If you’re looking for a crowd-pleasing dip to serve, look no further! This Hot and Cheesy Corn Dip is a winner. I have made it several times now, including as an addition to our charcuterie party, and every single time the dish gets scraped clean. My husband and I liked it so much after we first made it for company, that we made a half-sized batch about a week later for one of our happy-hour-at-home “dinners”, which we often do […]
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Happy Hour at Home is a regular occurrence at our place. On nights when we don’t have any kids here for dinner, we frequently elect to have something easy, rather than cook a full meal. Happy Hour Out and About Sometimes we choose to go out for happy hour. Last week, after rushing from work to a late afternoon appointment downtown, we decide to pop in to a local place, Republic on Grand, for happy hour. We enjoyed some cocktails, […]
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I’d love to show you how to build a charcuterie board to feed a crowd! Charcuterie boards are pretty much a staple around my house. My husband and I have them for dinner fairly frequently when it’s just the two of us, with no kids around to feed. I love that we can keep a variety of ingredients on hand to quickly assemble one, and then take out it to the deck in warm weather, or enjoy it on our […]
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Life Lately Thanksgiving/Christmas I feel like I have a leg in two worlds right now–Thanksgiving and Christmas. I’m preparing for the family Thanksgiving feast, but also trying to get a jump start on some of my Christmas decor and shopping. I’m not putting my big 9-foot tree up yet, because I want Thanksgiving to feel like Thanksgiving, ya know? But, I am putting a few things up that I need for blog posts–like a fun Winter Woodland Garland on my […]
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My garden is out of control this year! Anyone else’s too? I mean, wowza, I’ve never seen anything like it. Currently, we are up to our ears in cherry tomatoes and basil. Fortunately, this Caprese Flatbread with Balsamic Glaze is delicious, easy to make, and the perfect way to use up all that fresh summer garden produce. Even if you don’t have a crazy garden like I do, this simple flatbread is still fabulous made with tomatoes and basil from […]
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Life Lately I love summer. It’s so good to be on my own schedule, enjoying lazy mornings on the deck with coffee, and relaxing evenings with wine, and working on projects in between. <happy sigh> This past spring, we added several bags of organic compost and gardening soil to our raised bed garden, and when we came back from vacation, the garden had grown into a jungle! It’s now producing cucumbers faster than I can keep up! This week, I […]
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It’s Super Bowl weekend, and this year above all others, we need some super easy recipes for the big game! In our current state of reality, ain’t none of us got time for complicated recipes with a lot of steps or ingredients. I don’t know about you, but lately, I’m looking for all things easy. Today, I’ve got you covered with several super easy recipes for appetizers, snacks and cocktails that come together quickly, so you can spend more time […]
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My mother-in-law tells me that eating pork & sauerkraut on New Year’s Day is a symbol of good luck for the new year. I wasn’t familiar with that tradition, but hey, at this point, I’m willing to do about anything to get some good luck in ’21. Plus, who am I to argue with my mother-in-law and “the most interesting man in the world”, right? Pork I did a little research when my mother-in-law brought up this intriguing tradition. I […]
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New Year’s Eve is just around the corner. I’m ready for 2020 to make its exit. Are you with me? I saw this meme recently and it made me laugh. Kind of. But at the same time, it does sort of sum up how I’m feeling…. Let’s just ease on into ’21 and see how it goes… Easy does it…. This heinous year making its exit is something worth celebrating, though. Our plan is to stay home and have a […]
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I’m a planner. I don’t like to be caught off guard by things, and I don’t like to “wing it”. So, it’s no surprise that I started thinking about our Christmas Menu weeks ago, and created a spreadsheet to organize it. 🎄😂📋 Although we are having a smaller-than-normal Christmas gathering this year, with just the kids and my mother-in-law, I will still be responsible for feeding people three major meals. We will be having our main Christmas dinner on Christmas […]
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