Recipe: Ambrosia Fruit Salad

 Ambrosia Fruit Salad

(Found On Facebook)

Calories per serving: 266

Ingredients: 

• (2) 8 oz cans mandarin oranges drained 
• 1 (16-ounce) can pineapple tidbit drained 
• 1 (12-ounce) bag miniature marshmallow
•  1 (16-ounce) container sour cream 
• 1 (16-ounce) can maraschino cherry sliced and drained (optional) 
• shredded coconut
• 3 sliced bananas (optional) 

Directions:

Mix salad and Put in bowl with lid, put in fridge 24 hours or more.

Other ideas: Use one container of cool whip and one package of 8 oz cream cheese all blended together and then add the rest of the ingredients. This is for people who don't like sour cream. 

You could also put grapes in it instead of bananas.

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Posted at 6:53 PM  |  by Elle

Book Review: The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank

The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This book is about ninety-three year old Theodora inviting her dysfunctioanl family to her home in South Carolina for Christmas. The matriach is melancholy about Christmases past and wishes her family could show a little more respect for one another and realize how important the precious time spent with family is.

A cook is hired for the family's Christmas meal and a substitute is called in to fill in for the original cook when there is an emergency in her family. The replacement is none other than Theodora's family's cook of her childhood, Pearl. Pearl has come to earn her wings and whip Theodora's family into shape.

There are many wonderful lessons within this book, but somehow the book felt 'flat' to me. There are a lot of characters to keep straight with a lot of intricacies within their relationships. I spread this book out over a long period of time, so maybe that is why I felt a bit 'disconnected' from the characters.

I appreciate the book's idea of a loved one coming back to help set a family straight and be appreciative of one another, but it just felt very forced to me.

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Posted at 6:27 PM  |  by Elle

Musical Monday #11 ~ 'How Many Kings' by Downhere

I heard this song last year (2013) for the first time.

 On December 4, 2014 while I was driving Em to her orchestra practice in the morning this song came on The Word FM (Christian radio station) and I remember how much I LOVE this song! Then it hit me who this guy's voice reminds me of...... Freddie Mercury of Queen. The first video is of the live version and the second video is the recorded version with a video. Unfortunately this is only played on Christian radio stations, but I think it should be played on the major ones as well! I hope everyone enjoys this beautiful songs! Feel free to leave me comments, especially if it's your 1st time hearing it!

Downhere Performing "How Many Kings" on YouTube

Video on YouTube for Downhere's "How Many Kings"

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Posted at 6:25 PM  |  by Elle