How To Decorate Your Holiday Table

A unique and festive holiday tablescape can be easily created with some planning, simple materials, and your imagination. Just like dressing up for special occasions, little touches can make a big impact on how your table looks to your guests.

One design trick to add height and visual interest to your tablescape is to use a pretty cake stand as a focal point, or several of varying heights if you have a large table. Cake stands are now readily available in many different sty…

Christmas Coloring

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How to Have A Non Stress Christmas

Christmas is supposed to be one of the most joyous times of the year.  Unfortunately, for a lot of people, including myself, Christmas was always filled with stress.  How to get all the shopping done when I worked full time was a chore in itself.  Then there was the baking, taking kids to see Santa Claus, Christmas Eve festivities, gifts for co-workers at the office and others who helped me during the year as well as what I often referred to as the “ultimate nightmare” – yes, the Christmas dinner.  

Chef Murph’s Christmas Cookies

Christmas is a special time of the year when families get-togethers and create traditions of their own. These are some of my favorite cookies to make.. Enjoy, Check in the…

Squash Casserole

Ingredients:4 cups cooked yellow crook neck squash1 medium onion1 tsp salt1/2 tsp pepper1 stick butter or margarine2 cups crushed Cheezit crackers2 cups shredded cheddar cheese1 cup milk or heavy cream…

Green Onion and Cornbread Stuffing

Ingredients: 1 Can (10-1/2 ounces) condensed French onion soup 1 Soup Can water 1/4 Cup margarine 1 Cup celery cut into 1/4-inch cubes 1 Cup green onions thinly sliced 1-1/2…

Moist Glazed Ham

Instructions:To make Moist Glazed Ham, Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Remove the rine from a large whole ham and score the fat in the traditional diamond pattern. Stud it…

Chicken Fried Oyster Tacos

Ingredients 16 oysters, shucked 1/2 C. buttermilk 1/2 C. white cornmeal 1/2 t. salt 1/2 t. pepper Canola oil, for frying 2/3 C. sour cream 2 chipotle peppers in adobo…

Vienna Noodle Pudding.

Enjoy our Vienna Noodle Pudding recipe. Boil some fine noodles in salted water for ten minutes; let drain. Beat the yolks of 5 eggs with 1 cup of pulverized sugar…

Venison Stew

Ingredients for Venison Stew recipe: 4 lb venison,cut in 2″ chunks 1 carrot,sliced 1 sm onion,quartered 1/2 stalk celery,sliced 1/4 t thyme,Dried or 3/4 teaspoon. fresh thyme Salt (or black…