Merry Christmas!

I pray you have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends.

I won’t be posting much through the end of the year.  I’m planning to take time off to enjoy the Christmas season.  I’ll also be working on some back-end things to improve Eat at Home  and writing new content that I think you’ll like.

Winners!

Diane is the winner of the Taste of Home Cookies and More Cookbook.

DavetteB and Teresa are the winners of the Sister Schubert’s prize packs.

Have a blessed Christmas!

I have a habit of looking through the Ingredient Spotlight links while I eat lunch.  I’m not sure it’s a good thing, because I just want to pull the desserts right out of the screen!  With all these delicious sweets we’ve been focusing on, we may need to have a week of spinach to recover!

Here are a few links that caught my eye this week.

These Muddy Buddy Cookies from Hoosier Homemade look amazing!  Cookies that taste like Puppy Chow aka Muddy Buddies. Yum!

This Apple Cream Cheese Bundt Cake from Picture Perfect Cooking has a praline frosting that makes the whole thing look beyond wonderful.

Bread Machine Doughnuts with Chocolate Icing from Saving You Dinero look pretty delicious.

Bananas Foster French Toast from Stockpiling Moms could be a dessert.

Chocolate Fudge Caramel Cashew Cookies - yes, please! from Bakeaholic Mama

Free Kindle Books

Everything Healthy Parties Cookbook With lots of holiday parties coming up, this looks like a good one. It’s free right now.

Casseroles: Best Recipes from Club, Church and Community Cookbooks This looks like it may have some good recipes.

The Eve Tree This novel has been likened to Barbara Kingsolver’s work. I’ve downloaded it to my Kindle. It’s free right now. *Update* This book is now free if you’re an Amazon Prime member. Otherwise, it costs $2.99.

The Holiness of God, by R.C. Sproul This book is a classic in Christian writing. You can get it free now on Kindle.

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On Thursday, Liz from Hoosier Homemade, Melissa from Stockpiling Moms and I are hosting a Cookie Swap link up.  You’ll be able to link your cookie recipes to any of our blogs and it will show up on all of them.  It’s a great way to show off your cookie recipes and find new ones too.  I can’t wait to see what you bring!

I was amazed by all the different Quick Bread recipes that were shared on Ingredient Spotlight this week.  Here are the most clicked links:

Easy and Tasty Beer Bread from Debbi Does Dinner

Banana Nutella Bread from Mostly Food and Crafts

Snickerdoodle Bread from Crumbs and Chaos

Lemon Poppyseed Bread from The Sweets Life

A-Z Quick Bread from Grandma Loy’s Kitchen – she’s got a huge list of ingredients you can add to this bread for different variations

And one that I thought looked like a great idea – Instant Flavored Oatmeal Bread from Flour Me with Love.  Use up those oatmeal packets.

I am loving working through Truth in the Tinsel with my little girl.  We started it on Sunday.  It’s been a fantastic way to share the Christmas story together.

There’s still plenty of time left in advent.  If you’ve got little ones (I think most 10 year old kids would still enjoy this), I really recommend getting a copy.

O Little Town
This is a free ebook on Kindle right now. It looks like an interesting read. Plus, I love the cover. Please tell me I’m not the only one who really does judge a book by its cover.

The Eye of the God
This was one of the first books I read on my Kindle. I got it for free and now it’s free again. I enjoyed this story of a heist involving the Hope Diamond. The book has some history of the gem that’s interesting too.

Laugh Out Loud Jokes for Kids
I’m downloading this free Kindle book for my youngest son. He loves to tell jokes.

Slow Cooking
Another good one from Gooseberry Patch. It’s free right now.

The Best of Polish Cooking
This one is free right now on Kindle. It has good reviews.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you have a fabulous holiday weekend with family, friends and food.

I’m running a sale on Feast in 15 (pdf version) now through Monday. Use the code: THANKSGIVING to get it for just $1.99.

Feast in 15 is available on Kindle too, but at the normal price of $4.99.

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We had 54 recipes linked up for “those foods people pick out” aka mushrooms, artichoke hearts, olives and pimento.  Just teasing about picking out foods.  Kinda.  You know you do it too!

Browsing through the recipes made me wish (again) that I liked mushrooms.  They look so good!  Here are a few posts that caught my eye: [Read more...]

Today is our Facebook Cooking Party!

You can join us by clicking over to the Eat at Home Facebook page.

We’re officially working on stocking our freezers with foods to help us get through the holidays.  That can mean cooking meats in bulk to have on hand for faster dinners, making soups or casseroles, fixing holiday appetizers, cookies, breads…

Anything goes!  Feel free to pop in even if you aren’t cooking today.  We’d love to have your company.  Cooking is always fun in a kitchen full of friends!

If you have more time to cook and bake during the week, you will want to join in Liz’s Virtual Cooking Party on the Hoosier Homemade Facebook page on Nov. 16, which is this coming Wednesday.

Highlights from Ingredient Spotlight: Baking Spices

You all made me very hungry with your recipes using baking spices.  Nearly 100 recipes have been shared!  Lots of goodness.  Here are the most clicked links, but please check them all out.  You’ll be glad you did.  And there’s still time to add yours too.

Bakeaholic Mama’s Cinnamon Bun Quick Bread received lots of clicks from readers.  And for good reason! That looks amazing.

Time to Eat Yall shared a recipe for homemade kitchen air freshener.

Pumpkin Spice Latte Cookies from Vanderbilt Wife sound marvelous.

Pocket Change Gourmet shared a Pumpkin Pie Spice recipe plus 10 uses for it.

Gingerbread Caramel Crunch Popcorn would make a great gift – Crumbs and Chaos

I’m intrigued by these Cinnamon Roll Baked Oatmeal Cups from Joy in My Kitchen.

This was the week for new eCookbooks to be released and I’ve got some good ones to share with you, as well as some deals.

Erin Chase has a new Holiday Entertaining Guide out.  She focuses on real food and real tips for real people.  Nothing too fancy.  Just nice ideas for cozy, home-cooked holidays.

You can get her eBook for just $1.99 by using the code: EATATHOME

Tricia, Once a Month Mom has put her Holiday eCookbook on sale this week.  Her book gives you all the recipes, cooking tips and details you need to put together make-ahead and freeze dishes for the holidays.

No last minute prep required with this book!

You can get the eBook for a 50% discount, which is just $4.99.

I’m so excited to introduce the new eCookbook from The Newlyweds Blog.  I often feature her recipes in the Ingredient Spotlight wrap up posts, because she cooks the way I do – common ingredients and tasty meals.

Her eBook has 45 recipes for weeknight meals, crockpot meals, date nights and more!

Get it for a 20% discount ($3.99) by using the code: ELICIOUS20.  There are only 20 copies available with that discount code!

Now for some cranberry goodness!  You all shared some yummy stuff in this week’s Ingredient Spotlight.  Here are some recipes that caught my eye.

This garland for a Christmas mantle is so pretty.  Liz, from Hoosier Homemade is so creative!  Be sure to check out her first post in our Prep & Planning: Steps to a Peaceful Holiday series.

White Chocolate and Cranberry Shortbread from Creative Moms looks wonderful.

I love muffins and these Cranberry Gingerbread Muffins from Mo’ Betta sound perfectly holiday-ish!

Apple Cranberry Granola from Finding Joy in My Kitchen would make a great gift.

I want some of these Cranberry Mandarin Brie Phyllo Bites from Siggy Spice now!

Cranberry White Chocolate Scones from Bakeaholic Mama would make a perfect breakfast or coffee break.

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