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Kate’s Escapades – Start some new Christmas traditions
Ornament Exchange Game
PrintChristmas is a time for traditions, a time for making memories with your loved ones. When I ask my kids what some of their favorite Christmas memories are, they always seem to mention memories centered around our family traditions. For us, it’s what makes the holidays have that warm and cozy feel. I am a big believer in holiday traditions, and for my family it’s not just the Christmas routines, mind you, I’ve got traditions for … Read entire article »
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Kate’s Escapades – Thanksgiving Gratitude Tablecloth (Memory Tablecloth)
PrintAhhh…Thanksgiving. That often overlooked holiday sandwiched between Halloween and Christmas. You know, the one holiday that can’t really be commercialized, so the stores pretend it doesn’t exist? And yet, it is one of the most important holidays of all, because instead of focusing on material things and “stuff to buy”, we can spend this time focusing on family, gratitude and thankfulness…the things which are truly important in life. For the next few weeks, I’m going to share … Read entire article »
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Kate’s Escapades – Let’s Talk Turkey
PrintThe big day is almost here. We have a Thanksgiving motto at my house… Gobble ’til You Wobble! A perfectly acceptable motto for one day of the year, don’t you think? Well, maybe you could stretch that out to two days, if you have enough leftovers. But three days? Don’t try it unless you are expecting a gym membership for Christmas. The star of every Thanksgiving feast is certainly the turkey. And probably nothing strikes more fear into … Read entire article »
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Liz’s rant: Turkey Day shoppers
PrintDo you remember when Thanksgiving meant absolutely nothing was open, store-wise? As in, you could drive through Anytown, America on that day and it was as if the streets had been rolled up. You were lucky to see a passing car. My how things change. This year, a host of stores will be open on Thanksgiving Day. Theories are aplenty – perhaps it’s because lots of people want to beat the Black Friday crowds, or maybe … Read entire article »
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Kate’s Escapades – Halloween Month:
Witches Hats & Breadstick Broomsticks
PrintHooray for Halloween! I love Halloween. Today for you Coffee Break readers, I have two fun Halloween recipe ideas using refrigerated crescent roll dough and refrigerated breadstick dough. Couldn’t be simpler. And oh so cute! Impress your family with these simple and fun ideas. If you missed last week’s recipe for Creepy Eyeball Treats, check them out. Witches Hats Yield: Makes 8 servings Ingredients: 1 package crescent dinner rolls (8 rolls) 32 turkey pepperoni slices cut in half 3 to 4 salami … Read entire article »
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Remembering our heroes
PrintFor many of us, today will herald the beginning of summer – lazy days, warm nights, camp fires and swimming pools. In the midst of family picnics and get-togethers, the true meaning of Memorial Day often gets pushed aside. Other families don’t have that luxury. Today, they’ll gather at a graveside to honor and remember a loved one – a father or grandfather, brother or son, husband or wife, mother or daughter. I’d like to honor three … Read entire article »
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Liz’s last minute Easter eats
PrintIt may come as no surprise to find out that my original, outstanding Easter idea has gone the way of the dodo bird. In theory it was quite a simple craft – peat pot Easter baskets. Imagine the kitchen table, covered in 16 (count ‘em – 16) peat pots, a large jar of ModPodge, craft paint, stickers, pipe cleaners (the baskets needed handles), and glitter. But the stickers didn’t quite stick. And my enthusiasm waned faster … Read entire article »
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Peep-a-licious! – Kate’s Escapades
Print Since Easter is only days away, I’ve been out stocking up on my Peeps supply. Heaven forbid I leave my Peep shopping to the last minute, and to my horror, find the shelves bare of the ooey, gooey, sugary marshmallow treats. I would be forever disowned as head holiday empress of my kingdom. I love me some Peeps! Do you love Peeps, too? I’ve gathered a few peep-a-liscious ideas in case you’d like to impress your peeps … Read entire article »
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Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs – Kate’s Escapades
PrintPerfect Hard Boiled Eggs Over the past few days I’ve been on a quest to figure out how to make the ‘Perfect Hard Boiled Egg’, since Easter is coming up on Sunday. At my house, dyeing eggs on the Saturday before Easter is a tradition. We’re not talking a couple eggs here…we’re talking 5 (yep, that’s FIVE) dozen eggs. I know that sounds ridiculous, but that’s only 8 eggs per kid, with a few extra to … Read entire article »
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More April Fools’ Day Food Pranks – Kate’s Escapades
Print In my humble opinion, April Fools’ Day is a highly under-appreciated and overlooked holiday. Years ago, during the beginning of my marriage and mommy-hood, I had many an April 1st prank pulled on me by my husband and kiddies. After several years of taking it all in stride, I decided it was time to strike back at the clever culprits. That’s when I started ‘messing’ with their food. Not anything mean, like making the food … Read entire article »
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Holi Moly, It’s the Festival of Colors 2011 – Kate’s Escapades
Print I have survived yet another splendid celebration of the arrival of spring at the Festival of Colors, just down the road at the Hare Krishna Temple, right here in good ol’ Spanish Fork, Utah. What started out 15 years ago as a small gathering consisting of a couple of Krishna devotees, a handful of Indians, and sprinkling of BYU college students, has now turned into the largest celebration of the Hindu Holi (Festival of Colors) … Read entire article »
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It’s all about the GREEN! Happy St. Patrick’s Day –
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Print Today is St. Patrick’s Day. As you probably know, I’m all about the holidays. I like to have a reason, any old reason, to take what could be an ordinary day and turn it into a celebration. In my house, there are no little holidays, and St. Patrick’s Day is no exception. When my kids were really little I tried making a traditional St. Patrick’s Day meal of corned beef and cabbage. That did not go … Read entire article »
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So what if I’m a kook for St. Patrick’s Day?! –
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Print I can tell Chicago is my kind of town. This Thursday is March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. I’m kind of a kook for this holiday and I’m well know ’round these parts for my grossly green St. Patrick’s Day dinners. It’s my own special way of torturing my family and friends, all while under the guise of providing a semi-nutritious, completely green home-cooked meal. You have two days to get ready to freak out your … Read entire article »
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Mardi Gras 101 – Kate’s Escapades
PrintToday is Mardi Gras. Don’t live in New Orleans? Never celebrated Mardi Gras? No worries. My philosophy is Never let a good holiday go to waste. So, just for you, dear readers… Mardi Gras 101. What is Mardi Gras? The Romans’ Lupercalia festival was held in mid-February to honor the god of fertility and agriculture, Lupercus. The party had definite Mardi Gras-like qualities, including drinking, feasting and “pleasures of the flesh”. During the Crusades, the carnival-like Lupercalia became adopted … Read entire article »
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Liz and Kate’s Top 10 Stories of the Year
PrintHere we are, people: New Year’s Eve 2010. Tomorrow, we herald in a new year -2011 – sure to be full of new rants and raves, recipes and reviews. Who knows what Liz and Kate will get into next! Meanwhile, we’d like to close out the year with a few of our favorite stories from 2010. So without further ado… Kate’s Top 10 Stories of 2010 Kate goes on an adventure to a bomb shelter Kate’s recipe of … Read entire article »
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