Without a doubt one of the best things about the holidays is the special drinks of the season. Egg nog, hot toddy, cocoa with marshmallows, peppermint mocha. There are so many special flavors reserved for winter alone. When else do you feel like stirring a hot apple juice with a cinnamon stick? This is my first Thanksgiving eating as a Weekday Vegan. I’ve had to put some thought into … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It focuses on three things I love: being grateful, family, and food. For the last five years, Thanksgiving has been hosted at my house and we have a routine down pat. I cook everything but the turkey in advance. We go to a Smithsonian museum from 10 to 2, having lunch in the museum dining room. As soon as we get home I finish the dinner and we feast by … [Read more...]
I love really good, fresh fish. Sadly, my husband is allergic to everything that comes out of the ocean, (including Sponge Bob Square Pants). Since I still love my husband, I only prepare fish when he’s out of town. We hate it when he’s gone, but having Forbidden Seafood ever so slightly makes up for it. This summer at the EVO conference in Utah, one of the sponsors was Holland House, maker … [Read more...]
I am Southern, with a capital S. I was born and raised in Tennessee. My mama taught me to make the Holy Trinity of summer cuisine: fried chicken, blackberry cobbler, and sweet tea. My blood type may very well be “sweet tea positive”. A pitcher of iced tea could be on the table for lunch and dinner every day when it was hot out, and it needed to be good. Making sweet iced tea is an … [Read more...]
This post is sponsored by Country Crock. I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own. I've always been lucky at getting my kids to eat vegetables. Not that they were all naturally “good eaters”, but because I am adept at making food fun. The old “here comes the choo-choo train” worked when … [Read more...]
I have four kids at home and one husband, who is Ricky to my Lucy. He puts up with late dinners, occasional clean underpants shortages, and my madcap schemes.
