Chicken Pho – Simplified

With the wind-chill values hitting the negatives today I thought it would be a great time to break out the chicken soup recipes – I tend to think of Chicken Pho as a more elaborate, spiced version of chicken soup.  My home-cooked Pho tends to be a more simplified take on the more traditional pho…

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Gingerbread Bunnies

This is a recipe of my Mother’s.  I have no idea where she found the recipe, but it has become one of those family Christmas cookies staples that we make every year.  We usually use this recipe to make gingerbread men, but this year I was going for simple – figuring that the bunny shape…

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Winter Wreath

I was feeling the purple this year, or more like, I was feeling the plum – something regal and a change from the usual red.  So with visions of sugarplums dancing through my head, I attached a few plum christmas-tree bulbs to my fresh balsam wreath.  I then added some gold to bring some warmth,…

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Chocolate-Cherry Shortbread

Recipe makes about 4 dozen cookies. Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) Butter (room temp) + 6 tbsp Butter 1/2 cup Powdered (Confectionary) Sugar 1/4 cup Maraschino Cherry Syrup 1 tsp Salt 2 1/2 cups Flour 1 cup diced Maraschino Cherries 12 oz Simi-Sweet Chocolate Directions: Cream together, in a large bowl, 1 cup butter and…

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