Aside from Pastor Alaska and our three kids, we have another character in our family known as Pastor Alaska’s Red Truck. This isn’t just any red truck. This truck has…
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Posts by tag: Food Gifts
Amy’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
Weather: 32, blue skies. Pastor Alaska and the boys did a little snowshoeing today. What I’m listening to: Worn, Tenth Avenue North I have an amazing adoptive sister named Amy. She’s…
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Cranberry Orange Dutch Oven Crusty Bread
Weather: 30 degrees, a light dusting of fresh snow After Christmas, my sister, Nadia, began posting lovely photos on Facebook of some mouth-watering cranberry orange artisan loaves she was making…
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Soft Almond Sugar Cookies
Weather: 18 degrees What I’m listening to: A Laurie Berkner Christmas With all the cookie recipes swirling around at Christmastime, it’s sometimes difficult to find a cookie that stands out among…
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Salted Dark Chocolate Caramel Pecan Turtles
Weather: -27 degrees What I’m listening to: Handel’s Messiah First things first, don’t miss our Cuisinart 12-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker with Hot Water System Christmas Giveaway. You have until Wednesday, December 19 to…
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Pretzel Swirl Peppermint Bark
Weather: 21 degrees What I’m listening to: O Come Let Us Adore Him, Hillsong You know those chocolate and/or white chocolate dipped pretzels with peppermint on them that show up…
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Chocolate Shortbread Sprinkle Cookies
Dear Santa (ahem… cough… poke… poke… Pastor Alaska), I know I’m not one of the kids, but I think I’ve been good this year, too. All I’m asking for this…
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Pumpkin Bread with Orange Cream Cheese
Weather: 27 degrees, trees heavy with snow What I’m listening to: the familiar sound of a snow-blower Pumpkin Bread, all dressed up for a special occasion… a special occasion just like…
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Pretzel Peanut Butter Cups
Weather: 28 degrees, gusts of wind and cloudy skies What I’m listening to: the slosh of the dishwasher Happy Halloween everyone. I’m returning from two days of “food silence” as…
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Vanilla Bean & Sea Salt Amish Caramels
Weather: 54 glorious degrees What I’m listening to: Say Hey (I Love You), Michael Franti and Spearhead Not long ago, I discovered that part of my family comes from Amish…
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