We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief because the finish line is close. The end of 2016 is drawing near and holiday reverie is slowly slipping from our sticky, candy-cane-stained-grasp.
We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief because the finish line is close. The end of 2016 is drawing near and holiday reverie is slowly slipping from our sticky, candy-cane-stained-grasp.
It seems that more and more, Thanksgiving has become the kickoff to Christmas, but for me, it’s the high point of the holiday season. To my mind, what’s beautiful about Thanksgiving is its simplicity. No secrets, no surprises, no mall and no stapling lights to the roof. No glitter (well, OK, there’s some glitter). Thanksgiving is the day we talk about how grateful we are for food, for the roof over our heads and for the people in our house that day, some of whom may just be at loose ends on that fourth Thursday in November. Continue reading
In the South, deviled eggs are considered a fundamental side dish. Rarely does a holiday meal or get-together happen without a big plateful gracing the table. Be it a family reunion, summer picnic, church potluck or Thanksgiving feast, you’re sure to find deviled eggs in attendance. Continue reading
Fall! Our kids are headed back to school, the days are feeling crisper and the weekends are full of football. Ahh, football. Continue reading
Go, go, go. That seems to be the tone as we move from the lazier, less-scheduled days of summer to our fall and back-to-school routines. Morning can be the most rushed part of the day—with trying to get out the door and making sure to eat a healthful breakfast time recipe, there just never seems to be enough time. And if you’re like me and have the bad habit of hitting that snooze button? Well, that just makes it even worse. Continue reading
While Sunday does not carry the giddy relief of Friday or the chill lazy factor of Saturday, it holds the promise of brunch. And even if restaurant brunch is too hard on your wallet lately, no need to give up on Sunday. We have restaurant-style ideas you can put together at home. Bonus: Your house will be filled with the comforting smells of butter on toast, hot coffee and eggs baking in a casserole dish. So take a little time on Saturday to pull together the Do-Ahead Egg Bake above, and invite your squad. Continue reading
Deviled eggs are always delicious, but depending on how you fill them, they can look either haphazard or…UH-mazing. If you’re spooning your deviled egg mixture into the hard-cooked whites, you’re doing it wrong. Continue reading