Quick-as-a-Bunny Egg Nests         

Prepare one batch of Rice Krispies Treats Recipe as shown on the box. Add 1/2 cup green-tinted coconut. Shape mixture into 16 three-inch nests. Fill cooled nests with minature marshmallows, jelly beans, or chocolate eggs.

To make a chocolaty-rich variation, substitute Cocoa Krispies cereal (and use regular coconut).

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
Here's what to do with all those seeds

2 cups unshelled pumpkin seeds, rinsed, dried
4 tsp peanut oil
1 tbsp butter, melted
1 1/2 tsp coarse salt

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Combine all ingredients in small bowl and mix well. Spread out on baking sheet. Bake until seeds are evenly brown, stirring occasionally, about 25 min. Cool.

Magic Reindeer Food                      

1/2 Cup Dried Oatmeal
1/3 Cup Sugar (red and green colored holiday sugars work nicely)
1 Heart full of Christmas Hope

You can see the Oatmeal,

You can see the Sugar,

The Christmas Hope is the hope that you give all that is given to you.

 Instructions:

Before Christmas Eve, in a bowl, mix together the Oatmeal and sugar. Fold in the Christmas Hope. Put into a container for safe keeping. On Christmas Eve, before you go to bed, sprinkle the Magic Reindeer Food on your lawn. The sugar will sparkle in the moonlight for Santa to see. The Reindeer will smell the Oats and want to stop for a snack. Santa will feel the Christmas Hope and know you are waiting for him.

I hope you all have a safe and blessed holiday season!

Yield: 8 Reindeer

Monday June 12, 2006
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