Tonight we are enjoying Marme’s delicious beef stew. It takes a good amount of prep time with all the chopping, but once that is complete it cooks the rest of the day in the crock pot. The house smells absolutely amazing! This recipe serves a whole crew – Mother makes it feed the ten of… Read More
If you’ve been around here a while, you’ll know we celebrate everything. We celebrate the big holidays and the small holidays and the often overlooked holidays, too. We celebrate birthdays and big wins and anniversaries and little accomplishments all the same. I guess we just love a celebration, which makes me so excited to share… Read More
Our annual Mardi Gras dinner at home is one of our favorite meals of the year. We have an orchestra meeting and a lacrosse game tonight so we celebrated early last night! New Orleans School of Cooking Jambalaya Once again, I made jambalaya for our main course using the recipe we learned at the New… Read More
It’s been a good while since I’ve shared an Empress cocktail. Do you remember my pandemic project?! When I ran across this recipe on their Instagram, I knew I had to gather the ingredients to take to my girls weekend in the mountains. We thoroughly enjoyed it there, and Honey and I also enjoyed it… Read More
I am excited to share an absolutely divine winter soup with you tonight. It is the epitome of cozy comfort food. I adore the one in the soup bar at Publix and this is just as tasty – but much more affordable to feed my hungry family. Chicken & Wild Rice Soup You can find… Read More
Ever since our cooking class in Italy last summer we’ve been making homemade pasta on a regular basis. It is such a fun family night activity and one I know the boys will stay home for. We typically do it on the weekend, but had a “snow” day last week and a free evening with… Read More
If you’ve been around this blog a while you’ll know how much I LOVE Happy Everything! Over the years I have amassed quite the collection of bases and attachments. I adore this line over any other because I love to celebrate everything, their pieces are cute and well made AND they take up a fraction… Read More