Believe in the Magic Traci Diary

Holiday/Christmas

  • Easy Oreo Cookies and Cream Cheese Balls Recipe

    This post was originally from August 2010 and was updated with a printable recipe card. It features a delicious cookies and cream cheese balls recipe. Continue reading

    Easy Oreo Cookies and Cream Cheese Balls Recipe

  • Merry Belated Christmas

    This was taken Christmas Eve. It had been a while since we had a family picture. Someone volunteered to take our photo. Youngest is now 17 years old. He’ll be 18 in 6 months which is unbelievable. He’s a junior… Continue reading

  • Christmas on Folly Beach

    This year, we decided to take a trip to Folly Beach, SC for Christmas. We stayed at a beach house and got to enjoy the quietness of being in the small town during the off season. During the summer, there… Continue reading

  • Homemade Peppermint Mocha

    I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to make a peppermint mocha that wasn’t full of a lot of calories. Can I be honest? The ones from Starbucks are not my favorite. They add way too much chocolate.… Continue reading

    Homemade Peppermint Mocha

  • Christmas “Crack” Pretzels

    I had bought some wreath shaped pretzels to use for my Rolo Turtles not realizing the Rolos would fall through the wreath. I used one bag of the wreath pretzels for my cinnamon sugar pretzels. Since I had another bag… Continue reading

  • Fourth of July Parade – 2018

    This year I decided to sit at the beginning of the parade not realizing I was going to miss all of the cool floats.  Our town’s parade begins in 4 spots – a church and 3 entrances of a shopping… Continue reading

  • Fourth of July Fireworks

    This year some kind soul paid for the fireworks display in our little city.  So we had a bigger and better fireworks display this year.  When the fireworks display was over with, you could smell the sulfur and see all… Continue reading

  • Classic Coleslaw (V, GF)

    Here is a vegetarian side dish for your Memorial Day dinner. Here is what you need: Coleslaw mix (14 oz.) Mayo Trader Joe’s seasoning salt or celery seed and dry mustard Salt and pepper Apple cider vinegar Sugar I used… Continue reading

  • BBQ Tofu – A Vegetarian Memorial Day Recipe (GF, V, DF)

    As we are getting ready for Memorial Day, it is tough being a vegetarian when the holiday focuses on eating grilled meat. Or is it really that tough? Today I’m bringing you a quick and easy recipe for Barbecue Tofu.… Continue reading

    BBQ Tofu – A Vegetarian Memorial Day Recipe (GF, V, DF)

  • Don’t Be a Grinch

    As I looked over the prompts for today, I have posted on one of the prompts previously. Continue reading

    Don’t Be a Grinch