The perfect combination of peppermint and chocolate comes together in this Christmasy Candy Cane Frozen Hot Chocolate Milkshake recipe! If I had to pick just one flavor that was Christmas to me, it would be the peppermint flavor of candy canes. Perhaps because they are something that I only have once a year, they seem …
Kahk Cookies are taken to friends and family for Christmas in Egypt. These cookies are slightly sweet like a shortbread and very delicious. The last two countries we will be visiting are not in the heritage of Coffee With Us 3. They are the countries that Jesus spent time as a child. Jesus was born …
These delicious Crock Pot Cinnamon Sugar Almonds make a great Christmas gift for you friends and coworkers! As I’m sitting here typing this out, the snow is coming down at my house, and I’m reminded that Christmas will be here before we know it! My kids set up the Christmas tree yesterday, and they’ve been …
10 Amazing quick bread recipes that you will love to bake over & over again. Includes fruit ones, chocolate, coffee, & even a cheesy pepper one. I love baking in the fall. I love that after the hot months of summer, I can use my oven again. And one of the things I love to …
Apple Strudel is a delicious dessert that is made with puff pastry. The puff pastry is flaky and wonderful and the apples are sweet giving a perfect balance. As I continue this series of Celebrating Christmas Around the World, we are going to the Czech Republic. Part of Jamie’s family history lies in the Czech …
Christmas Around the World is a blog post series of how Christmas is celebrated in Germany, Sweden, England, Czech, and Egypt. The series also includes a traditional Christmas cookie. I am a planner. I like to have a general plan for my posts for the year. Each December & January, I figure out what I …
The best Sweet Potato Salad Recipes, all gathered together right here in one convenient place! As I shared in my earlier post about Sweet Potato Breakfast recipes, I’m a huge sweet potato fan. I haven’t always been. In fact, I hated sweet potatoes until I was an adult. After talking to Lucy about it, …
What goes better than a yummy chocolate bread & coffee? For me, pretty much nothing! So I combined both the coffee and the chocolate into this delicious Mocha Quick Bread! I love coffee. It just doesn’t feel like morning without my coffee. I also love chocolate! So of course I love mochas. I don’t drink …
Lussekatter Buns are a Swedish Saffron Bun. They are a part of the Christmas celebration in Sweden. They are served the morning of December 13th for breakfast. We are continuing on in our Christmas series. Today we are looking at Celebrating Christmas in Sweden. My great grandfather immigrated from Sweden. Like Germany, I discovered some …
More than 35 Sweet Potato Breakfast Recipes! Growing up, I never liked sweet potatoes. I thought they were disgusting. I’m so thankful that I was assigned to make sweet potato casserole one year for a huge Thanksgiving celebration with my husband’s family, or I may never have tried sweet potatoes as an adult. I asked …
Many of the traditional Christmas foods in Germany are sweets. Spritz Cookies are one of those many. They are mildly sweet and perfect for eating a bunch. We are going to be learning how Christmas is celebrated in the countries of our (the three of us) origin. I’m also going to visit Christmas celebrations in …
Find out how easy it is to dry roast almonds! My family loves to snack. And because we homeschool, we’re home a lot, which means there’s plenty of time for snacking. Because of this, I try to offer healthy snacks for my family, like these dry roast almonds, so at least those snacks can be …