The other day, I decided to have a tea party with Helen. She was feeling under the weather, and I thought it would be a good way to get her to drink some healing tea. Besides, she had spotted my fine china teacups in the cupboard and was begging me to let her use them….
Inspiration
Winter Salad Inspiration: Grapefruit and Arugula Salad
I don’t know about you, but after all the holiday indulgences, I’m quite ready to get back on the eating-healthy bandwagon. So here’s a bit of salad inspiration for y’all! Grapefruit is probably my favorite winter fruit. It’s sweet, a bit sour, and slightly bitter. I used to sprinkle sugar on it, but now I…
Christmas Brunch Ideas
Christmas is almost upon us! I think that a Christmas morning brunch is a lovely thing. It’s become a bit of a tradition in my family’s house to open presents and then have a large breakfast. If we’re feeling particularly chipper, we have the full menu of eggs, sausage, stollen, cake, fruit, eggnog, coffee, etc….
Cooking Inspiration
It feels like a looong time since I last posted, even though it was just last week. I have been caught up in present mania (trying to figure out what to buy for my family). I’m planning to make some food for y’all soon. Please bear with me during the holidays. Here are some things…
A Pretty Failure + Other Things
I really wanted to like this recipe, guys. When I read the words “Pumpkin Pie Baked Oatmeal,” I was certain that this was something that I wanted to eat for breakfast AND dessert. But with my first bite I thought, “This isn’t sweet enough.” And with subsequent bites: “I don’t think there’s enough salt.” Reuben…
Cooking Inspiration + Life Lately
I have been obsessed with roasting veggies lately. Here’s a little something that I dreamed up: Roasted Vegetable Chicken Alfredo. I baked up a pan of broccoli, grape tomatoes and garlic (drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt) and added it to a basic Alfredo sauce. It was awesome. By the way,…
