Spices Over Yanda Blog (Previously Allyson's Attempt at Domestication)

I just picked up my www.bountifulbaskets.org basket and it was full of a lot of yummy goodies!  Some I know EXACTLY what I'm doing with and some I don't.  Here is what I got... Pomengrants, asian pears, red pears, oranges, tangerines, green beans, avacados, lettuce, cranberries, grape tomatoes, radishes, parsnips, rainbow carrots, turnips, eggplant, onions, large russet potatoes, yellow squash, bell pepper and red potatoes!!! Wowzer! (and all for $30, I got the standard basket and the hostess pack) Christmas morning menu includes overnight cinnamon rolls , bacon, eggs, toast and orange juice.  For lunch we mostly just snack but I like to have stuff we don't normally have.  The menu plan includes cheese varieties, crackers, summer sausage, fancy deli meat.  When we got the avacados this morning we knew we wanted to make guacamole and 7 layer dip.  Here are the recipes we plan to use: 7 layer dip Classic Guacamole Christmas dinner menu plan include...

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS SITE!! It is www.everydayfoodstorage.net and Crystal is quite literally my HERO!! Everytime I go to her site I learn more.  I have NEVER had a recipe not turn out that came from her site.  She has taught me how to use my food storage in so many ways that AMAZE me.  She saves me time, money and inspires me to continue cooking for my family!  Have I convinced you with how much I LOVE her and her site?!?!?! So here are some items she posted way back in September.  I remember seeing them but I just wasn't at a place where I felt I could try them out.  But, I'm ready now so here are the items I want to try, yay!! Oatmeal on the go bars (or muffins) Best ever pancake mix - When we went camping last month I wanted to take an easy pancake mix with me, but I really HATE using pre-packaged food.  I prefer to use my food storage and make my own.  I knew I could count on Crystal.  I mixed a batch of this up and it was ...

I need to take a Christmas cookie for our church function this Friday, I think these may very well do the trick, yay!!  Everyone LOVES anything smores related! Smores no-bake cookies My other good stand-by is snickerdooles, but I need to find the recipe, will come back and edit with that later.... Found it! It was actually here on my blog from 2009 just I didn't have it tagged... I love having my recipes on a blog, it's sooo helpful! Snickerdoodle cookies