Mississippi Sin Dip is creamy, cheesy, flavorful and so sinfully good! I understand the "sin" part of the name, but not why Mississippi should get all the glory. But then I am woefully undereducated about Mississippi, My mother taught us to spell it: M I crooked letter crooked letter, I crooked letter crooked letter I poke bonnet poke bonnet I -- a rhyme drawn from her incredible store of oral tradition and folk stories. I can tell you that we were hundreds of miles from Mississippi's location on the Gulf Coast and this still tasted sinfully good. It's sinfully easy to make, too. You can bake it in a dish, but the bread bowl makes a special presentation. Use the bread chunks torn from the inside of the loaf for dipping and when the dip is halfway gone -- start tearing chunks off ... [Read More]
New Years
Happy New Year 2016
Busy Monday link party will resume next week, January 3, 2016. ... [Read More]
Sausage Bites
I made Sausage Appetizer Bites for New Year's Eve because the guys love it! It's a filling, hearty appetizer with no fancy flavors or parts -- just good stuff together! I made it again recently and barely saved enough for a picture. You're lucky I have no compunction about grabbing food off their plates for a photo! Bytes tried to put teethmarks in all of his but I was faster. And then I couldn't get a knock your socks off photo . . . . You'll have to take my word with scant photographic proof that this is a taste worth fighting for. . . it is! Use the full crescent sheets if you can. Otherwise press the seams together on the perforated crescent dough. Grease or spray the baking sheet and work with the first package of crescent dough directly on the cookie sheet. Stretch it ... [Read More]
New Year Goals in 15 minutes
The holiday wrappings and glitter are packed away, new calendars in place and regular activity resumed. The new year is still fresh and expectant. It’s a perfect time to think about where we were last year and where we hope to be at the end of this year. It will only take fifteen minutes to draw a road map of our hoped for destination for the coming year. Knowing where you intend to go will help make decisions and guide your actions during the coming year, reducing stress, as well as saving time and money. First, we need to figure out where we are. Take a moment to jot down your top accomplishments for the past year. Our financial advisor is always amazed each time we meet because this list is at the top of the paper work I hand him. He became so convinced of its importance that ... [Read More]
