Start Your Holiday Prep: Week 10 Guide

Have you gotten started on your Holiday Prep? If not, don’t worry because you still have plenty of time, but don’t procrastinate any longer!

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Special Holiday Meals: St. Nicholas Day Menu & Traditions

We try to take off from our regular homeschooling for the Advent season, and this is one of those fun things we do to get everyone into the Christmas Spirit. We will also have some studies about St. Nicholas and maybe do a few fun crafts as well. We also like to put our Christmas Tree up on this day as well!

Special Winter Meals with Recipe Links


ST. NICHOLAS DAY FEAST

BREAKFAST: 

Santa Pancakes or HERE

Scrambled Eggs, Bacon or Sausage

OJ or Hot Cocoa

DINNER/FEAST

St. Nicolas du Pelem Pork with Mustard & Apples, Veggies, Soup,
Cheese platter, Garlic Bread, Fruitcake
Black Forest ‘Good Works’ Cake
Punch, Eggnog


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Update with more pictures! Preparing for Christmas… St. Nicholas, Gifts in a Jar, and so much more!

Easy Sticky Buns

Who doesn’t love a good breakfast pastry? Cinnamon Rolls are usually the hands-down winner around here, but this is a way to take them up a notch… if that’s possible. I use one of my cinnamon roll recipes and just add a couple of extra ingredients and another step or two to elevate them to a new level of mouthwatering!

Our favorite recipes can be found here:

Sourdough Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls

Everyone’s Favorite Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

Note: You probably won’t need to make the glaze for your rolls!

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Start Your Holiday Prep: Week 9 Guide

Have you gotten started on your Holiday Prep? If not, don’t worry because you still have plenty of time, but don’t procrastinate any longer!

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Fannie Merritt Farmer’s Stuffed Onions

This recipe is adjusted from the recipe found in Fannie Merritt Farmer’s 1896 Cookbook p. 265.

Fannie Merritt Farmer’s Stuffed Onions

Yields: 4 to 6 servings
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 60–75 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 large Spanish or sweet onions
  • 1 cup chicken, cooked and shredded
  • ¼ cup bread crumbs
  • 2 tbsp butter, divided
  • ¼ tsp salt, plus more to taste
  • ⅛ tsp pepper, plus more to taste
  • ¼ tsp marjoram or summer savory
  • 1 egg yolk

Instructions

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