Grace and Ben

From our week in La Crosse.

Ben and I enjoyed a relaxing Thanksgiving in Wisconsin last week. Ben went deer hunting with his dad and Uncle Jim. Andy spearheaded an effort to fry a whole turkey outdoors. Below is a photo of the woods (coulee) where Ben went hunting.

Click HERE for more photos showing all the food we ate.

We ate lunch at Red Pines, next to Lake Onalaska. See how much it snowed in La Crosse this December.

My mom shared a recipe with me that she learned from her sister, Aunt Liping. I made it on Sunday night for my husband, Ben, and my in-laws, Dave and Mary Jo. They loved it!

Candied nuts

Choose 1 pound of favorite nuts: I used a mix of pecans and almonds

Dry ingredients: 1 cup of white sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1 tsp salt

Wet ingredients: 1 egg white, 1 tbsp water

Instructions: In a bowl, beat egg white until foamy. Add nuts and toss until well coated. Combine sugar, salt and cinnamon; sprinkle over pecans and toss to coat. Spread in a single layer on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 250 degrees F for 60 minutes or until candied coating is browned and hardened, stirring every 15 minutes.

Cool on waxed paper.

Some photos from La Crosse, WI. We took a walk at Goose Island this morning followed by lunch at Hackberry’s with the Bowersock family.

I had a nice weekend. My husband and I drove 280 miles each way to spend the weekend in his hometown in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It was a great time. I went biking for the first time in over a year. My husband went fishing with his dad.

This is the first youtube video I’ve ever uploaded.
Christmas in La Crosse

Click on each of the photos to watch two different videos.