Welcome to the Recipe Blog Hop!

Hi blog hoppers! Weren't Michele's projects great? (If you didn't arrive here from Lila's blog, you don't want to miss what our designers have in store for you! The CC&M Mega Recipe Blog Hop starts here! You don't want to miss it and I don't know about you but I am getting hungry!

Welcome to the first day of the Creative Cuts & More Mega Recipe Blog Hop that features the 8”x8” Treasured Family Recipes Kit. We have 24 designers who will be creating wonderful pages to inspire you. Plus we all will be sharing some of our own delicious treasured family recipes.Make sure you check back at www.diecutdiva.com tomorrow for the Holiday Treats Apron Recipe Kit Blog Hop. We will also have 24 designers who will be showcasing their great creations and sharing holiday treat recipes.

As part of the Mega Hop celebration, Creative Cuts & More will be having a great sale. For the next six days, you can get 20% off the entire store. But act quickly, it is only for six days – this sale will end on Nov 14th. Make sure you enter recipebloghop2009 during checkout for your discount.

As a continuing part of the celebration, each day Creative Cuts & More will give away one kit. Here is the twist, after you have finished the blog hop, return to the Die Cut Diva Blog and instead of leaving a comment, you'll need to share a recipe to have a chance at winning the kit. Share the recipe on your blog then link it back and get another chance to win the kit.

Here is what you will get in this fabulous kit...

Okay, let's get started with the good stuff! Here is my cover page: I just wanted to let you know how wonderfully this blackboard takes Shimmerz and Glimmer Mists! It dries quickly and doesn't bend or warp.

and a close up...i just LOVE these chunky Cosmo chipboard pieces!

For the inside cover I journaled about what this book is about and what it means to me:

when you get married you begin a journey as a new family, joining the traditions of different generations, different heritages and two very different families. What traditions do we keep? What new ones will we start? How do we do it all And keep the memories of our families alive as we pass them down to our children? This recipe book celebrates the traditions we merged, the ones we made ourselves with our new family by blending the Heinly and the Sosnoski traditions. Some of these recipes were handed down from our grandmothers and aunts and uncles and others are ones we discovered to be our favorites. I am sure these might change along the way, but one thing I hope to do is keep the spirit of tradition alive within the covers of this book.

And this page features my Great Grandmother's Oyster filling recipe....a HUGE favorite in our family. This is the note card that my Aunt filled out when she gave the recipe to me. Her handwriting looks just like my grandmothers.

I used my Shimmerz on here, this is a good shot of how cool they look on the black board.

And a close-up....



Here is the recipe:

6 doz. med size oysters

approx 2 pkgs saltines

12-15 hard boiled eggs

Remember to always start and end with crackers. Layer crackers, then eggs, the oysters {with some of their broth} and repeat until you fill a large Pyrex Bowl. Bake for 1 hr @ 375 degrees and then turn down to 350.

And for the next page and recipe, I chose a new favorite recipe we discovered in our house. My good friend made this for a scrapbooking weekend and now we eat it all the time...even for Dinner! Who doesn't love breakfast for dinner???

oh and p.s...i just love this cute circle memories stamp i used from mSB. it fits the 1" circle punch perfectly!


Here is the recipe:

2 cups Bread Cubes {a great way to use old bread}

1 1/2 / 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

6-8 eggs

2 cups milk

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp mustard

1/8 tsp onion powder

1 lb cooked sausage, bacon or ham.

Greas a 6x10" pan or double the recipe and use a 9x13". Place bread cubes into dish. Top with cheese. Then combine eggs, milk and seasonings in a separate dish and then pour on top of bread crumbs and cheese. Crumble meat over top and add extra cheese. Bake uncovered @ 325 degrees for 30-45 minutes. You can prepare it the night before and just pop it in the oven, too! I also put a cookie sheet under it in the oven in case of overflow ;)

Click here for the link for the Treasured Family Recipes Kit run and get yours now...it is awesome!

Remember if you get lost, just head back to the Diecut Diva blog!

Jen Johnson http://justmejenifer.blogspot.com

Lori Renn http://www.lorirenn.blogspot.com/

Michele Kovack http://chelemom.blogspot.com/

Ellen Sosnoski http://closeyourears.blogspot.com/ ------> you are here!

Kayla Dupont http://dream-bielieve-imagine-mustangkayla.blogspot.com/

Courtney Holgate http://www.courtneylikestocook.com

Sharon Harnist http://www.paperfections.typepad.com

Eva Dobilas http://evafromca.blogspot.com

Noelle Reese http://www.noellescrapsalot.blogspot.com

Joan Ervin http://stampingwithapassion.blogspot.com/

Suzanne Blickenstaff http://www.oscrappyday.blogspot.com

Angie Pearl http://gemstonecreations.blogspot.com

Cathy Tidwell http://www.catdidit.blogspot.com

Holly Simoni http://www.hollysimoni.typepad.com/

Lila Holgate http://lilascreativecorner.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com

Kendra Wietstock http://www.kendrawietstock.blogspot.com/

Chris Penaflor http://creativejourney.typepad.com/

Holly Brown http://www.glitterstampsandink.blogspot.com

AJ Otto http://www.thewillowgarden.blogspot.com/

Stephany Zerbe http://stephzerbedesign.blogspot.com/

Lisa Somerville http://www.lisasomerville.com/

Chris Dickinson http://www.chrissyd723.blogspot.com/

Stacy Cohen http://www.stacycohen.blogspot.com

Pam Smerker http://paperaskew.blogspot.com/

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