Ahhhhhh!  It feels good to sit down at the computer.  For days, I have been running around here like a chicken with its head cut off.  My home has transformed into Santa's Workshop and Christmas Factory.  My hands have been busy creating, making, and baking. God sure did bless... »

Panic begins to set in.  You keep looking at the clock.  Your company will be here in mere hours.  You have worked so hard for about a week now.  You have planned the menu, gone grocery shopping, set the table, baked goodies, and seasoned the meat.  You have scrubbed toilets, oiled the furniture, mopped and vacuumed the floors.  Your family... »

Christmas morning will be here before I am ready.  Already my kids are counting down the days.  I love to have a set breakfast on that special day.  In the past, I made pigs-in-a-blanket and fruit, but with our diet restrictions I have to look for different ideas.  The good news is that I have several options this year. First, let... »

My husband loves to make chili, which is a welcome dinner at our house in the wintertime.  His chili is delicious and he has even won several friendly chili cook-offs.  Anyway, I made his recipe the other day with four pounds of meat and one pound of kidney beans.  I fixed everyone's bowl and then filled mine.  I grew absorbed... »

As we enjoy a cold snap right now, there is nothing better than sitting by a roaring fire in the evenings.  I have been reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott to my family as we listen to the crackle of the wood burning in the fireplace and feel the heat radiate into our living room.  Instead of watching television, our... »

The men in my family like to deer hunt.  Several of our hunters hit their mark this past week.  So we have been busy processing and putting up venison.  We treasure the back-strap and tenders.  I fry them up like chicken-fried steak.  I use almond flour since we are on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet.  My husband loves to make sausage. ... »