Full Plate Thursday Where The Greatest Cooks On The Planet Gather Important Announcement Next Week Full Plate Thursday will post on Monday December 22, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. CST This will give everyone an opportunity to post your wonderful Christmas Dishes before and after Christmas We will be spending time with friends and family during the holiday and I am sure hope you will be enjoying your time with friends and family. Christmas is almost here and I am so happy that you could come by and spend some time with us today. It is a wonderful time of the year for great food and fellowship and there is no other way I had rather spend my day than with all of my special blogging friends. I have made a Rio Grande Pecan Pie for you this evening and I sure hope you enjoy it. Now lets get all the food on the table, I can't wait to see what you are bringing to the party today. Rio Grande Pecan Pie This Is How I Filled My Plate Last Week Breakfast Sau...

We have wonderful family traditions that have become a part of our Christmas celebration every year, as I am sure many of you have. All the precious memories of years past, when a song, a smell, a certain food can bring back the laughter, love and joy of the season shared with family and friends. Many of the recipes for the foods have been passed on to us through the generations from family and very special friends. I am sharing with you today some of the special dishes that we have enjoyed in the past and will be enjoying over this Christmas season. Christmas Brunch Spicy Cranberry Coffee Cake Eggs Benedict Casserole Apple Sausage Breakfast Bake Christmas Eve Dinner We always have a Mexican Buffet on Christmas Eve with Homemade Tamales as the center piece. Christmas Eve Tamales Tutorial Corn and Black Bean Tamales with Orange Cranberry Sauce Roasted Pumpkin Enchiladas with Pumpkin Sauce Stacked Enchilada Casserole Mexican ...

Rio Grande Pecan Pie is a combination of Texas flavor, from the pecan orchards of East Texas all the way to the spice of the Rio Grande Valley. This is a pie that is very carefully layered with a creamy base and flavored with the spice of Texas with the crispy fresh pecans of the season. This is a different pecan pie and not for the faint of heart, but if you eat one slice you will be back for more, its just that kind of pie, sure hope you enjoy it! Rio Grande Pecan Pie Rio Grande Pecan Pie Miz Helen's Kitchen Ingredients For The Pie Crust Unbaked 9 inch Pie Crust For The Pie Filling 1 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon all spice 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup light corn syrup 3 eggs, beaten 2 tablespoon butter, melted and cooled 1 teaspoons vanilla 1-1/2 cups pecans Directions For The Pie Filling In a mixing bowl whisk the sugar, cinnamon, all spice, cayenne pepper and salt together. Stir in the butter, syru...

Come on in we are in the kitchen today making some cookies for a friends cookie exchange. I just love this time of the year with so many fun events to attend. When I make cookies I always make a double batch and put some in the freezer for another time. During this holiday season I love to have a little treat when my friends stop by for tea or coffee. What is your favorite cookie for this season? Sunday Spicy Orange Chicken Fresh Green Beans and New Potatoes Roasted Beet and Fennel Salad Pecan Cobbler Monday From  Left Over Chicken Country Chicken and Biscuits Tossed Green Salad Left Over Pecan Cobbler Tuesday Slow Cooker Pork Chop Dinner Apple and Carrot Salad   Nutty Cranberry Chocolate Chip Cookies Wednesday For My Hanukkah Friends Brisket with Vegetables Potato Latkes Spicy Apple Butter Challah at Something Sweet Winnies Blog Kugel Thursday From Left Over Brisket Brisket Sandwic...

Full Plate Thursday Where The Greatest Cooks On The Planet Gather Hi everyone, it is sure good to see you today, it seems like only yesterday when we last saw each other. Every week when I go to your sites and look at your recipes it is harder and harder to make a decision what to put on my plate, you'al are the best!! I can't wait to see what you are sharing with all of us today, I know it will be delicious. I am sharing some gifts from my kitchen this week, I just love giving homemade gifts from the heart. Wish I could share one of these gifts with each of you! Gifts From Miz Helen's Kitchen This Is How I Filled My Plate Last Week For A Lovely Brunch Butternut Squash Spinach Breakfast Bake at Skinny Fitalicious French Vegetable Soup with Pesto at Sidewalk Shoes Hearty Breakfast Trail Mix at In Good Flavor Cinnamon Date and Nut Mini Loaves at The Seasoned Mom Cranberry Coffee Cake at Memories By The Mile Slow Cooker Hot Chocolate at Kid...

Homemade gifts are full of love from the hands and heart and who doesn't love getting something homemade. We have a very large garden and one of the gifts we like to give is from our garden to a nice canned jar of food. Another great gift that I enjoy giving is a nice box of cookies or a tin of candy. These are just some of the gifts that come from my kitchen and I sure hope you enjoy them! Gifts From Miz Helen's Kitchen Rosemary Jelly Spicy Apple Butter Strawberry Jalapeno Jam Corn Relish Grandmothers Chow Chow   Garden to Table Salsa Sweet and Spicy Pecans   My Mothers Divinity Nutty Brittle   Caramel Chocolate Pecan Bars   Cranberry Nut Bites   Pfeffernusse   Spicy Cranberry Coffee Cake   Thanks so much for stopping by to enjoy these lovely homemade gifts with me. I would love to hear from you about what kind of homema...