New Sweet Tasty Treat! New Recipe Tried.
Pomegranate-Vanilla Cashews.
These would be great for simply gifting at Christmas, to take and add to your charcuterie board, a side to go with a cheese appetizer, etc. They are addicting, so be careful, ha ha! They would be tasty as an ice cream topper too, if you do a sundae bar for a gathering or for own ice cream treat.
Where the extra coating puddled, the cashews stuck a lot more to the parchment, and although they are also still on the crunchy side, I felt the pieces that sat and baked in the extra coating came out more soft and sticky. To get all the pieces nicely crunchy, and come off the parchment much easier, I think eliminating the extra liquid would help. The recipe stated to just mix, dump and bake. Anyway, those are my thoughts, but yes, it's a keeper recipe.
The recipe is online at: Veggingonthemountain
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Just some more Christmas gift giving thoughts to share.
One year I gifted homemade taco seasoning to my family. I saved baby food jars (from someone) and filled them. I painted the lids, and made a handmade refrigerator magnet to top the lid too.
Old photo from years ago, but you can see the lids painted gold, and the fridge magnet on the top. I used bottle caps and crocheted granny rounds with cotton #10 crochet thread, and clued it on the inside of the bottle cap, and glued on a magnet. I have no idea if anyone ever used the seasoning or used the magnet, but there was apparently a lot of thought (or over thought) to this gift (ha ha!).
I was making a new batch of homemade seasoned salt (linked post for recipe), and remembered, that I gifted some to my Mom one Christmas. She loved it. In fact, she loved it more than the seasoning from the store. I have no idea where I got the recipe from either, as I have had it that long now. Sharing just another idea to gift, if you need some more ideas.
One year I gifted dried rosemary from the herb garden, and attached recipes. I even gave one to the kids bus driver at the time. We had a lot of rosemary that year. One year I gifted sage, as well as recipes, and a note about medicinal sage tea. I can't recall if I gifted other herbs, but they make nice gifts too, if you have an abundance of a homegrown herb.
I am hoping I have enough sage growing this year to dry a good amount. We'll find out come summer and fall.
31 Weeks Until Christmas ~ Christmas Countdown 2025 © May 2025 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart
8 comments:
It's funny, but there's a difference between thinking, It's only May, Christmas is months away," versus mentioning the number of weeks until Christmas. Somehow that number makes it seem a whole lot closer!
Anyway, your prompts have been helpful in that I've already started my Christmas shopping. I'll give something crafted by me, but I'm also giving books this year. Worldofbooks.com has fantastic prices on used books, so I'm getting everybody the first three books in a series I think they might enjoy. It feels good to have at least a few things tucked away in my Christmas closet.
Leigh, funny you mention that. I was thinking the same thing about how the number of weeks seems much closer than saying months. I too want to give books this year. I have a title for one couple, but have yet to figure out what to get the rest. Thanks for the info on the resource too.
I am definitely going to try the glazed cashews. I think it would be a fantastic addition to set out when we have company during the holidays as well as giving as gifts.
I may try that recipe. It looks good.
Anne in the kitchen, we loved it, so yep, it's on the holiday plan this coming Christmas (and possibly other potlucks).
R's Rue, I think you will like it. So good!
Those cashews look delicous. I have (had) a homemade fajita seasoning recipe that I got rave reviews on. I can't find that recipe anywhere and I'm running love. So frustrating. Do you have a good, tried and true tested one?
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
Betsy, if you type it in the search bar on my blog you will find the recipe I use. It's found here on my blog, https://pioneerwomanatheart.blogspot.com/2023/12/homemade-fajita-dry-mix.html
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