Happy New Year

hello! i trust all of you had a fab holiday season! mine was quiet, spent christmas with my relatives and enjoyed a wonderful meal. new year's eve was spent having lunch with some friends and their kids. after a good snowfall, we had record high temps of 18 c on christmas day. i made some goodies for presents this year. this is cranberry pistachio bark and sugared almonds.i apologize for the pics, i didn't realize they were so bad and now of course i can't retake them. i also made a peanut butter bark but i don't have a usable pic for that one. and i would have posted the recipes, but honestly i didn't really like how they turned out. it's not easy making north american recipes using european ingredients because everything is so different. i find the ingredients here stronger/more flavourful. for example, i use half the amount of baking soda and baking powder. you can do a search for the recipes though cuz they are yummy!

these are chocolate bars i wrapped, added ribbon and made a personalized monogram for. they were for my cousins' kids.
thanks for visiting and i wish you all the very best for 2010!