I had one of those “surprise! You’re busy” weekends. I had planned on a nice low-key weekend when I’d take a long bath, start packing for my trip, and load up on veggies before the terrible that lies ahead of me. Instead I rushed around to Josh’s family Christmas, a birthday party, cleaning the house, baking, Christmas shopping — just moving nonstop. Aaaaaand there were shockingly few veggies in my weekend. At the birthday, Josh and I split a veggie sub (which was more like a braided calzone, and I’ll definitely be recreating that!) which was probably the only vegetables I had all weekend. Josh’s family is big on bread, meat, potatoes, and eggs which meant that I had a plate of “sweet potatoes” (which were mostly sugar…), pickled green...
My coworkers, friends, and a lot of my family all refer to me as a crazy cat lady. To which I don’t take offense, but I do have a strong problem with the fact that loving your cats and talking to them in your own home makes you crazy while carting your dog everywhere with you makes you a good dog mom. Major props to the dog lovers for somehow making it socially acceptable, but can we talk about the cat shaming? Not okay! There’s also a general acceptance when people say they hate cats but if someone says they hate dogs, you chase them out of your home, fire them at the office, or generally hide children behind you so they don’t have to be exposed to such a...
I think we can all agree that I’m no one’s epitome of normal. For starts, I fell out of a parked car (sober) a solid week ago and no one was even surprised. I sing songs about my cats. I regularly wear fossil necklaces and even have a shirt with gold glittery dinosaur fossils on it. So really, the fact that I have dinosaur cookie cutters shouldn’t come as any surprise to anyone. So let’s try not to dwell on my having literally no other blog appropriate cookie cutters. Mmmkay? More importantly, let me tell you about my birthday night out at the bar. I was wearing the most obnoxiously shiny, totally sequin covered shirt that I own, naturally. A random girl sits down in the booth with us (it’s...
Do you have your Thanksgiving menu all planned out? Or a signature dish you make every year? Then, this post is probably not for you 🙂 My fellow procrastinators, here are some ideas for what to serve your guests or bring to dinner on Thanksgiving this year. Appetizers Sides Sauces Breads Vegetarian Main Dishes Desserts And with that, I think I’m out for the rest of the week! I hope everyone in America enjoys their holiday week and everyone else finds an excuse to make some delicious food anyway 🙂
Oh, you were expecting Thanksgiving foods so close to Thanksgiving? Ehhh, I gave you two kinds of gravy and an appetizer, what more could I possible have came up with? Truth is, I have a hard time making holiday foods several weeks before the holiday. I’ll be making a full Thanksgiving meal (minus the turkey, obvs) next week, eating left overs for a solid 8 days after, and that’s all enough for me. This post was inspired by this month’s Recipe Redux which prompted me to write about a food memory I’m thankful for. Are chicken phillies a weird food to remember that fondly? Lemme take it back a few steps. When I first met Josh, his proclaimed favorite food was chicken Alfredo. As we shared many, many meals together, I...
I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Kenwood Vineyards. I received product samples and a promotional item to thank me for my participation. This is the time of the year when everyone (hopefully!) relaxes a little bit with a tasty plate of food and gives thanks for what they have. I have a herd of gorgeous kitties, a good job, my health, and great friends and family. And plenty of wine to share! While you could argue that I’d never turn down a free bottle of wine (ehhh, I might! But it hasn’t happened yet), I was intrigued and excited about sharing a few bottles of Kenwood Vineyards‘ wine with some friends this season. Not only because this turned out to be some pretty tasty...
