December 2011

Link Love

A Year in Review: Top Posts on Simple Bites

by Aimee
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Tomorrow at midnight, we’ll ring in 2012 and a whole new season of blogging here on Simple Bites. I’ve got so much in store – new series, fun tutorials, health tips, and plenty of recipes – and I can’t wait to get started! Just for fun, however, let’s look back at the year that was [...]

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Entertaining & Holidays

Ringing in the New Year with Kids (Recipe: Pomegranate Sparklers)

by Megan
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The standard New Year’s Eve depiction features fancy parties, champagne toasts, and fretting about who is going to pucker up with you. But for those of us with small children, ringing in the new year often comes long before midnight. However, despite early bedtimes, you can still make the turning of the calendar a special [...]

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Entertaining & Holidays

8 Fun & Simple Ways to Entertain on New Year’s Eve

by Aimee
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This post was originally published last December, but the suggestions still hold water for your upcoming New Year’s festivities! A New Year’s Eve celebration at home was always my preferred party mode and now that we have little ones, it’s an even more attractive way to ring in the New Year. No hefty babysitter fee, [...]

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Holidays

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

by Aimee
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This week has been a busy blur of Christmas preparations, wrapping up projects, getting greeting cards out and a hundred other small tasks. Each day I packed lunches and got Danny and Noah out the door to work and school before starting on my own day, which inevitably went too fast. And on top of [...]

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Bakeshop

Easy Gluten-Free Entertaining (Recipe: Black Forest Brownie Trifles)

by Cheri
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Even if you aren’t eating gluten-free it’s easy to entertain gluten-free guests without having to buy a lot of specialty items. Although most of the people I know who eat gluten-free truly don’t mind if there are certain items on the table that they can’t eat, it’s nice to make the extra effort and have [...]

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