My mission is to provide you with inspiration and encouragement to live everyday to it's fullest. I do this by sharing the simple things in life such as recipes to the most difficult of things such a life. We all know life is a struggle and many days a balancing act, but I am here to inspire you to do it well. Everything I write about is designed to inspire as well as encourage you to be a "better" you that you can be. Everything I share is raw and real. I do not cover up or sugar coat what I write about. This would benefit no one. My goal is for you to walk away feeling uplifted and encouraged after leaving my page. Lastly, I am here to remind you that you are… enough and beautiful… just the way you are.
This is a recipe I use every time I need fudge. I mostly make it at Christmas, but if I was to need a fudge recipe at some point during the year, this is the one I use.
Avoid making this recipe on a wet and humid day. It will not set well.
Ingredients
3 c Hershey’s Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 (14 oz) Sweetened Condensed Milk (I used caramel flavor and it was delicious.)
1 c Walnuts, chopped
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract (any flavor of your choice will work well, Peppermint is an amazing flavor to choose if you like minty fudge.)
Dash of Salt
Directions
In a heavy sauce pan, over low heat, melt the chocolate chips with the sweetened condensed milk and salt. Remove from heat; stir in walnuts and vanilla.
Spread evenly into a waxed paper lined 8×8 or 9×9 pan. Chill for 2 hours or until firm. Turn fudge onto a cutting board, peel off wax paper and cut into squares.
Store at room temperature.
Disclaimer, my daughter taste tested and looooooved it.
I am a wife, mom, and daughter. I have served in the United States Army, gone to college, and received a Batchelor's Degree in Criminology. I married my husband when he was on active duty in the United States Army so I have the unique knowledge of what it is like to be on both sides of a Military uniform. I have been a wife for a lot longer than when I was in the Army.
While we were stationed in Germany, my daughter, who is 23 years old now was born and I chose to put my career on hold to be a mom and eventually a homeschool mom.
The past 15 years have been wrought with many struggles for various reasons, but it is as a result of those struggles that this blog has come about.
As the years passed and the struggle kept coming, I would say to God, "I'm not sure why we have to go through all of this, but if we have to God, then allow my story to serve as a means of encouragement to others so all this pain isn't for nothing."
Well, the years passed but the struggles never went away. I feel now is the time God wants me to begin sharing my story. It is my prayer as I share my heart that it will serve as a healing opportunity for you, my readers. Know you are not alone. There are hope and encouragement that waits.
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