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Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Christmas Tour of Homes & Recipes

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What do Christmas pictures of our home have to do with Health & Nutrition? What does any of it have to do with size 7x underwear?

I'm all about getting into the Christmas season however I can with my blog, and when I came across a “tour of homes for Christmas”, I decided to join in, even though part of it is about Christmas decorations, and not food. But everyone who joins in is also adding a recipe!

My Christmas decor

So here are some of my Christmas decorations. A little disclaimer, though: these are from last year when we had our bible study friends over. This year we're not doing any special entertaining, so the decorations aren't as picture-worthy.  (Also, here's a newer post with pictures from our bible study Christmas potluck at Mike & Lyn's.)
My sister has a gift for decorating, so I asked her to help me before the dinner. She helped me put together these neat centerpieces. You can't really tell how neat they looked from this picture. It was a silver round plate, with a white square plate on top. The silver candle has greens and gold beads and berries around it.Okay, this one takes a little explaining…

Kent ordered some size 7x whitey tighty underwear for a white elephant gift for a neighborhood party we go to every year. (You don't want to know what he did to that pair of underwear.) Since they came in a package of two, his twisted brain came up with the idea to hang up the other pair to use as a bathroom hand towel for our dinner party. We couldn't wait for the first person to go to the bathroom! Keep in mind they're folded in half in this picture!  (I think if you click on the picture, you can see it bigger, but geesh, do you think I forgot to clean my mirror or what?!)

Now for my Christmas recipes

Okay fine, so I don't really have any “Christmas” recipes. Instead, browse through these dessert recipes and also some appetizer recipes, we all need more new ideas for Christmas and New Year's Eve parties, right?  Each one explains how I tweaked the recipe to make it a little bit healthier.

Will you share a favorite Christmas recipe that you love?!

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  3. KitchenKop says

    Guess what guys? Kent got these out to take to a neighborhood party on Saturday (we’re getting a lot of mileage out of those skivvys, eh?) and I found out they’re actually size 8x with a 76″ waist – youza. 🙂

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  6. Phillips Phamily Mama says

    Kelly-
    Thanks for joining in on the tour. I loved reading all of your holiday suggestions. I’ve been blogging about what I eat for 51 days now, and that’s seemed to do the trick for me. Of course, I’ve got an accountability partner who’s doing a food blog, too. Have a very Merry Christmas!

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  7. Kelly the Kitchen Kop says

    Hi Green Mom/Amy,

    Thanks for your sweet comment!

    I know I’ve seen a virtual cookie exchange very recently, so I googled, “Mr. Linky blog cookie exchange”, and bingo! If you google that you’ll have more cookie recipes than you know what to do with! 🙂

    To make them healthier, just use butter instead of any vegetable oils in the recipes, substitute some of the flour for whole grain flour, cut back part of the sugar, use organic ingredients if possible…that’s all I can think of now!

    DeeDee, yes, it WAS priceless, she got giggling and couldn’t stop. 🙂

    Merry Christmas to you, too!

    Kelly

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  8. DeeDee says

    Sorry I do not have any healthy recipes for Christmas! LOL

    I would have loved to have seen the face of the first person to go into the bathroom and see the “hand-towel” – Priceless I am sure…

    Sweet Blessings,
    Merry Christmas!
    DeeDee

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  9. green mom for Jesus says

    I just wanted to say thanks for all your researching, sharing and hardwork on your blog! Even though I rarely leave a comment, I find myself going to different subjects to get info, etc

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  12. Kelly the Kitchen Kop says

    Melissa, they have no sense of humor!

    Lisa, about your acne – I haven’t researched it a lot, but a couple things come to mind. Try eliminating all carbs for a week and see what happens. (Won’t be easy.) Also, a daily probiotic might help – check my labels along the right and you’ll see a category labeled probiotics. There’s a good one there. Please comment again and let us know if you’ve found what works!

    Kelly

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  13. Melissa Wertz says

    Now that is funny! People get mad at me for the size 22 pink drawers I want to bring for my dirty santa gift. Our Church’s Rec center included the fitness instructors/personal trainers with the staff party last year. (We usually get a separate luncheon.) I was told not to bring those pink drawers as a gift, but to make sure it was something nice I would want to take home with me. BUT NO SIZE 22 PINK DRAWERS! Well, there was a couple there … she could have worn them and so could he. The powers that be just did not want me to hurt their feelings. I would not have wanted to either.

    That is funny!!!

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  14. Kelly the Kitchen Kop says

    Hey Trisha, ya know, I haven’t seen that other pair for a while…maybe I’ll look in Kent’s truck…? LOL

    Either that or he’s got something planned for THIS year’s white elephant party. I don’t want to know!

    Kelly

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  16. Trisha says

    I love it! You two sound like you have some good fun!! True story; I once saw a person driving with some huge tighty whitey undies hanging from their rear view mirror!! Maybe it was your husband? By the way I love the color of your walls in the first picture!

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  17. Laura Ingalls Gunn says

    I love all of your decorations~they are absolutely adorable.
    Make sure you come by and enter my Friday giveaway.

