Holiday

To be honest, I have never cooked a full turkey.  I've cooked a turducken, ONCE, which is a chicken stuffed in a duck, stuffed in a turkey.  It's oven-baked for hours on a low temperature.  It took forever and STILL wasn't done, we ended up microwaving it!!!!

If it's your first time to cook a turkey, I'm rooting for you and thought Taste of  Home could help with the process.  Here's their easy steps to take in Turkey Preparation, GOOD LUCK!

Read More

Once again, I realize it's a bit early for Thanksgiving, however, I remember my mom planning her menu days in advance.  Watching the grocery store shopping list grow and watching her "time table" so she knew what had to be done in what order, so it would all be done at the same time.  So, I figured you might appreciate some early Thanksgiving recipes.  This is one from Taste of Home that sounds delicious!  I've never had dressing made with sausage, but I imagine it adds great flavor!

Read More

Did you do the impossible?  Think ahead and put your holiday lights up in July?  Even if you didn't, that's no excuse to dig out those ripped boxes of tangled holiday lights, plug em' in to make sure they work and get to it!!  It could win you a trophy or a prize!!!  Enter yourself, or get your whole neighborhood involved, it's time to get into that holiday spirit.

Here's the details and a link to an on-line entry form.

Read More

‘American Idol’ runner-up Lauren Alaina will perform ‘My Grown Up Christmas List’ during next month’s ‘CMA Country Christmas’ special, which airs on ABC. The show was taped last Thursday in Nashville, and a fan video captured the 17-year-old taking on the song that was first made famous in country circles by Amy Grant.

Read More

Holiday music by local artists, nothing could be better, except when the proceeds of the CD benefit LOCAL children with catastrophic and life-threatening diseases.

Get into the Holiday spirit and take care of stuffing the stockings of those you love, all while helping the Northern Lights Foundation.

Here's details about the CD release party and more information about the CD itself.

Read More

This Friday is Veteran's Day.  A day to show our appreciation and compassion for those that have sacrificed love, family....life, for our continued freedom.  If you're like me, saying "thank you" just doesn't seem like enough.  Attend one of the events scheduled to honor our Veterans  on Friday, November 11th to show your gratitude.  Here's some suggestions: 

Read More

If you’re planning to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, be prepared to have trouble finding open seats, pay a premium when you do and fly on a packed plane. Industry insiders say that, because of high costs and lower bookings, airlines have had to increase ticket prices and reduce the number of available seats.

Read More

Start gathering recipes to delight your Thanksgiving Dinner guests now.  Taste of Home is always a great resource for easy, delicious recipes whether you're the hostess or need to bring a dish that makes them THINK you spent all day making it!  This recipe can accompany any main dish, it's not "just" for Thanksgiving.  Test it out on the family, they'll love it!

Read More

First, thank you to everyone who attended the Taste of Home Cooking Show this past Saturday.  We enjoyed having you and hope you had a great afternoon learning and laughing!

Halloween is this week-end.  Surprise your family with a delicious Halloween Layer Cake from Taste of Home!  It's so easy, it's S C A R Y!

Read More

The Taste of Home Cooking Show is THIS SATURDAY!  If you don't have your tickets yet, get the details and tickets .

100% of bakers that tried this Pumpkin Spice Bread recipe say they would make it again, 100%!!  It's been described as "pumpkin pie without the crust".  I'm SO making it this week-end!  Let me know what you think, if you do too!

Read More

Looks hard to make, but Taste of Home has made it easy!  The layer of orange will add festive color to your Halloween holiday table and mmmmmm, CHOCOLATE!  Get the super easy, recipe right now!

Read More

We are getting near my favorite time of the year HALLOWEEN, which means lights, decorations and Pumpkin Carving!!! So to help you out (and improve on some of the crap I saw last year) here are some carving tips and templates for B105 country fans.

Read More