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Try Something New with Christmas Recipes and Crafts

Sarah White December 14, 2015 Cooking / Crafts / HolidaysLeave a comment

Christmas can be tricky. We love hosting friends who have moved away and being the place where family and friends can gather during the holidays. But it’s a break for us, too, so we don’t always want to spend a lot of time decorating, preparing a big fancy meal and …

Leftover Halloween Candy Cookies

Sarah White November 1, 2015 Cooking5 Comments

The best thing about Halloween is leftover candy, of course, but sometimes you want something a little more — or a little different — from just a candy bar stolen from your kid’s pumpkin bucket. Here’s a fun way to get the kids to hand over some of their loot …

Notions: Cooking with Kids Edition

Sarah White October 19, 2015 Cooking / Kids / Notions4 Comments

My husband’s birthday was Friday (as I have mentioned), and we celebrated with his family on Saturday, which always means his mom makes pineapple upside down cake. I’ve had the recipe for years but I’ve never actually made it because, well, hers is surely better. But I mentioned that it …

Simple Strawberry Syrup

Sarah White June 10, 2015 CookingLeave a comment

Yesterday was use up the old produce day here at the White House. First, I made banana bread (I have shared that recipe before), then I grabbed the soft strawberries that had been sitting in our fridge for a week and whipped up a quick strawberry syrup. I got this …

Check Out this Walmart RO*TEL Coupon and #JustAddRotel

Sarah White March 27, 2015 Cooking7 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #JustAddRotel #CollectiveBias Several years ago I shared a recipe for what I called Mexican rice salad on a health website I wrote for (and still miss). It’s the simplest thing in the world: …

Getting My Holiday Together Like a Crafty Ninja, Part One

Sarah White December 18, 2014 Cooking3 Comments

It’s not like we don’t see Christmas coming. It’s at the same time every year. It can’t possibly sneak up on us, and yet every year there’s the same mad dash to finish something or buy something or do something before that big, firm deadline of Dec. 25. Or, in …