Holiday Recollections & Recipes from Grandma Peggy's Kitchen

By Kristine Lowder

'Love and joy come to you, and a Merry Christmas, too' from Grandma Peggy's kitchen! This quick collection of time-tested recipes includes Savory Roast Beef with Red Wine, Spicy Cocoa Mocha Mix, Dad's Never-Fail Dressing and Grandma's 'old faithful': Hungry Boys Casserole. Also seasonal reminiscences + easy, inexpensive craft ideas. Special bonus section: 'Simply Celebrate!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kristine Lowder
• Release date: Dec 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781301187928

Kristine Lowder

A southern California native transplanted to the soggy Pacific Northwest, Kristine Lowder specializes in what one wag dubbed “excruciatingly insightful prose.” When attempting to avoid being excruciating or insightful—which is most of the time—Kristine hikes, reads voraciously, enjoys exploring the Cascades and will do almost anything to avoid scrubbing the bathtub.

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Holiday Recipes and Recollections

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Grandma Peggy's Kitchen

By Kristine Lowder

Copyright 2012 Kristine Lowder

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Contents

Who Was Peggy?

Entrees

Soups & Stews

A Simple Teutonic Surname?

Sides and Salads

Sears and the Silver Tree or Don't Mess With Dad at Christmas

Breads

Beverages

Desserts

My Favorite Dishes

Simply Celebrate!

(Easy, inexpensive crafts and other ideas

to make your holiday moments memorable)

Author's Note

About the Author

Also By

Cover photo: Christmas biscuits by Petr Kratochvil. Public domain image.

Who Was Peggy?

She wore life like a garland of daisies: fresh, fragrant, and festive. Her French blood on her father’s side adorned her features like a Joan of Arc smile. Tall, slender and determined, her amber eyes peered out of an oval face ringed by thick waves of coarse, collar-length russet hair.

A curious, sometimes enigmatic combination of shy reserve and champagnesque effervescence, Peggy LaFleur Naas could enliven any party or melt into the nearest wall, both at the touch of an inner switch and often at a moment’s notice. She could speak her mind in matter-of-fact austerity if she