Saturday

Holiday Treat French Silk Phyllo Petites & Pinterest Hop

Tis the season for holiday treats! My kids love chocolate pie and this is a mini version, French Silk Phyllo Petites! Just the right size for kids and for the guest at my Christmas Open House.
Chocolate Pie
FRENCH SILK PHYLLO PETITES


Ingredients

4 oz. Kraft Philadelphia Indulgence Milk Chocolate
4 oz. marshmallow creme
15 Athens® Mini Fillo Shells (1 box)
1/3 cup whipped topping, for garnish
Dark chocolate, shaved for garnish

Directions
In a small mixing bowl, combine the milk chocolate cream cheese and the marshmallow creme. Mix thoroughly. Fill mini shells with one heaping teaspoon of mixture. Top each mini shell with whipped topping and chocolate shavings. Serve immediately.


I'd love for you to share any fun projects from your blog so that I can pop in and see what you have been up to! Leave your links!  Check out my Christmas Crafts & Recipe Pinterest board, too!


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Torani Holiday Cheer Creamy Hot Cocoa #Torani


Holiday Drinks can bring a lot of cheer to your party! This batch of Creamy hot cocoa always does the trick here along with a shot or two of Torani Syrup.
What is your favorite holiday drink? Warm or Cold? Of course we prefer warm drinks here.  If we are having hot cocoa or coffee you can bet one of our containers of Torani is near by. Depending on the season we have several favorite syrups which we will use in our drinks. At Christmas time we love Salted Caramel, Hazelnut, Gingerbread, Peppermint, Cinnamon and Macadamia Nut.

Here is my famous Creamy Hot Cocoa Mix. It is a powder mix. Once you add it to your steamy cup of water, milk or soy milk you then splash in your favorite Torani syrup! It is a crowd pleaser over here!

Creamy Hot Cocoa Mix

Ingredients

1 large container of powdered creamer
1 large container of Nestle’s Quik powder mix
1 lb powdered sugar
1 small box of powered milk
1 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl or jar with a lid.

To serve: Grab your favorite mug and use 1/4-1/2 cup of this mixture with 1 cup of hot water, steamed milk or soy milk. Stir in a shot or two of your favorite Torani syrup.

Top your cocoa with whipped topping, cocoa powder, cinnamon, nutmeg or powdered sugar. Cinnamon sticks, peppermint sticks, mini marshmallows and/or Hershey Kisses.

Leave a comment below on your favorite Torani Syrup or one that you want to try to win 1 of 5 coupons for $1 off your next Torani purchase. I will mail the coupons on the 21st. This offer ends 12/20. This will give you a chance to try a new flavor or buy your favorite to add some Torani Holiday Cheer into your holiday mug. You can also get a special 10% off coupon to buy Torani for yourself, friends or to giveaway as gifts!


Did you enter the Torani Holiday Cheers Contest? I'd love to know what recipe you submitted. I hope you share it with me! 

 This is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks & Torani. My own thoughts & recipe is shared here.
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Thursday

{Holiday Craft} Cinnamon Ornaments and Gift Tags

Are you feeling the stress of the holidays? Don't let it get in the way of having fun. Create these adorable cinnamon ornaments and gift tags for your gifts. The kids will love helping with these, too! If you are looking for edible holiday gift ideas, check our 30 Days of Christmas Goodies too!
These things are SO EASY to make! These ornaments can last for years. We has a few that are over 15 years old. This recipe was first given to me over 20 years ago when I was a new bride by my auntie. We wrap them well each year to try and preserve with them the other Christmas Ornaments.

Easy Cinnamon Ornament Recipe (non edible)

Ingredients

1/3 cup cinnamon powder
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon allspice or ginger
1/4 cup applesauce (natural or unsweetened)
2 teaspoons craft glue

Directions

1-In a small bowl, mix all together.
2-Roll out on a well floured (we just use cinnamon as the "flour") area to 1/4 inch - 1/2 inch thick. 
3-Use cookie cutters to make shapes.
4-Use a straw to poke a hole where you will want the string to go through to hang. 
5-Let air dry for 2-3 days.
6-Speed up the process and make your house smell great by baking to dry in a 150 degree oven for one hour on each side. If they aren't super hard once you remove them then give them 6-12 hours of dry time outside the oven. 
7-Use white glue, hot glue puffy paint (that is what we use) or paint to give the ornaments a frosted look. Save time for that to dry, too.





Even More Christmas Goodies




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Wednesday

Treat Holiday Cards Giveaway

Have you sent out your cards for Christmas? Did you make your Christmas Greeting Cards? Buy them? Create them online?

(Sample of Treat Christmas Greeting Cards)

I love ordering my Christmas cards online. It is quick and easy! Treat makes it even easier because of all of their designs. I'm a photo gal so my cards will include photos. They have a lot to choose from.  Here are 3 of my favorites:


Treat is easy to navigate. I love how easy it is to personalize your entire card. 

Check out their video:


Now that you watched the video, stop over and visit Treat.com and pick out your favorite design. Come back here and leave a comment below to be entered to win 10 of your very own personalized Treat cards.

This giveaway will end on 12/16 which will give you time to get these before Christmas.

Bonus Entries by following Treat in their social media outlets. Leave a comment for each one you did. That is it! Good luck! 



