2014

Mr. Ken and I would like to
wish EVERYONE a
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

May it be filled with family,
fun, peace and happiness!

Wow 2014--can you believe it?!

~Keep on Dreaming~

HO! HO! HO!

We wish YOU a Merry Christmas!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Something for a Party

Today's Sunday Savor
features two fun holiday
recipes. These would be
great for family upcoming
family gatherings.
So pull up a chair and relax.

Peppermint Oreo
Cookie Balls

6 candy canes, finely chopped
1 pkg. cream cheese, softened
36 Oreo Cookies, finely crushed
4 pkgs (4 oz. each) Semi-Sweet
Chocolate, broken into pieces,
melted.

Reserve 1 T chopped candy cane.
Mix remaining candy with cream
cheese and crushed cookies until
blended.
Shape into 48 (1-inch) balls.
Freeze 10 min. Dip balls into
melted chocolate; place on a wax
paper covered cookie sheet.
Sprinkle with the reserved candy.
Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.

Prep. time: 20 minutes plus
refrigeration/Makes: 48 servings

Chocolate Peanut Butter
Saltine Toffee

16 saltine crackers
1/2 C  butter
1/2 C packed brown sugar
1 1/4 C milk chocolate chips
6 T creamy peanut butter

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Generously grease an 8x8 inch
pan with not stick pan spray.
Line the bottom of the pan
with the saltines; set aside.

In med pan, bring butter and
brown sugar to a boil over
medium heat. Once at a boil,
continue to cook without
stirring for about 3 minutes.
Pour mixture over crackers.
Bake for 5 minutes. Right
away sprinkle with the
chocolate chips. Let sit for
1 minute, then gently spread
melted chocolate. Place pan
back in the oven and bake
for about 3 minutes.

In a small bowl, microwave
the peanut butter for 15 to
30 seconds or until melted
down. Pour over the chocolate.
Place pan in the freezer for 1
hour to chill.

Prep. time: about 15 minutes/
Makes: 16 servings

Enjoy!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Oh, Happy Day!

image: Google

It was a hectic morning
at our house so I decided
to go through one of these
on the way to school.
I ordered and pulled around,
when I handed my money to
the drive through guy he said
the nicest thing to me. " Go
ahead, the car in front of you
paid for your order." I was so
dumb struck that I almost
forgot to pull forward. :) 
I also wanted to thank the
person in front of me. Luckily
they were looking in their
rear view mirror and saw me
wave my thanks!
After I got my food and drove
off, I thought-oh, I should of
done the same for the person behind me. So my friends,
that is my mission--to pay for someone else's order when I
am in the drive through. It
really made my day!
What a super way to pay it
forward and help someone
else have a great day!

~Keep on Dreaming~

What do you think?

Sunday Savor brings
you a recipe that you
may want to try for the
upcoming holidays.
So pull up a chair and
relax.

Nutella Cheesecake

2 pkgs. cream cheese,
room temperature
1/2 C white sugar*
1 13oz. jar Nutella
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1 graham cracker crust

Beat cream cheese and
sugar until smooth.
Blend in the Nutella and
vanilla until no streaks
remain.
Pour into crust.
Chill for at least 4 hours.
Serve and Enjoy!


*Some make this without the
added sugar because the
Nutella is sweet.


~Keep on Dreaming~

Holiday Fun

Webster's dictionary says that
a Tradition is a way of thinking,
behaving or doing something
that has been used by a group,
family, society etc., for a long
time.

What holiday traditions does
your family have?

A favorite meal?
A specific activity?
Special decorating?
Specific places to go?
A family picture?


Do you have your own
holiday traditions?

Lunch with friends?
Special activities?
Sending cards/letters?

Some of our traditions are:

*Looking at the lights around
the city and our neighbordhood.
*Sending Christmas cards.
*Ken buys me a specific
ornament each year.
*We pick Christmas angels and
buy gifts for them. This year it
is a family at my school.
*When we see a Red Kettle we
always try to put a little some-
thing in it.
*Watch--White Christmas.

Everyone celebrates differently
and that is part of the fun.
Looking forward to hearing
about YOUR holiday traditions.

~Keep on Dreaming~

A Christmas Yummy

As Christmas Tree week
ends, Sunday Savor has
a fun recipe for you, so
pull up a chair and relax.

When I was a little girl,
my Mom always made a
Christmas tree cake for 
me. Somewhat similiar
to the picture above. In
order to bake this cake
we HAD to have an
aluminium cake pan just
like the one below.

Christmas Tree Cake

1 box of  cake mix
(flavor of your choice)
1 tub vanilla frosting
(or make your own)
Green food coloring
Red and Green M&M's

Follow the baking directions
for the cake, pour into your
pan and bake.
Let cook on a wire rack.
While the cake is baking,
tint your frosting with the
food coloring. A lot will give
you a bright green tree and
a little will give you a lighter tree. As most of you know,
start out with a few drops
and add if needed.
Frost the cake in the pan
when cool. Mom never took
the cake out to frost.
You can if you want though.
She then "put the lights" on . (M&M's)

That's it my friends, easy
peasy. Also makes trans-
porting simple too.


This post is in honor of
my Mom. She has been
gone from us for 6 years
today.
Thanks Mom for making
Christmas time FUN!!!


~Keep on Dreaming~

O' Tannenbaum

It is National Christmas Tree
Week!

Which do your prefer:

Fresh?
Artificial?

Flocked?
Unflocked?

Small (table top)
Medium
Large

How many trees do you put up?

Do you have a theme?

Specific colors?

For US we have one LARGE
tree, a table top tinsel tree,
one Fiber Optic tree and our
new tree for this year-- one 6 ft
Skinny tree from Jo Ann's after
Christmas last year -70 % off!
I don't put all of them up but
alternate from year to year.
If we like the skinny tree it might
be the "go to" tree each year.

Let the decorating begin!!

~Keep on Dreaming~

Well, Hello December!!

I have a fun Sunday Savor
for you so pull up a chair
and relax.

December has arrived and
if you have not started your
gift list, put this one at the
top!

These are so fun and easy to
do and as you can see from
the picture, they would be a
great gift for friends, coworkers
and the kid's teachers.

Chocolate Dipped
Marshmallows--
(Famiy Circle 2013)

2 C milk chocolate chips
24 large marshmallows
(from a 10 oz. bag)
Red and green nonpareils
and assorted holiday
themed candies.

Place chocolate chips in a
medium bowl and microwave
on HIGH for 45 seconds. Stir
and microwave for 30 seconds
more. Stir until smooth. Spoon
into a 1-cup measuring cup.

Line a rimmed baking sheet with
wax paper. Using 2 wood tooth-
picks, dip marshmallows in the
chocolate and shake off the
excess. Place on the prepared
baking sheet.

Sprinkle with candies of your
choice. Refrigerate for at least
1 hour.


Makes: 24/Prep: 30 minutes/
Microwave time:75 seconds/
Refrigerate: 1 hour


~Keep on Dreaming~