Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Dear One and All,

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! to all! I wish you all the best. I hope we can remember the true reason for the season and enjoy time with family and friends!

What are your Christmas/Holiday traditions?

What are your Christmas/Holiday traditions?

Here are mine:

We always have chili and hot chocolate Christmas Eve, sing Christmas hymns, act out the nativity, and put out our stockings and the cookies and milk for Santa and carrot for Rudolph. It certainly is fun to have little kids around still. And then we all (the kids) sit on the stairs while we sing the fastest rendition of Jingle Bells or some other Christmas song you ever did hear. Then we sing Happy Birthday to Jesus which goes kind of quickly too. Then we smile, say, Merry Christmas, and Mom snaps a quick picture before we all run down the stairs to see what is under the tree. Then we take turns opening gifts one at a time. After the unwrapping is over, we relax the rest of the day and watch the movies we got and play the games we received. This continues on into the next few days after Christmas. For New Years Eve we usually have a family party and eat junk food and play games. On New Year Eve morning, mom makes her special cinnamon rolls (which she only makes once a year-on New Years) and we eat them and drink hot chocolate for breakfast.

Another Giveaway!

Iris is having a micro plane giveaway! See it here: http://www.thedailydietribe.com/2009/12/holiday-giveaway.html

Cookbook Giveaway!

Ricki is having a cookbook giveway! Check it out here!http://tinyurl.com/yaact7d

Sims 2 Games

I don't usually post about this kind of thing, but I am really trying to get these off my hands and I'm selling them cheap!

I am looking to get rid of my Sims 2 Games. They are great games and I'm selling them for cheaper since to get rid of them quicker and because Sims 3 is out.

They would make great Christmas gifts.

I have Double Deluxe(the starter game)& extension packs: Free Time, open for business,seasons, university, family fun stuff, apartment life, bon voyage, & pets.$10-15 each or 2 @$25,etc

contact me for details

Blueberry Breakfast Cake

I am so excited about this recipe! Do you know why? Because I made it completely up myself. I didn't look at one other recipe. I just threw things in together and it worked! :) And it's even delicious! So delicious, that I'm afraid I ate both of the two versions within the day I made them! :)

Version One: Pictured here and above

Version Two: 

 

So you want the recipe now do you? Looks good, doesn’t it? :) And guess what? It is really healthy for you too!

Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients:

2 eggs

1/3 + cup  applesauce (you want it slightly overflowing)

1/3 cup agave (or honey, but I would suggest agave, as I used)

1 T. butter or earth balance, melted

1 c. previously cooked/prepared oat* groats  or 1 c. cooked oatmeal (I used oat groats. It gives it more of a chewier texture. If you do use oatmeal, do not use quick oats. Try steel cut and make sure that they are broken up with a spoon after you cook them and before you add them to the recipe.)

*Note: Those with celiac should only consume GF certified oats/ oat groats

1 c. flour (Whole grain GF mixes should work great here, as does whole wheat flour)

1 T. baking soda

1/4 t. salt

1 c. blueberries, fresh or frozen (it is not necessary to thaw them if they are frozen before putting them in the recipe)

 

 

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix all ingredients together starting with the liquids first and then adding in the dry ingredients.  Next add the blueberries.

Pour into a greased round cake pan or a greased square pan.

Bake at 350 for 35 mins.

Serves 8.

Variation (Version 2)

Mix 1/4-1/2  c. shredded coconut (preferably unsweetened), 1 T. melted butter/earth balance, and about 2 tsp. agave together. Crumble over the top of the cake. Bake.

 

Wondering what oat groats are?

“oat groats = whole oat groats = whole oats  Notes:  Oat groats are minimally processed--only the outer hull is removed.  They're very nutritious, but they're chewy and need to be soaked and cooked a long time.  Substitutes: wheat berries”- From this source

This recipe is being submitted for Slightly Indulgent Tuesdays. See more great recipes here!

Chocolate Banana “Ice cream”

To make this simple ice-cream, all you need is a little sweetener, water,  cocoa (1/4- 1/2 c.) and four frozen bananas. Add the frozen bananas in chunks, to your ice-cream maker or food processor and then add cocoa and sweetener (preferably liquid) to taste.  Then add water until it reaches the right consistency. Serves 2-4. YUM!