Venison Roast with Vegetables

If you grew up around here you ate two things quite often. Fresh seafood that your family or a friend caught and venison obtained the same way. Venison is very lean and actually much sweeter I think than beef. I always heard that if the deer was harvested properly it would be easy to cook. If it wasn't....well it may not be possible to make it taste good, without that "gamey" taste. 

My Top 10 Tips for a Healthier 2013

Its January...and most of us are thinking about one of two things, taxes and fitness. 

I think that losing weight / fitness is probably the most popular New Years Resolution, and probably the most likely to fail. Why? Because people give up. They give up when it gets hard or inconvenient. They give up because the motivation that got them started seems to fade away.

Chicken Parm Casserole

Ever just throw something together and it turns out really good and then you can't remember how you made it?  Well I had this leftover chicken......

40 Breakfast Casserole Recipes

Breakfast Casseroles are such a good idea during the holiday season. They just seem perfect for sleepy children and adults too on those extra special mornings.

I found this wonderful list of 40 breakfast casserole recipes at bystephanielynn.com.

Potato Egg Bake Recipe
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Easiest Cookie Press Cookies

I have this very old cookie press. My Mom got it in March 1965, according to the date on the shipping box. She gave it to me a few years later. I had it tucked away and decided to get it out and make some old fashioned Christmas cookies.

Top 20 Christmas Cookie Recipes

I love Christmas cookies. One of my favs are the old fashioned sugar cookies with colored sprinkles. Christmas just doesn't seem right without them somehow. Another favorite is Mexican Wedding Cookies. My Mom used to make these and they taste soooo very good. But she shaped them a bit different and called them Ladyfingers.

45 Gift-Wrapping Ideas

You know you can count on Martha Stewart for great gift wrapping ideas. I found these on marthastewart.com and they are really cute. Not all of them are ones I would do but I picked out a couple of favorites to try this year. Hope they inspire you as well.