Looking for something that's a little different than green bean casserole, and also has the added bonus of freeing up oven space, or can easily be taken as your contribution to dinner? This Holiday Creamy Mixed Vegetable Casserole is a very flavorful slow cooker side dish with a hint of thyme. Perfect for serving buffet style from the Crock Pot so it will still be warm as folks go back for seconds:@) Tip: Dollar Tree sells 3 oz packs of French fried onions at the holidays. A good size for recipes and to ensure they are always fresh when needed.
I love-love-love these M&M Cookie Stadium Kits at Walmart! And while it may take a few extra packs... I'd have to fill the stands in team colored M&M's:@) This would be a fun Christmas gift. It's a kid friendly activity and there will still be lots of football after the holidays.
I love to look for Christmas ornaments that are 1:6 scale and fit in Barbie's (and Ken's) world! This year Kohl's has these really cute Santa pants with a hat. While the waist isn't fitted snugly, most 1:6 scale male dolls can wear them because they have suspenders. And of course you could add a little snap to the back if desired. This is another quick deconstructing craft, the hardest part is pulling apart some hot glue. But in the end, Ken will be one of the cutest Santa's at the North Pole:@)
The hat has a couple holly leaves and berries. There was a candy cane too, but I pulled that off. You can never have too many doll size Santa hats😎
The ornament I started with:
The back:
Ken says he likes wearing long shorts...
It's Christmastime in warmer areas too!
Isn't he from California?
And folks always look for the Target Ugly Christmas Sweater ornaments. These two are from 2021. Simply remove from hanger and pull over the doll's head. But, do be prepared to remove some fuzzies from hair:@)
And finally, I say it all the time folks, You know your crowd... I'm guessing if you're headed to Thanksgiving dinner and the host has the turkey in the smoker, or plans to deep fry it... Or the after dinner, late football game snack is wings... This just ~might~ be a welcome hostess gift:@)
Yes , that's a half gallon of hot sauce at Walmart!
Buy it when you see it and have a great weekend:@)
I have made something similar in the slow cooker and it works great! That cookie stadium is super cute! I just bought cute gingerbread kits for the kids for our annual Christmas gingerbread house building. The Barbie Christmas sweaters are super cute! Happy Weekend!
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Ooh, the veggie casserole sounds great! Any excuse to use those Durkee's onions is fine by me. I definitely need to make those stadium cookies and fill them with green and gold M & M's. Hope you're having a nice weekend----it's sleeting here, ugh.
ReplyDeleteThe slow cooker veggies is a great idea. Thanks for the tip on buying small packages of the onions at Dollar Tree. The gingerbread stadium is a cute idea, and so are the Barbie outfits.
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