We. Made. Gnocchi. After sitting on my kitchen bucket list for quite some time, me & my kitchen faced the challenge of homemade pasta. In my mind, I chalked it up as a project that would take all day, result in flour all over me + my home, and just be this thing that I needed tackle vs. thoroughly enjoy. Yes - scratch gnocchi hasi been a project I’ve wanted to complete, but
Read MoreEaster is such a fun holiday to meal plan for because you can drift from the typical “holiday menu” - a big roast + mashed potatoes + all that other bullshit - & have a little fun with it. I always like to do something Spring time appropriate - lots of summer inspired salads and fresh produce to have something on the lighter side that still feels fancy-ish
Read MoreWhen we have pasta, I want it to be so good, so irresistible that I can’t help but mop up every last drop of sauce with crispy bread & shove a couple extra forkfuls of the stuff post meal as it makes it’s way to our leftover supply. Sauce-y & meaty & savory - those are the perfect descriptors for a bowl of pasta that’s worth eating. The days of average, under-seasoned red sauce over a heap of overcooked spaghetti are done (or at least should be) when you enter into adulthood. I want something packed with
Read MoreMy husband has more recently talked about the Eggnog Monte Cristos I made last year for Christmas Eve, & as soon as he said the word “Monte Cristo” I think both of our mouths started watering. They were served as a finger food - grilled cheese-esque sandwiches cut into small single serving size bites with a big bowl of warm cranberry sauce for dipped. & oh my god they were so good. Like best holiday appetizer I’ve every made. We’ve had to talk so much lately about planning out the holidays this year, & the topic of “what should we make” seems to be the center of the conversation.
Read MoreTomorrow it’ll be one year since I quit my job in Arizona, & walked out the doors of a work-place that was comfortable, and one I came to like very much. I remember walking out the doors, and being really sad to leave my boss & my co-workers, and my team. I specifically remember my work husband, Reg, walking me to
Read MoreIt has been one hell of a weekend…but in a really good way! From a Star Wars Party to a true lazy Sunday that included two afternoon walks around the neighborhood (one with dogs & one without), it’s been a true weekend where we were able to break the “Everday I’m Hustlin’” soundtrack of our lives. & I feel rewarded! Partly because our past few weekends have been filled with yard work & dog watching, both of which aren’t thorns in my side by any means. It’s just I legitimately can’t pinpoint the last time we’ve had nothing to do, or dare I say be bored. \
Read MoreOctober & December consist of the same ritual at our house - festive movies every freakin' night! October we get scared, December we get jolly. So naturally, with December in full swing, we're over here like queue up the Christmas flicks! & Hulu Holiday doesn't disappoint!
Read MoreHe works & I cook. That truly is not honestly how it works around here - our usual mojo is that if he works, I work, meaning I really make an effort to join in on the current household project. & today the household chore is installing new flooring, which lord knows is the last thing I thought we'd be DIYing. I met Jordan at Home Depot to pick out a floor that looked good, which equated to 30 minutes of indecisiveness & waffling between two colors that we'd narrowed it down to. But we figured it out, bought about 30 boxes of hardwood
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