Hi everyone, Happy Holidays from The Cooking Blog.  My husband did a really good job of documenting our day as a family on Christmas Eve so I will link to it from here.  My son has his thoughts online as well.  However you spent your day, I hope it was a great one.  Enjoy the Season and I will be back posting in the New Year!

You need to be eating more of these foods.

Hint, it doesn’t involve using a Slap Chop

Check out the list here.

Check out the list at Prevention.

Check out this gorgeous Sparking Cranberry recipe from Heidi at 101 Cookbooks.

I've become convinced that these sparkling, sugared cranberries should be a part of every holiday spread. They glint and wink in the surrounding holiday lights, and lend a striking dash of red to the table. Another great thing is the way they effortlessly make the transition from savory course to sweet. So, for example, I've become fond of serving them as part of a cheese spread, but I imagine they'd be nice as the finishing touch on on a tart or clustered atop a crème brûlée or pudding of some sort.

I am convinced too.

Check out the list here. via

In case you are looking for some last minutes Christmas gift ideas, the world’s best shopper (my hubby) has posted his Christmas Gift Guides for 2009.