Norwish Recipes

The season of sweets is in full swing around here. I love to make and eat treats right along with the rest of you. And even this time of the year sometimes I try to be a little healthier in the treats that I make. It's great to have yummy options without sugar that are still delicious and special to this time of the year. Today I want to post a wonderful little honey-sweetened discovery that I made the other day. This recipe is truly my own discovery, but it was born by joining together other people's ideas. That is usually how wonderful discoveries are made anyways, isn't it?  The recipe idea started when I ran across this recipe for honey sweetened marshamallows . Yes I've made them on several occasions and they are tasty little wonders. Then two years ago around Christmas a lady in our neighborhood brought us the most wonderful popcorn you've ever tasted. It tasted like caramel corn, but so much better. Not hard and teeth-breaking, but soft and chewy and I loved ...

I love this season of the year, but I know it can be stressful as we try so hard to create the "perfect Christmas" for our family. What does the perfect Christmas involve? There's that image in our minds of the perfect family together in a beautifully decorated home, all getting along well, and everyone overjoyed with the (very expensive) gifts they were given. I don't know where that image in our minds comes from. I don't know whether it's media's influence, advertising, or what, but it is very real and it's very compelling. It's so easy to spend so much time and money trying to create that, that it's easy to miss what the season is really about. Today I'd like to share with you my vision of what the perfect Christmas is and talk a little about simplifying Christmas for our families to focus on what really matters. I'd love to hear your ideas too. The Perfect Decorations  - The best Christmas decorations are the smiles on your family m...