From the monthly archives: December 2011
Cindy-Lou Who Christmas Wreaths
On December 24, 2011
When I was a kid, I used to love Dr. Seuss books and much to my delight, my children love them as well. I’m sure part of it is the fact that I’ve been reading One Fish Two Fish and Oh the Places You’ll Go, along with many others since they were babies; but [...]
Make Ahead Monday: Baked Pumpkin Risotto
On December 19, 2011
A few weeks ago I was at the grocery store to pick up some milk but of course, in true Alyssa fashion, there is no quick trip to the store. I still had to walk up and down every isle, looking at everything. I must look like a nut to the people who work [...]
Gingerbread Play Dough
On December 17, 2011
I saw this recipe for gingerbread play dough on Pintrest not too long ago and added it to one of the hundreds of pins of things to make with the kids. We were stuck in the house all last week, “C” was sick and my husband was out of town. “M” was [...]
Pepperoni Pizza Pretzels
On December 14, 2011
Before I started this blog, I knew that I wanted to post these pretzels. I first made them about a year ago after I received a copy of Food Network Magazine with a spread on soft pretzels. I knew “M” a lover of all things pepperoni would love the pepperoni pizza stuffed pretzels. [...]
Make-Ahead Monday: Sweet and Spicy Slow Cooker Wings
On December 12, 2011
Sometimes I think I must be psychic Ok not really, but I must say I planned well this week. I had already planned on making these wings for dinner when our gas went out. You see, here they just give you a big cylinder of gas and you don’t know how much you have [...]
Christmas Tree Cake
On December 11, 2011
“Maaaaaaaa, no tat-ting pittures…..I WANT CAAAAAAKKKKKEEEE!!!!”
That was “C” the whole time I was trying to snap pictures of the cake we made together.
A few weeks ago, Lulu’s Hypermarket opened about 5 minutes from our villa. If you’ve never heard of a hypermarket, it’s like a super [...]
Rose-Balsamic Lamb Chops
On December 7, 2011
I’ve said before that we never used to eat lamb much because in the States it can be expensive for the chops. Here inBahrain, however, because lamb is such a large part of local cuisine, it’s very affordable. We have lamb chops now at least once a week, but we usually order them for [...]
Make-Ahead Monday: Shrimp Enchiladas
On December 5, 2011
Last week we went grocery shopping and found a huge 2kg bag of large frozen shrimp. My husband decided over the weekend that he wanted some, so what does he do? He takes the entire bag out of the freezer to thaw. We spent the first part of Saturday morning tossing around ideas [...]
