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Colorado Chili Recipes

With all the cold and snowy weather, this Colorado Chili Recipe (white chili) is a winner.  I’m going to make this tomorrow to serve on New Year’ Day.

Colorado White Chili
A healthy, mouth-watering meal sure to bring raves; a great alternative to traditional chili from Don’t Panic Dinner’s in the Freezer by my friends Suzie Martinez, [...]

Save 20% off Real Food for Rookies Classes

I’m still in snowy, overcast Oregon enjoying time with my grandson, Job, his parents and my daughter, Mary and son Stephen.

For one more week readers can get 20% off Kelly’s Real Food for Rookies class, the Real Food Ingredient Guide, and the Real Food Party Planning Guide by using the code RFM20.

Take [...]

Oregon Odyssey and Adventures

After much prayer, fear and trepidation we are safely enjoying our first family Christmas away from “home” in over twenty-five years.  If you like traditions, you know this has been a challenge.

Mary and I made the first half of our Colorado to Klamath Falls, OR trip with few incidents and cooperative weather on Tuesday. Wasn’t [...]

Christmas Breakfast Recipes

Our family enjoys the same Christmas breakfast each year, Pecan Cinnamon Rolls, Turkey sausage (recipe below) and Holiday Scramble after the “stockings are opened”. This is so easy I don’t do day-before-preparations.

This year we will have Christmas breakfast at my daughter’s so I’ll let you know what we decide to have.  My guess [...]

My Favorite Cranberry Recipes

Mixed Greens With Cranberry Dressing
This recipe is my favorite for Christmas.  I love the blue cheese as a special treat and the pink, sweet/sour cranberry dressing.

Ingredients:
5 cups mixed greens, herbs and lettuce
1/4 pound blue cheese, crumbled
1 red onion, very thinly sliced
1/3 cup coarsely chopped walnuts

Dressing:
1 cup fresh cranberries
1 seedless navel orange, peeled [...]

Involve your children witih Quick and Easy Gifts from your Kitchen

We made these recipes for years for gifts as we were on a very tight budget.  Kids loved it.  Precious memories.  I know the peanut brittle has that nasty corn syrup in it.  What would you substitute?  Its just a fund and easy gift children can make with supervision.

MICROWAVE PEANUT BRITTLE
My kids make this for [...]

Encouragement Chart – Print and Save

YOU SAY

GOD SAYS

BIBLE VERSES

You say: ‘It’s impossible’

God says: All things are possible

( Luke 18:27)

You say: ‘I’m too tired’

God says: I will give you rest

( Matthew 11:28-30)

You say: ‘Nobody really loves me’

God says: I love you

( John 3:1 6 & John 3:34 )

You say: [...]

My Favorite Christmas Cookies

I was invited to two cookie exchanges this year.  I normally don’t go to the cookie exchanges because of past experiences when I had to take home store bought cookies to replace my hours of hard work.  These exchanges worked a little differently, we could pick and choose from the choices up to [...]

Menu Monday – Beef Burgundy Simplified

Do you need an elegant main dish recipe made with Real Food?  Each December a week or two before Christmas, I like to prepare a favorite recipe called Beef Burgundy to serve to guests or just my family.

I  like to make a large batch, and store the rest in meal sized [...]

Mentoring Moms Make Rolls of all Kinds – Here’s How

Our family has made it a tradition to make cinnamon rolls on Christmas Eve, refrigerate the shaped rolls overnight, and bake them in the morning.

Yesterday at Mentoring Moms (Older moms who are teaching younger moms homemaking skills once a month at our church) I showed the younger moms how we do cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, [...]