I was asked to try making a Safeway holiday recipe of my choice this weekend. I decided to try out three of their recipes! I love our local Safeway, and not just because my husband used to work there 
(Yesterday was his last day! Woo-hoo!) Although I’m getting reimbursed for my ingredients for these three posts, I am only doing this because I shop at Safeway and Eric and I both enjoyed these dishes. Check out the fudge ring and lemon dill marinated shrimp.
The final recipe I made was gingerbread cookies. Eric and I love gingerbread and I’ve been trying different recipes for our annual gingerbread house competition so I thought I should test this one out. As you can see, I’m no expert with the frosting, in fact I didn’t even use a frosting bag or tips, just a ziploc bag with the corner cut off or a toothpick.
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I was asked to try making a Safeway holiday recipe of my choice this weekend. I decided to try out three of their recipes! I love our local Safeway, and not just because my husband used to work there (Yesterday was his last day! Woo-hoo!) Although I’m getting reimbursed for my ingredients for these three posts, I am only doing this because I shop at Safeway and Eric and I both enjoyed these dishes. Check out Lemon Dill Marinated Shrimp and Gingerbread Cookies.
The next recipe I made was the fudge ring…that’s right…FUDGE RING!!!!
How could I not make this beautiful bounty of chocolate sweetness? You’ve got milk chocolate, butterscotch chips, m&ms and Oreos. Sign me up!
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I was asked to try making a Safeway holiday recipe of my choice this weekend. I decided to try out three of their recipes! I love our local Safeway, and not just because my husband used to work there (Yesterday was his last day! Woo-hoo!) Although I’m getting reimbursed for my ingredients for these three posts, I am only doing this because I shop at Safeway and Eric and I both enjoyed these dishes. Check out Gingerbread Cookies and Fudge Ring.
The first thing I made was the Marinated Shrimp with Lemon Dill Sauce. Part of why I picked it was that the photo on the site didn’t look that appetizing and I felt a challenge to do better! I discovered the key is to not have so much sauce on the shrimp for the photo, and that toothpicks are really tough to make look attractive. Anyway, we ended up liking it better with less sauce anyway (and it’s better for you!) so next time I make these (and there WILL be a next time) I’ll halve the sauce or use more shrimp.
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I love my kitchen aid, if you don’t have one yet get yours here through Amazon! This is an INCREDIBLE deal. Ladies, send your husband here for your Christmas gift 
I don’t normally do a product post like this, but I really wanted to share this deal with you. Hope you all have a safe Black Friday tomorrow.
Happy Thanksgiving! Eric and I will be celebrating with my family, but from ages 18-25 I was single and on my own for Thanksgiving. Sometimes I’d go to a restaurant with another single friend. Sometimes I’d be invited to celebrate Thanksgiving with a friend and her husband. A couple times I cooked a Thanksgiving dinner for a few other single friends. One thing everyone seemed to agree on was that there’s no point in cooking the HUGE Thanksgiving recipes for just 1-4 people. It’s too much food, time, and expense. So I thought I’d share a collection of recent recipes I’ve posted that are perfectly sized for a newlywed (or retired) couple, a few single friends, or cooking for yourself. They’re also EXTREMELY affordable. The entire meal you see below is under $5 a serving!
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