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

 Hello friends! This Christmas was an awesome and unforgettable one for me.  I had all my children, grandchildren and both our moms in town!  Such a blessing! Since we are still currently living in our trailer (though we did make it out on our land), we rented a house for the week to host out of. With such a large group, I planned on cooking all our meals at home to save money and make sure we ate well.  We had some family members who only eat lean meats and others that don't care for sourdough anything, so I had to adapt a few things. Adapting and trying new things is fun! Of course one of the requests was for my overnight cinnamon rolls, which has become a tradition for Christmas morning.  Luckily, I was able to get the house a day early, so I could prep everything.  That made everything possible.  Here is the best overnight cinnamon roll recipe you will ever try and I have put it to the test for years!  I doubled the recipe using my bosch mixe...

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...