Holiday inspiration from Nancy

Nancy has inspired me, both to get my organizational butt together and to take photos of what is actually keeping me so busy.

Yesterday I started my holiday baking. I always start with the item that takes the longest in the oven. The Chocolate Filled Meringues. They are the perfect bite-sized mix of chocolate and meringue. Even non-meringue peeps seem to enjoy them.


Whip the egg white, cream of tarter and sugar until nice glossy stiff peaks form.

Once you have nice shiny peaks, fill a piping bag with the meringue and pipe onto parchment in little kiss sized dollops.
Pop them in the oven at 200 degrees F for 2 hours and another hour with the oven off.

And you will end up with trays of delicious mini-meringues. They aren't done yet, I will melt some chocolate dip one half with chocolate and sandwich two together. Will post after shots when this is done.

While my oven was working away, I was putting the final touches on my homemade Christmas cards. They have turned out pretty good, but were a bit more work than I originally bargained for. Still they were less than half the price I usually pay at Loblaws for the preprinted cards.

This was my Thursday. I also finished almost all of the Christmas shopping and hope to hold a family wrapping party (ok, just want dear hubby to help out for once).

I will aim to post a holiday themed preparation or event everyday inspired by Nancy, as this is truly what is consuming me these days, I might as well share it with you all.

Happy Holiday preparation everyone!