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20 Amazing Uses for a Spice Rack

12 Ideas: Make a Family Cookbook for Christmas

This is the second of our 12 Ideas of Christmas newsletters, and it’s about Matilda’s Cookbook Software. The first family cookbook my mom made 🙂 When Ted and I made our cookbook software back in 2007, Mom was our first test subject. She still uses the software to publish her revised cookbook every year and hands them out at Christmas. This is the first one.  This is from my own cookbook. My…

12 Ideas of Christmas: Wood Spoons!

Everyone ran out of so many things last year. We hate saying no to our loyal fans, so we’ve stocked up extra now. But wouldn’t life be easier for both you and us if we all got out ahead of the big Christmas rush? This is the very first of our 12 Ideas of Christmas newsletters. Personalized Wood Spoons “We’re dancing in Karen’s Kitchen.” I love that. I bet Karen does too. These are enormous and…

Our Kickstarter is Live for GamePhrame!

Get the Early Bird discount and save $62 on our creative new board game! Click here to check out the Kickstarter.   

After our popularity of the Recipe Box Overview, we decided to do the same thing with Teaboxes. Check out our Teabox Overview here, or click below for specific links: Introduction History of Tea Boxes  Different Types of Tea Storage Tea Box Dimensions Personalized Tea Boxes Tea Box Gift Sets Today’s Top Tea Box Subscriptions Free Printable Teabag Labels for your Tea Box

We’ve created the ULTIMATE resource for everything Recipe Boxes

We put a lot of work into this topic, so we didn’t want to bury it in our blog. You can find the full recipe box post here, or just go to the specific section that interests you here: Introduction The History of Recipe Boxes Six Things You Need to Consider When Buying a Recipe Box How Many Recipe Cards will Fit in a Recipe Box? Materials: Wood Recipe Boxes vs The Rest Wedding Recipe Box: Make it…

Many Happy Returns on Election Night with DIY Cookbooks

With the 2020 Presidential Election just around the corner, it seems appropriate to plan some Election Night grazing to enjoy while watching those many happy voting returns.

What a perfect time to work on your do-it-yourself family cookbook!  Nothing else of consequence will be on television, or on the internet, to distract you. Why not take this opportunity to devote time to your important…

Hot Wings: America’s Super Bowl Sunday Finger Food

Hot wings, Buffalo wings, chicken wings, or just wings — whatever you call ’em, they are an original American snacking phenomenon that has taken “wing” across the country.

An estimated 1.2 billion of ’em are served on Super Bowl Sunday for game day grub, according to people who track that sort of thing. (more…)

Superbowl Supper of Soups & Sandwiches – It’s a Winner!

Wow, Superbowl 54, here we come! With attention focused on the scoreboard and the commercials, there’s really no need to stress out over elaborate and expensive food for friends, family, or party guests. Instead serve a simple yet hearty supper of soups and sandwiches.

Instead of hot dogs, hamburgers or pizza, I’ve dug out some favorite recipes (from my family recipe cookbook, of course) and…

How to Connect Meaningfully This Christmas – with Your Family Cookbook!

What if you could bring your family members to life when writing your Christmas cards?

Storing family members’ addresses and photos right in your cookbook using Matilda’s Fantastic Cookbook Software can help you do just that!

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Christmas Deviled Eggs that WOW!

Deviled eggs – also known as stuffed eggs, Russian eggs, or dressed eggs – are hard-boiled eggs that have been shelled, cut in half, and filled with a paste made from the egg yolks mixed with other ingredients such as mayonnaise and mustard.

This Christmas twist on this classic dish is perfect for brightening up the kid’s table – or the adults’ table for that matter!

You will need

eggs already…

A French Theme for Thanksgiving

A few friends have asked what my Thanksgiving menu will be this year. As you may recall, at my house we do an international twist on traditional foods. This year the country of choice is France, and it is amazing how “normal” one can get with French food. Just goes to show how we are influenced in our daily lives by the cuisine of other countries.

Following is our French Thanksgiving menu:

Frenc…

Capture Missing Family Photos at Thanksgiving for Your Family Cookbook

One of the fabulous benefits of Matilda’s Fantastic Cookbook Software is that you can add photos of your family members when making a family cookbook. With a little forethought, Thanksgiving can be the ideal time to capture those missing family photos!

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Spiced Nuts Recipe: An All-Time Holiday Classic

Spiced Nuts are one of the best all-time classic holiday recipes. These will be one of the fastest “gone” items on your holiday table or buffet!

A friend of mine loved my Spiced Nuts recipe so much, he once commissioned me to make a batch for him every month for a year, using 12 different nutmeats and seeds, and ship to him 2,800 miles away. (more…)

Thanksgiving Warning: Gravy is Not a Beverage

This little advance message from me for Thanksgiving is wholeheartedly in earnest. I repeat it here because it needs to be emphasized: Dears, gravy is not a beverage.

Thanksgiving gravy is meant to be served as an enhancement over mashed potatoes, turkey slices and dressing (often to moisten the overcooked latter enough to eat). However, gravy is not meant to be slurped in a coffee cup when no…

Get a Jump on Jingle Bells with Holiday Fruitcake

Above is my fruitcake for last year! I spent ages on those little marzipan fruits. 🙂

This post may seem a bit early for some, but serious fruitcake-makers are already eyeing ingredients for their favorite Christmas sweet/the omnipresent fruitcake everyone loves to hate.

Included with my cookbook software is a wonderful heritage fruitcake recipe called Christmas Cake (English fruitcake) that has…

Drinkable Gifts: Recipes from My Family Cookbook

I have a few recipes for homemade drinkable gifts in a special section of my family cookbook. Whenever I need an idea for a quick gift, this “Homemade Drinkable Gifts” section of my family cookbook always inspires me with the perfect solution.

Even if I don’t have all the ingredients, I can easily shop for the missing items since most recipes are made with standard measurements and…