This is a sponsored post. My own opinions are expressed here. 


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Monday

Febreze is Collecting Holiday Memories: Share Yours Today!

Febreze wants you to take a deep breath and share the most memorable holiday SCENT from your childhood! So what is it? The smell of Christmas cookies, dinner in the oven, christmas tree smell?
christmas cookies
Tis the season to think about your Christmas memories. What are your favorite smells? Favorite songs? How about most cherished tradition? What decoration was your favorite?

Febreze is getting excited for the holidays and wants to hear about your most cherished memories! Each day they are asking a new memory question on their Facebook Wall. They will then collect the top 10 best holiday memories from their fans. So stop over and tell them yours and they may add it to the list!

Today's Memory List question is: "Take a deep breath and share the most memorable holiday SCENT from your childhood!"

So what is yours? Feel free to leave it in the comments below. My most memorable holiday scent would have to be the scent of cookies baking! It is the season for fun treats that we only enjoy once a year. 

 Febreze is running this event from 12/3-12/17 so you have a week to get in your submission. Check in daily for each new memory question. 

I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Febreze. I received a promotional item to thank me for participating
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Meal Plan with Meal Planning Tips

For December, my meal plan is to prepare quick meals that are tasty and can provide leftovers for the next day. We are super busy and need meals to be available in between our busy schedules. Here are some of those holiday menu ideas and sweet treats. 
YES friends this is a repeat from last week! We didn't even get to half of our dinner plans do to all the Holiday Activities. Sorry it is still the same but Please link up all your recipes & menus. Check out that ebook on Menu planning, too!

Thanks so much!
Monday- Sliders, Salad and Spicy Fries and Gingerbread Chocolate Eclair Dessert

Wednesday- Egg Free Egg Nog and Thai Basil Fried Rice with Chicken, Beef or Shrimp




Friday- Melted Snowman Cake Pops and Leftovers

Weekend-Super Hero Sandwich and leftovers
Featured Menu from last week's linky up- Pary Moppins Menu Plan

BONUS PARTY- if you have any holiday crafts, recipes, giveaways, deals, etc stop over at my Holiday Hop of Goodies and link up there, too! It is growing and I would love to see your awesome ideas there, too! 

I've linked up at OrgJunkie's Menu Plan Monday link up and always check out 3 Boys and a Dog menus. I will pin some of the below post on Pinterest as I have time! If you do pin my post, please leave a comment and I will be sure to get yours pinned. Thanks!

How to Meal Plan ebook 

One of my blogging friends, Crystal & Co just released her How To Meal Plan ebook. One of the reasons that she meals plans is to provide her family with low cost, healthy meals. If you plan, you will save money from eating out and of course time. In her ebook she explains why it is painless to meal plan! 

Here are her steps and she goes into a well laid out discussion on each one:

 Step 1: Develop a Recipe Criteria-learn to get what works for your family.
Step 2: Find 21 Recipes-This would give you 3 weeks of no repeat meals. She also list 20 recipes websites (mine is included! Yay)
Step 3: Make Your Grocery List- She teaches you the importance of the list, tips to help you decide how to shop as provides wonderful grocery list tools.

 Step 4: Display Your Menu- This is very important for many reasons. It makes a huge different in the success vs. failure of your prepared menu. The ebook list helpful tips on how to display the menu and why it is important.

 Step 5: Putting Your Menu to Work- Crystal teaches you how to make the menu work for you! Ever have a meal plan hiccup? She gives tips on this, too! 

 Meal Plan Struggles? The book is for beginners and seasoned menu plan users. It is quick and simple to follow. The book is jammed packed full of tips, recipes and resources. I loved all of the recipes, color photos of her recipes (I'm such a visual person) and full of printables! I give this ebook 2 thumbs up!

 Crystal has a new How to Meal Plan Facebook Community. Check it out today!
Order the book for yourself and a friend! How to Meal Plan ebook 



Have a super weekend! Remember link up menus & recipes. I will pick to to try next week and feature you on my menu plan!
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Saturday

Santa and Snowman Wreaths with weekly linky

Happy Saturday! Thanks for stopping in. How are your Christmas Crafts coming along? What have you been creating? 
Santa Wreath

Here are my Santa Wreath (takes 5 minutes to make) and my 30 minute or less Snowman Wreath that I created for the Bowdabra blog this past week. I'd love for you to stop over and check out the easy-to-do tutorial.

I'd love for you to link up any fun projects from your blog so that I can pop in and see what you have been up to! Leave your links and join the Pinterest Party!  Check out my Christmas Crafts & Recipe Pinterest board, too!

HOW TO JOIN THE LINKY below- (do any of the following)

1) Pin this Party Post to Pinterest- Please! Why? To let others know about the party. It advertises the party so more people see it which in turn more people will see what you pin and give you traffic.

2) Add your Pinterest name to the linky. If you aren't on Pinterest and want an invite, leave a comment and emailaddy.

3) Link up anything you want to be pinned! No limit. We just ask that you make sure your post has a decent picture.

4) In turn pin a few things on the linky.

5) If you want to host the party on your blog, scroll down and take the code. Make your own Pinterest Saturday page. That way you will get more attention to your blog.

Please follow my boards on Pinterest- SusieQTpies Scraps of Life and cohost  Crystal and Company and  3 Boys and a Dog. We do follow back.



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