St. Nicholas is known as the saint on whom the story of Santa Claus was based, being the patron saint of children. Today, December 6th is the feast day of St. Nicholas. In many countries there are customs surrounding St. Nick’s Day usually involving leaving out wooden shoes or something similar which would get filled …
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Update on Appleheads
I started drying these appleheads 2 weeks ago and wanted to update you on how they were doing and which methods worked the best. If you look back at my original post you will see that I tried 4 different recommended methods: air dried, microwave dried, oven dried, and dried using the method I was …
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Applehead Dolls
It’s so nice to have all those fresh apples around at this time of year isn’t it? Lots of lovely recipes to be made with them and some really delightful crafts too! I posted a while back some recipes and craft ideas but since that time I have gathered up and tried even more. What …
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Slow Cooker Apple Bacon Pork Chops Recipe
This Slow Cooker Apple Bacon Pork Chops recipe is one of our all-time favorites from Sandi Richard. Sandi is a Canadian cookbook author and host of the show Fixing Dinner on The Food Network Canada (not showing in my area right now but they bring it back in reruns sometimes). Her cookbooks include not only …
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Apple Cream Pie
This is one of our favourite recipes and one that I’m asked for time and time again. Picture an apple pie with the whipped cream already melted inside of it and that’s sort of the taste you’ll get. It’s just too yummy for words! I love that it’s different than your typical apple pie too. …
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