A friend and fan of ChinDeep contributed this wonderful recipe for baked caramel corn! Thanks Fawn 🙂 ~Baked Caramel Corn~ 1 cup butter 2 cups brown sugar (firmly packed) 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp baking soda 6 to 8 quarts popped corn. Melt butter. Stir in syrup,…
Glensheen Mansion Christmas Wassail
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“The Minnesota countryside was filled with Scandinavian tradition during my childhood…In the early 1900s, Duluth had more millionaires per capita than any other city in the country…The Congdon family were one of these families. Their home, nestled on the shores of Lake Superior, was named Glensheen. A Christmas tea was always scheduled there for the…
Guest Artist~ Dana Stenholtz
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Senseless I could not see the quaking air in my desert heart. The mirage was lost on my blinded inward gaze. Without even so much as that false hope, I was in utter darkness. My soul was bloody and bruised, a prize fighter past her prime, and all I could do was wobble on my…
Current Crush~ Mariebelle Teas, Tea Salon & Cacao Bar
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Don’t these teas sound divine?… ~Dark Obsession Chocolate Rose Tea ~Love’s Labour Lychee Tea ~Autumn Tapestry Holiday Blend Tea buy them HERE Click HERE for information on the Mariebelle Tea Salon & Cacao Bar ~Melissa
Oh, Tannenbaum
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“Oh, Christmas Tree, you fill my heart with music.” ~Ernst Anschutz ~Melissa
Cooking Together~ Making Peanut Butter & Bacon Cookies with TJ
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Today we had one of our best friends, TJ, down to our place. We watched Elf, and made up a couple batches of Peanut Butter & Bacon Cookies. We are all bacon enthusiasts and thought the idea of adding bacon to peanut butter cookies sounded interesting. Sooooo, I found a recipe online and we played…
chicken & buttermilk-sage dumplings
by Melissa • • 6 Comments
This is old-fashioned, winter comfort food. I use spices in my chicken and dumplings that are probably different from what you’re use to, but trust me…the end result is delicious. I always cook my dumplings in a separate pot of boiling stock so I can freely stir my main pot of chicken soup and not…
What I’m Listening To~ The Hotel Cafe’s “Winter Songs”
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You GUYS!… 78 emails…REALLY? Hee hee…okay, okay, here ya go. This is an amazing compilation of some of my favorite indie artists. Great holiday/winter listening. Hope you approve. Winter Song- Ingrid Michaelson & Sara Bareilles All My Bells Are Ringing-Lenka Frosty the Snowman-Fiona Apple Silent Night- Priscilla Ahn What are you listening to? XO, ~Melissa
Guest Artist~ Mary Parks
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Hello ChinDeep friends! I am so pleased and honored to introduce this week’s Guest Artist, Mary Parks! She is an amazingly talented woman who creates gorgeous textile and yarn offerings. You will SO enjoy visiting her Etsy Shop! Mary Parks Artist Bio~ I am a former art museum curator who took to the road and…
Nutcracker Suite Martini
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I purchased a bottle of Frangelico instead of Irish cream for sipping this Holiday season, and at first I was a little disappointed. I had a couple on “the rocks” and it just wasn’t doing it for me…so I decided to invent something new. What I came up with is going to knock your nutcracker…