Monday, December 15, 2008

Easy Recipies

A quick and easy recipe that I have found to be a great hit at parties is the Ranch dressing cheese ball. All you do is take 2 8oz squares of cream cheese, 1 pack of the dry ranch dressing, and chopped pecans. Let the cream cheese get soft and put it in a bowl, add the ranch dressing and mix all together. When it's completely mixed (and you might have to use you hands to mix) form into a shape of a ball, then spread out the pecans on wax paper and roll the ball mixture so that its covered in the pecans. Set it on a plate, surround it with your favorite cracker and there you have it. Please share some of your quick recipes, leave me a post.

Christmas Baking

I don't know about you guys, but I find the Christmas time to be busy, busy. A way to spend time together is baking those treats for Christmas. My daughters and myself set a time and meet with all our ingredients and bake. This is a great way to spend valuable time together during a busy season. When I first became an office manager I was concerned that I wasn't spending enough time with the kids, when I mentioned this to an older lady at the church she gave me some words of wisdom and they were "It's not the quanity of the time but the quality of the time that you spend with people". So while we are all out there trying to do all we can, remember that spending quality time with the family can mean so much, and it makes great memories. Do you have any quality time suggestions, please let me know.