Five Homemade Gift Ideas

Monday, December 17, 2012

Here are some ideas for homemade holiday gifts that you still have time to make before Christmas.

Hot Cocoa Mix – Nothing beats a great mug of hot cocoa!

Peppermint Marshmallows – These marshmallows go perfectly with a mug of hot cocoa

Peanut Butter Caramel Corn – Caramel corn makes a great gift. This stuff has just a hint of peanut butter flavor

Spiced Meat Rub – You can rub this on any kind of meat for delicious results

Salted Caramel Sauce – Salted caramel makes everything taste better. You can make it at home and any who gets a jar will thank you for years to come

One Year Ago: Peppermint Brownie Mosaic Cheesecake and Cranberry Avocado Salsa
Two Years Ago: Hot Cocoa Mix
Three Years Ago: Green Bean Casserole
Four Years Ago: Snickerdoodles and Candy Cane and Mint Kiss Cookies
Five Years Ago: Spinach Tomato Chicken Pasta and Peanut Butter Chocolate Biscotti

Gift Ideas, Holiday

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14 Responses to “Chicken Pot Pie with Cream Cheese and Chive Biscuits”

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Shannon — March 25, 2013 at 3:20 pm
love your adaptations- and i agree, one-pot meals usually need more veggies!
- beantownbaker — March 25th, 2013 @ 3:44 pm
  
  Not that this meal is in any way healthy, but at least bumping up the veggies (and the servings) reduces the amount of pure indulgence per serving…
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Sues — March 25, 2013 at 3:37 pm
Love all the changes you made to this! And I agree- the more veggies, the merrier 🙂
- beantownbaker — March 25th, 2013 @ 3:45 pm
  
  Glad I’m not the only one!
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Megan — March 25, 2013 at 4:13 pm

I love that idea to just throw extra veggies in. I always have some leftover unused veggies going bad in the fridge after I’ve used some for a recipe. The biscuits on this look amazing.
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Wendy — March 25, 2013 at 10:13 pm
This looks rich and satisfying. I love the idea of biscuits on top rather than pie crust. Cream cheese chive biscuits sound especially delicious!
- beantownbaker — March 26th, 2013 @ 7:29 am
  
  I definitely plan to make these biscuits again some time. They’d be delicious even without the creamy pot pie filling under them.
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Nutmeg Nanny — March 26, 2013 at 10:36 am
I love the thought of throwing the extra veggies in, i think a lot of people are hesitant to do so. This looks so delicious and satisfying 🙂
- beantownbaker — March 26th, 2013 @ 8:16 pm
  
  Yea when it comes to cooking, I figure there’s no harm in playing with recipes. Baking is another story…
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Ashley Bee (Quarter Life Crisis Cuisine) — March 26, 2013 at 11:11 am
My boyfriend, who eats a good portion of the overall meals I cook plus leftovers, hates veggies. This is a problem, because I don’t like food going bad but I can’t eat it all myself. I love recipes like this because it’d probably be SO tasty, he’d hardly even notice the abundance of green. Or he’d pick the peas out. Who knows.
- beantownbaker — March 26th, 2013 @ 8:16 pm
  
  I can’t imagine hating veggies… But I agree, I think he’d hardly notice the veggies in this. It’s that creamy and delicious.
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scott — March 27, 2013 at 12:06 pm

This recipe looks delicious. Do you know the nutritional values? If you post it on http://www.myrecipemagic.com they will calculate it for you and you can get paid for posting recipes.
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Rachel @ Baked by Rachel — March 28, 2013 at 6:15 am
I love that you topped this off with biscuits instead of the traditional flaky crust!
- beantownbaker — March 28th, 2013 @ 6:53 am
  
  Biscuits are always the right answer 😉