You Are What You Eat

Between work craziness and running about town Christmas shopping, I haven't been doing a lot of cooking or baking lately. Last night I ate cottage cheese and a couple of pickles for dinner. (What can I say? I lead a very glamorous life.) Currently the...

Posted  12/12/2007 4:39:00 PM  by  Heidi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  Christmas, refrigerator

My Lutefisk Story

Tis the season to share my lutefisk story. What is lutefisk you might ask if you aren't from Minnesota or of Scandinavian descent? It is a Scandinavian Christmas specialty made with unsalted dried cod that has been soaked in a mixture of water and potash...

Posted  12/6/2007 8:12:00 AM  by  Andi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  Christmas, Swedish meatballs, fish, lutefisk, lefse

Cookies for a Cause

I just spent the last two hours decorating gingerbread men—as part of my job. Yeah, it’s rough. For the past several years a number of us in Equity Enterprises (the department in which I work) volunteer a few hours in the Betty Crocker Kitchens making...

Posted  12/5/2007 4:51:00 PM  by  Heidi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  cookies, Christmas, Courage Center

Catalog Shopping

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in Minnesota , after getting six inches of snow last weekend. It feels likewinter too—with the high temps predicted to be in the 20s all week. An easy way to do some holiday shopping while staying warm...

Posted  12/4/2007 10:40:00 AM  by  Andi at Betty Crocker

Tags:  shopping, Christmas, Catalogs