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I added 1 tsp. Bob's Red Mill milk powder to the dry ingredients before mixing the pie crust for the Christmas 2020 pumpkin pie. My husband complimented me on a particularly good pie crust, so I shall add it going forward.

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We are in leftover mode for one more night.

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We had leftover pork tenderloin and mashed potatoes, accompanied by frozen broccoli that we microwaved. I keep frozen broccoli around to put with cooked noodles, etc. I do not really like the taste of cooked frozen broccoli alone, but we are low on vegetables.

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Note: I've adjusted the recipe by reducing the butter from 2 Tbs. to 1 Tbs. and reducing the salt from 1 tsp. to 3/4 tsp. The pie is just as delicious.

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For Christmas dinner, I made maple-glazed pork tenderloin and mashed potatoes, which we had with some of the applesauce I made earlier this week. We also had microwaved frozen peas and carrots. Dessert was pumpkin pie.

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Two more unique houses and a video that shows them coming together:

I won't be trying any of these at home....

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Here's another take on the gingerbread house, but this one is made with a cardamom sugar cookie dough:

https://www.epicurious.com/holidays-events/gingerbread-house-photos-article?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=epi&utm_mailing=EPI_CTN_121820&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5c93032824c17c329bff212e&cndid=44882808&hasha=c2ffcf78ce760c4feca3d04b80fdc8a1&hashb=49db56dcba01e22b107c77e00688acfb4b3bc6a1&hashc=de8fbe22000936c873a799e64bdffb7057fa75c752903b68fb57e805557c1914&esrc=bounceX&utm_content=Final&utm_term=EPI_CTN

I wish that I'd had this recipe before I had to give up most butter.

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Merry Christmas everyone! We awoke to a light dusting of snow and some patches of ice beginning to form on the lake. Midmorning there is light snowfall here. We have not had a white Christmas for several years. It is 12F here, so I'm not sure there will be a Christmas walk. We have Zoom plans with the three kids in our early evening, and plans to Zoom with my husband's cousins this weekend.

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By special request from Scott, I made Cornmeal Rye Waffles (King Arthur Flour’s Whole Grain Baking) for Christmas breakfast. I used 4 Tbs. oil in place of the butter, and I wait to mix it in until all the other ingredients are combined. I replaced ¼ cup of the BRM fine ground cornmeal with ¼ cup of their medium grind, which gave a pleasant, subtle crunch. I cut the salt from 2 tsp. to 1 tsp. Our dog parked herself next to the table and made sure that she got her share of waffles. I made the full recipe, so I have six Belgium waffle squares to wrap and freeze.

I had to give up butter crusts, but I like my oil crusts, and their advantage is that they are much faster to make than butter crusts, which is good as they cannot be frozen.

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Christmas Eve was a busy day in the kitchen. I baked another batch of maple granola. I baked the Whole Wheat Sourdough Cheese Crackers from the dough I made last week.

I am about to bake a pumpkin pie to serve for dessert on Christmas Day.

The temperature has been in the teens all day, going down rather than the predicted gaining of a few degrees. There have been little spits of snow. Possibly we may have some overnight.

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Christmas Eve dinner was salmon with couscous and Penzey’s Greek seasoning, accompanied by microwaved frozen peas and carrots. I chose this entree because it is a one night meal and requires little hands-on time. We also like salmon.

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I just looked at the KABC site, and it shows Harvest Blends in stock. It's in new packaging.

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Mike's dessert table is ready for Christmas Eve!

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A few weeks ago, KABC sent me an email advertising a "Do It Yourself Pizza Kit." Ah, I thought, the perfect gift for my sister and two nieces. I clicked on it at once, and it was out of stock. Either everyone else beat me to it, or it is another example of sloppiness.

I had wanted a simple baking gift that someone who bakes occasionally but had not worked with yeast would be able to make with her ten-year old twins. Sigh.

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After dinner, on Wednesday, I made a batch of applesauce from the last of the seconds that we bought in early November. We will have it with Christmas dinner.

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