My goodness - it sure gets late fast. It is already 9:21 but just wanted to say: Get moving - Christmas is right around the corner! My house is almost completely reflecting Christmas except for a couple of wreaths for outside and lights on the house! It really is festive in a subdued way. Not as many trees and stuff -- just really great where it is! Thanks to Angie Hines and her amazing talent!!!
Do you ever shop at Dollar General? Well I do! I always try to make a trip when I need washing detergent, softener, that kind of things. But this week I found more neat Christmas things - little gifts, Christmas trivets -- got carried away!!!
I bought a new Paula Deen Christmas book - just like a needed another one -- but it really has some fun recipes in it!!! Can't wait to try a few of them out on friends at work!
Here is a little recipe sent by Pillsbury. Sounds pretty goode -- but when we googled Dried Figs - we found that Walgreens has them -- but none in Tyler. Kilgore was the closest -- just happens a friend at work was going this weekend -- so she said she would pick us up some!
Fig and Blue Cheese Appetizer Tarts
3 oz. 1/3 less fat cream cheese (Neufchatel; from 8 oz. pkg), softened
2/3 cup crumbled blue cheese (3 oz.)
1/4 cup Smucker's Sweet Orange Marmelade
2 Tablespoons Balassmic vinegar
16 dried Mission figs, coarsley chopped (1 cup)
1 can (12 oz.) Pillsbury Big and Flaky refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1/2 cup Fisher Chef's Natural Chopped pecans
Heat oven to 350 degrees. In small bowl mix cream cheese and blue cheese with fork until well blendfed; set aside.
In one quart saucepan, stir marmalade and vinegar over low heat until mixed; stir in figs. Cook over low heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until figs are softened. Remove from heat.
Remove crescent dough from package, but do not unrol. Cut roll of dough into 16 slices. On ungreased cookie sheets, place slices 2 inches apart. Press center of each slice to make an indentation, 1-1/2 inches in diameter.
Place one heaping teaspoon cheese mixture into each well. Top cheese with about 1 tablespoon fig mixture and 1/2 teaspoon pecans.
Bake 15 to 19 minutes or golden brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack; cool 10 minutes. Serve warm!
Well - I have a busy week coming up - but I really want to start blogging more -- so I will try.
Today we had a guest speaker and he was really dynamic - but everything he said made sense! I will try to get back on really soon and share some of his message! Until then, remember: God made a perfect world, we messed it up, and Jesus came to fix it! So if you've messed up, let Jesus fix it!
Have a good evening!
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