Today I am making a ham for Christmas dinner and wanted to share my recipe with you.

12 lb ham - shank portion
1 Reynolds Turkey sized cooking bag
Cloves
Splenda Brown Sugar
1 can *4 slices* pineapple
1 tbsp. flour

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Put the flour into the cooking bag and shake to distribute. Put ham into the cooking bag and fold the bag down. Then cut a criss-cross pattern in the top of the ham.

Take the cloves and put one in each diamond shape on the ham.

Next put the pineapple slices on top of the ham.. the cloves will hold them in place. Then add brown sugar on top of the ham and pineapple slices. Next pour the juice from the pineapple slices over the top.

Close the cooking bag and place in a roasting pan large enough to hold the ham and the excess bag. Cut 6 1/2 slits in the top of the cooking bag.

Cook for 3 1/2 to 4 hours.

We will be having mashed potatoes and corn with the ham. For desert we have apple pie with no sugar added. I cooked the pie earlier today. I cheated with the pie… it’s a Mrs. Smiths pie. There will also be French Vanilla ice cream to put on top of it.

I have high blood sugar so I went looking for cookie recipes for cookies I can have. I found some on the Splenda website. Here’s one for Choco Chip Cookies.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 12 Minutes
Serves: 36

Ingredients

2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
2/3 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
2/3 cup SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, Granulated
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cream butter, brown sugar, SPLENDA® Granulated Sweetener and vanilla together in a medium mixing bowl. Mix until well blended and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Scrape sides of bowl. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Mix until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
3. Place level tablespoons of cookie dough on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on a wire cooling rack.

Note
Exchanges per Serving: 1/2 Starch, 1 Fat

*Drum roll please*

Ann from Feeding Time At The Zoo. Congratulations Ann!! Ann wins a cookbook and a $10 Amazon gift certificate. Ann will also get some linky love on my other 2 blogs.

The prizes will be sent out soon. The linky love will go up sometime today.

Thank you to all who entered.

The results were:

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I just found some cool t-shirts that I could give as Christmas gifts. If you know a wine lover I’m willing to bet they would love one of these Rhinestone Wine T-Shirts. Do you know someone who plays Bunco? Buy them a Bunco Queen t-shirt. I should get one for Marie… she plays Bunco! I think Shannon would love a Wine Diva t-shirt.

These shirts are made in the USA and come in a variety of styles and colors, like regular Tees and long sleeved Tees. Since it’s now winter I’d suggest long sleeved Tees unless the person you’re buying for lives in the warmer climates. They are 100% cotton and are made by American Apparel. The prices are very reasonable too. I just may do some Christmas shopping there!

It’s cold so it’s time to make chili. I thought I’d share my recipe with you. There are no measurements… I just add what I want.

1 lb to 1 1/2 lbs 93% lean ground beef
medium bell pepper - chopped
medium onion - chopped
chopped garlic (I use the already chopped garlic in a jar)
salt
pepper
chili powder
1 large can of crushed tomatoes
1 medium can of tomato sauce
2 medium cans of dark red kidney beans - drained.

Brown the ground beef in a frying pan. While it’s browning chop up the onion and bell pepper. Add the ground beef, onion, bell pepper and garlic to your slow cooker. Mix well. Add the crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce and kidney beans and mix well. Add the salt, pepper and chili powder (to taste) and mix well again. I use a lot of chili powder. This chili will clear your sinuses! Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.

I like to add shredded cheese on top before serving. Hubby is always asking me to make my chili! This chili is hubby approved!

**The picture above shows my chili just starting to cook. It’s not finished!**

Do you have little fingerprints on your lcd tv screen? You do? Well let me tell you how to get rid of them. It’s easier than you think!

Take a clean, soft cloth and tap water. You can add a capful of isopropyl alcohol to a glass of water if you need something to help remove the fingerprints from the screen, so it can wipe off more easily. Get the cloth damp and then apply to the screen. You don’t want to soak the screen and end up wiping liquid from everywhere! Be sure to use a clean cloth tiny specks of dirt can get trapped in the fibers and scratch the surface of your screen.

The Christmas Cookie Recipe voting is ready. Please go and vote for your favorite Christmas cookie recipe.

I think you should be able to vote once a day for your favorite, but I couldn’t find that anywhere at PollDaddy. If anyone knows, please let me know in the comments. Thanks!

Thank you to all that entered and good luck!! I will not be voting, but all of the recipes sound so good.. I wouldn’t be able to pick just one anyway!