for the Christmas ham

Okay, I came across this recipe for ham glaze in the Smart and Final holiday sale book. I tried it on our Thanksgiving ham, and got nothing but rave reviews. So here it is in all its glory.

1 cup apricot preserves
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 cup pomegranate cider
1 tsp. cornstarch

Heat preserves, sugar, ginger and cinnamon on low heat stirring occasionally until preserves melt. In a small bowl, mix together cider and cornstarch.

Add cider mixture to preserve mixture and heat until bubbling (about three minutes). Remove from heat and allow cooling before basting on ham.

(They also suggest adding 1/2 cup dried cranberries or zest of 1 orange to the preserve mixture.)

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I wasn't sure what they meant by pomengrante cider, but I saw a pomegrante juice on sale at Sprouts. So I said what the heck, and it seemed to work out very well. I didn't add anything - I can only introduce so many new things to my family at a time ;-)

white Christmas

For those of you mid-west weenies that say us AZ people can't hack the cold weather, this is for you.

Boyfriend and I had planned on driving to Prescott Valley today. The baby my matchmakers produced will be one year old tomorrow. And she's planned a big party for him.

So after I got the envelopes made for my gift cards, we packed up the truck and were just about ready to head out. Boyfriend's phone rang. She was announcing that it was snowing at their house.

Great.

We drove to Target, and on our way out it started to lighly rain. So that's why it was snowing up there...

Which meant that people drive like clueless dolts going 15 mph under the speed limit. Boyfriend got a bit annoyed until the traffic thinned out.

By the time we got there, we could see patches of snow here and there. Barely enough to make a couple snowballs. After arranging the exchange for the defective present we bought at the Ace Hardware, it was snowing, but not sticking. The temperature at the bank said 32 degrees.

And that's what it's been like ever since we got here. It's snowing, but not really sticking. If the clouds move out tonight, it'll be very cold.

But we'll be fine.