This tomato sauce is at the heart of a good number of the dishes I make on a regular basis as well as being a go-to for a quick and easy dinner when the meal plan falls through. I always want to keep some in the freezer, so it’s something that I make every time…
Let’s just jump right into the first Friday Five of 2022. These are the things that have been on my mind this week. ONE Today is the last day of my 3rd annual post-holiday juice fast. This year I did the “expert” level program – the one with more green juices and fewer protein or…
Skip directly to the recipe It’s tradition in the South to eat black-eyed peas in some shape or form for luck in the new year. Some places make Hoppin’ John, a mixture of peas, rice, and pork or ham. In Texas, you couldn’t watch a New Year’s Day bowl game without Texas Caviar, a bean…
I’ve always enjoyed and looked forward to the symbolic “restart” of the New Year. The winding down of Christmas and the indulgent holidays, the packing away of the decorations, the traditional New Year’s Day meal of black-eyed peas and greens and cornbread instead of the rich, heavy holiday fare all allow me to mentally and…
I’m honestly not sure what to say about 2021 other than for us it epitomized Charles Dickens’ Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”. The Worst: We’re still firmly locked in a Covid loop, despite being vaccinated and boosted around here. The new variant of Covid…
It’s been a whole lot of Fridays since the last Friday Five and I’m sorry for that. I’m just going to cut right to the chase: On July 4th weekend, while we were painting the garden shed, Zach had a heart attack; a STEMI – the one the doctors call “the widowmaker”. We were incredibly…
Let me tell you about the time I thought I was going to have to convince Zach to let me build a garden shed, and how spectacularly that didn’t go the way I expected. The Setup I had my whole strategy worked out. I was going to tell Zach that we needed a garden shed….
Today is my last day of work before vacation and I’m definitely having a little “vacation brain” kicking in early. I have a couple of things I need to finish and document for my co-workers who are covering for me next week and then I can relax. One A quick note about Memorial Day: Over…
We have a weekend routine around here since we bought the house. Every Saturday Zach makes breakfast (including his amazing buttermilk biscuits) to fuel us for whatever house or yard or landscaping related project we’re tackling. There’s always something to be done; rocks to haul, mulch to spread, seeds and bulbs to plant, a shed…
It’s been typical late spring weather here in the Atlanta area, which is to say that it’s been unpredictable and all over the place. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 40s, some rain, some sun, and everything in between. However the garden at the house seems to be loving it, so I won’t complain…
New feature starting today. Five random things from the week every Friday. ONE This week I got my first subscription delivery of flowers from Bouqs.com. I decided to try out their small bouquet farmhouse subscription. I’m pretty happy with the bouquet I received, but realized I don’t actually own any nice vases for displaying flowers….
No apologies for leaving this blog dormant for so long; instead I’m just going to jump right back in with updates and posts. There’s been a lot of change over the last year and it’s time to start documenting and posting and adding the “life” part to this food and life blog. So many things…
