I was feeling adventurous this weekend and decided to try something totally new. A recent mental inventory of our freezer trunk reminded me we had a bunch of okra I froze and a bag of shrimp that were just begging to be used up. So the following dish...

Believe it or not, next Thursday is Thanksgiving. Are you prepared? Thanksgiving can be an insanely stressful day for those doing all the cooking, but you don’t have to let it become your worst nightmare. With a little planning and the acknowledgement...

Hey friends! What’s going on? Is it raining nonstop where you are too? It’s been nothing but drizzle, rain and more drizzle here. Totally disgusting. Today we finally have some sunshine but when it’s raining, I just don’t even want to go for a walk....

Our Christmas menu, like New Year’s, is always a bit up in the air at this time of year. Last year it was fairly easy for us to decide because we wanted a Thanksgiving-style dinner since we skipped our Thanksgiving dinner last November. We figured it...

I don’t know if I’ve ever posted forwards on this blog, nor do I intend to make a habit of it…but this rewrite of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” that I was recently emailed really got me going this morning. I generally avoid the topics of politics...