Am just loving the Mary Kay “Sizzling Red Rouge Chaud” lipstick I found at the LHJ Get Social Event. I really like a red lipstick in the winter, colder months and I find I go for a nude shade in the summer warmer months.
What do you think?
We packed up the pots, pans, desserts and gifts and headed to my daughter Vera and her husband Bill home to spend Christmas Eve together. We have been doing this since my first grandchild, Natalie was born. A very good thing. One the menu every Christmas Eve is Seafood Pasta. This year I cooked the seafood separate first and then added to the red sauce and tossed with pasta, served with bread and wine.
My daughter made baked macaroni because she does not like seafood and Eugene is allergic. The kids are a hit or miss. Honestly, I just saw them eating bread and butter.
Here is my niece Sandra with Natalie and Liam.
Cousin Veronica and her guy Eugene with the kids.
My Mom, Great Grandma Tessie with Caleb.
Dessert table. Veronica made the best chocolate cupcakes with green frosting and raspberry bars and peppermint bark! There was whoopie pie too. Everything was yummy.
This is a video recap of the night 🙂
Here we are together with my sister Marianne and our childhood friend Dale. My daughter had this camera that took the photo after a few tries. Ha!!
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. God Bless xoxo Liz
I have always had my doubts about natural cleaning products. I am a bleach girl when it comes to cleaning the bathroom. Disinfecting is always my goal.
Yes, I was a little skeptical about cleaning products that claim to have natural ingredients and still clean and disinfect your home. In my mind harsh chemicals were the only way to combat them germs that come in, uninvited, to our homes.
Who does not like pudding? I know I love pudding!
Christmas Pudding is one of my favorite desserts but I can only have it once a year, 🙁
Christmas Pudding is not your everyday pudding.
Christmas Pudding, traditionally, is to be eaten on December 25th, Christmas Day.
It originally started in Medieval England. Yep, that long ago. Christmas Pudding is also called, Plum Pudding. Guess what ? It has no plums!
Plum Pudding is composed of many dried fruits and held together by eggs and suet. What the heck is suet? It is beef or mutton fat. The pudding is sometimes moistened with molasses or treacle (a pale syrup known as golden syrup). What gives this pudding a distinct flavor is the cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and other spices. What put this pudding over the top is the alcohol that helps keep the pudding aging for months, sometimes at least a year.
Look at this delicious dessert.
If only it can be eaten more than once per year.
I like to think of it as a special birthday cake. A cake for one special person. Who without his birth Christmas would not even be a word, or a celebration at all.
It is fitting that Christmas pudding be served once per year, and only on December 25th.
See since we give each other gifts for someone else’s birth, on December 25th, then it is only appropriate that we savor a special treat to remind us of a special birth in the time of history.
Here is a recipe for Christmas Pudding/Plum Pudding. Not an easy recipe. but it is only once a year!
Pudding
Blend the fruits, citron, peel, spices and suet and place in a bowl or jar. Add 1/4 cup cognac, cover tightly and refrigerate for 4 days, adding 1/4 cup cognac each day.
Soak the bread crumbs in milk and sherry or port. Combine the well-beaten eggs and sugar. Blend with the fruit mixture. Add salt and mix thoroughly. Put the pudding in buttered bowls or tins, filling them about 2/3 full. Cover with foil and tie it firmly. Steam for 6-7 hours. Uncover and place in a 250°F. oven for 30 minutes. Add a dash of cognac to each pudding, cover with foil and keep in a cool place.
To use, steam again for 2-3 hours and unmold. Sprinkle with sugar; add heated cognac. Ignite and bring to the table. Serve with hard sauce or cognac sauce.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!