November 26, 2008

Home Baked Christmas Gifts (Plus a Giveaway for FIVE Readers!)

in cooking/baking,food,gifts,holidays/birthdays

I have been pretty absent from the blog since late last week. I kept meaning to come post, but I have been busy, busy, busy with baking Christmas gifts.

This means that I’ve been busy working my way through: seven pounds of flour, 19 eggs, just under six pounds of butter, over five pounds of sugar, two pounds of brown sugar, etc.

I’m beat! (And, sadly, I actually have things in the oven right as I’m typing!)

Still — I am confident to post this as a Works for Me Wednesday, because baking gifts *does* work for me, even if it wears me out.

Last year and this year, I have baked a variety of goodies and given them in baskets to family and friends. This year, for some people, I am actually doing baskets and for some people (like the guys that work under Eric, as well as preschool and religious ed teachers), we’re doing a platter of goodies.

In the next couple of weeks, I hope to be posting some of the recipes of things that I am including in the baskets this year. I’m sure, though, that if you are interested in putting together baskets of goodies, that you have a ton of fabulous recipes for goodies to include.

Now…on to the giveaway…

I definitely could have used this giveaway while I have been busy baking! You see, with all this baking, I have been putting off preparing our meals. Perhaps if I had already had everything planned out and shopped for with a service like Simple Family Supper.

Yes, I do menu plan on my own, but this service is so easy! And, at only $5/month (less than $.20/day!) , it’s worth it to not have to sit down and plan out your meals and then figure out your shopping lists.

I contacted Heather (the owner of the site), since I know her aunt, and told her that I would love to write about her site here at Many Little Blessings and would love if she would give me a one month subscription to give away.

Well…she did better than that! Not only did she give me a free month (Thanks, Heather!), but she is also giving a subscription for the month of December to FIVE of my readers! Wow!

To enter, just leave a comment with your favorite meal. It can be something you cook, something your grandma used to serve you as a child, or your favorite take out food. Oh — and be sure that I have a way to contact you if you win! (Hey — if you also bake as a Christmas gift, tell me what you make for people too!)

And…while you’re waiting for the winners to be drawn, make sure to check out Simple Family Supper because Heather has a free sample on her site of a one week menu! We *love* free stuff!

The drawing will be held from the entries that are in by 11:59 pm EST on this Friday (the 28th).