Snowman Marshmallow Hot Chocolate Toppers – A Snow Day Activity with step-by-step instructions. Make some hot cocoa and get busy! I know what it is like to be on snow day #47. When we lived in Virginia, I’m pretty sure we didn’t have a full week of school the entire winter. The first day or […]

Poinsettia Cocktails // Prosecco with Orange and Cranberry. Perfect to sip on Christmas morning or for your New Year’s Eve party.  I always overbuy Prosecco or champagne every holiday season. (And cheese, for some reason.) I don’t know what I think is going to happen, but I usually have an extra two or three bottles […]

Best Christmas Markets Tips in Germany and France. What to see, buy, and eat! Christmas in Stuttgart, Esslingen, Ludwigsburg, Colmar, and Frankfurt. I had heard of a Christmas Market (Weihnachtsmarkt) before we moved to Germany, but I didn’t really know a Christmas Market until I went to my first one last year. If you remotely […]

Traditional Glogg Recipe or Mulled Red Wine is found everywhere in Scandinavia. Spiced and slightly sweet, this warm red wine will keep you warm and cozy. A few weeks ago, Wes and I took a very quick trip to Copenhagen. I fell in love with Scandinavian life and it is on my list to go […]

I love cranberry sauce with heat. Every year, I make my grandmother’s cranberry recipe with horseradish. It sounds strange, but it is the thing that I look most forward to on the Thanksgiving table. Every time I make it for someone new, they ask me for the recipe. It is not Thanksgiving without it. I […]

Steamed Hot Chocolate – The best hot chocolate imaginable. Sometimes simple really is best. Steamed frothed milk and a square of high-quality chocolate make the best hot chocolate you could ever imagine.All over Instagram and Facebook, I see posts about the 70° winter weather. Well, it’s not spring-like here in Germany. We are still very […]

Doughnut Sandwich Cookies for a good cause. My favorite sugar cookie sandwiched between vanilla buttercream and Nutella. Topped with cookie glaze and lots of sprinkles.  I’ve tried four times to write an intro to talk about childhood cancer and I can’t find the words that I need to talk about something that I cannot wrap […]

White Chocolate Coconut Snowball Truffles are a make-ahead Christmas treat that your friends and family will love. White chocolate truffles wrapped in shredded coconut.  Here are we again, the Christmas season is upon us. We have lots of fun and festive things to look forward to this holiday season. Christmas markets, parties, trips, and plenty […]