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  20. jill says

    Thanks for sharing your holiday decorating ideas – even the tidey whiteys! I’ve got some recipes on my blog – definitely the last couple could would benefit some waistlines if they were to be tweaked! *

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  21. Keetha says

    I have TWO walls in my family room that are that EXACT shade of blue, but they never LOOK that shade in pictures. How did you capture it so well???

    Oh- – – and I’ve got your 7X undie size beat.

    It’s OK – – – I’m OLD as a grandma, might as well DRESS like one.

    🙂

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  22. Lisa says

    Hi Kelly,

    First let me say I just finished Nina Planck’s book Real Food and LOVED IT! I blogged about it (and you) today. Amazing ladies you both are.

    The other thing is actually a question for you. I’m 40 years old and STILL breaking out in acne, BAD! I’ve done everything you can think of and last year was on a 2x daily antibiotic but decided I didn’t want to do that to my body anymore, even if it did help (and it did!).

    Any ideas of foods or food combinations that might help? I have a juicer and juice veggies of all kinds except potatoes.(not fruit though) I can’t see that it has done anything except make me feel better.

    Any ideas you might have would be greatly appreciated!

    Lisa

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  24. Booch says

    From someone who used the so called “hand towell” I just want to go on record saying it wasn’t really all that funny…okay maybe it was! Merry Christmas everyone — and Kel, you might want to keep on guard at this year’s party.

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  26. Kelly the Kitchen Kop says

    This is a blast having so many new visitors in one day! I appreciate all the sweet comments. 🙂

    Susan, leave the butter in the recipes! It's MUCH more nutritious and not the evil food it has been made out to be, check out my posts on fats & oils to learn more.

    Thanks for stopping by, everyone!

    Kelly

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  28. Susan says

    You know, I think I’ve just about given up on making Christmas treats “healthy”. Last year for instance, I tried subbing lower fat marg. for butter in cookies, and they just weren’t good 🙁 This year, I just used the real thing and will (try) to eat less.
    Thanks for having me over! Merry Christmas!

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  30. Kim says

    What a fun blog! I’ll be back to read more. Having just moved overseas I’m learning about what’s available and what’s not and am adjusting to a different kind of diet.

    And if you think you have a minimalist Christmas look this year, you should see my place 🙂

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  31. Erika says

    When I was a kid, my mom and grandmother used to swap this one gag gift back and forth every year. Growing up I thought they were calling it “The Holy Underwear!” Then when I got older I realized it was actually “The Holey Underwear!” Thanks for bringing back those fun memories!!!

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  35. Dena @ Green Acres says

    Beautiful home and centerpieces! I had to laugh at the underwear, beause we have the same thing only in red lacey womens panties. They are hung on our camper awning each year when we go camping one weekend with several friends. LOL

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  38. Kelly the Kitchen Kop says

    How fun having all these new readers stop in! I hope you’ll all subscribe or come back often!

    January 7th I’m doing a healthy low-carb carnival (along with “Cheeseslave”) – I need new ideas and thought that would be a good way to get new recipes!

    Kelly

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  39. Mary Ellen (megardengal) says

    The 7X shorts and so funny! so glad I came across your blog- I am always looking for Healthy blogs and will be back to really dive in! When I saw the link about Coconut oil that was the clincher- I love the stuff and use it for my face moisterizer even!

    blessings
    mary

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  41. Kelly the Kitchen Kop says

    Don’t worry, nobody wore them yet! If we had tried, all 6 of us could have fit, though, with room to spare. 🙂

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  42. Tammy says

    I’m gonna have to go with EEEEWWWW, over the tighty-whitey hand towel.

    However, I like the stockings hung by the chimney with care.

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  43. Jamie Lea says

    This is too much fun, thanks for having us in your home 🙂 I love the mantel and the color in your living room. 🙂

    Have a Merry and Blessed Christmas.

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  44. Domestic Goddess..Diva sometimes says

    LOL How I would love to do that for my dinner party! lol Hubby will never let me do it! Thanks for the tour!

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  45. Kelly the Kitchen Kop says

    Hi Julia,

    Thanks for popping over! I'm glad I found your home tour post when reading the comments at Boo Mama. 🙂

    OK, for your cupcakes, I have a few suggestions for making it a *smidge* less sinful, but it won't change the taste at all – they'll still be just as dreamy:

    *You could use organic (or even better: homemade) cake mix & pudding mix
    *Replace the oil with melted butter (MUCH better than vegetable oil)
    *Instead of cool whip, it's super easy to whip your own cream – and the cream is full of nutrients!

    They are so cute and look yummy-licious!

    Thanks for hosting the carnival!

    Kelly

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  46. Julia @ Hooked on Houses says

    Oh, my gosh, I’m laughing so hard at the whitey tighty underwear hanging in the bathroom. Hilarious!

    I’m afraid the cupcake recipe I posted on my blog is not in any way healthy, and I’m not sure how it could be tweaked to make it less, um, unhealthy. I’d love to hear any suggestions y’all have, though! 🙂

    Thanks for joining my blog party! -Julia

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