, melted
2 C. sugar
1/2 C. orange juice
2 t. ground cinnamon
1 t. vanilla

Peel potatoes; cut potatoes, lemon & orange into 1/4 inch slices.
Place potato slices in a lightly greased 9x13 baking dish; arrange lemon and orange slices over potatoes.
Combine butter and next 4 ingredients. Pour over potato mixture; cover with plastic wrap, and let stand 1 hour.
Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours, basting often with pan juices.

Thanksgiving recipe #1

Ok, I have been struggling with ideas of things to post and was asked to post some of my recipes used for Thanksgiving. I was so glad to have something to post! Ok, today I will be posting the first thing I prepared on Thanksgiving morning. That is Cranberry Relish. I got this recipe from Bootsie (my sister-in-laws, mother-in-law). Well here it is.

Cranberry Relish
Bag of fresh Cranberries
2 apples
2 oranges
1/2 C. chopped pecans
1 C. chopped celery
cherry jello, small box
1 C. sugar

Wash and look through cranberries. Place in blender and chop. Place in a bowl. Cut apples & oranges into fine pieces. Add to cranberries. Add ramaining ingredients and stir together. Refrigerate for a few hours and serve cold.