Hi, Sweet Friend! This week’s recipes are all about cozy, comforting food that’s easy enough for weeknights and special enough for company. Whether you’re feeding just yourself or a table of friends, these are the meals that make gathering simple — and delicious. 🍋 Caesar Salmon & Broccoli Sheet Pan DinnerTalk about an easy feast! Lay everything out on the sheet pan and roast to perfection. This meal is a weekly occurrence for me — I usually end up standing at the counter eating it straight...
6 days ago • 1 min read
Happy Wednesday, Sweet Friends! If Thanksgiving always sneaks up on you, try these three tiny things this week: Make & freeze stock (or buy good-quality and stash). Test one side dish now — note tweaks, double it next month. Pick your serving platters — label with sticky notes (“turkey,” “stuffing”). 🍎 New Recipe Spotlight: Pimento Cheese Corn Pudding with Hot Honey — creamy corn pudding with the cheesy addition of pimento cheese! All doused in hot honey. Scrumptious! 🍂 Things I’m Loving: A...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Hi, Sweet Friend! If your weeknights feel like a blur, I see you — and I’ve got you. Here’s your week of dinners: simple, budget-friendly, and cozy enough to make Tuesday night feel like something special. Here’s what’s on the menu this week: 🥖 Quick & Easy Recipes for Busy Nights — a go-to list when you need dinner fast and flavorful. Just bookmark that link, it'll be used a lot! 🍔 Swiss Onion Dip Sliders with Ham — melty, savory, and absolutely weeknight-worthy. These go perfectly with all...
13 days ago • 1 min read
Hi, Sweet Friend! October always feels like the gentle exhale between back-to-school busyness and full-on holiday hustle. It’s cozy, crisp, and just the right time to start thinking ahead — especially if you want Thanksgiving to feel calm instead of chaotic. This week I’m sharing: 🥘 Your New Recipe to Try:Chopped Autumn Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes — this one is great! You can roast the sweet potatoes the day before, chop all the ingredients, and prepare the dressing. Then, when you’re...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Another week, another chance to take the guesswork out of “What’s for dinner?” We’re leaning into comfort food season, so I’m sharing a few of my favorites. 🥩 Easy Oven Pot Roast – cozy, filling, and fewer dishes.🌮 Sheet Pan Chicken Quesadillas – colorful, flavorful, and ready in 25 minutes.🍝 Homemade Meatballs– these are delicious! I love making a bunch and freezing for later.🥔Steakhouse Potatoes Romanov — the easy, cheesy potato side dish everyone loves.🍽️ Company’s Coming — these are my...
20 days ago • 1 min read
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit! It’s October First!Y’all, I love October here in the mountains. The sky is the perfect shade of Carolina blue, the air is crisp, and it smells like Fall. And, it’s not October without Pumpkin Fondue. It’s a cute pumpkin that’s been hollowed out, and stuffed with bread and cheese and a yummy custard… All baked together to create perfection. You scoop out the melty, cheesy, decadent, and I spoon it over more bread. This and a bottle of unctuous white burgundy?! Sheer...
24 days ago • 2 min read
On this Sunday morning last year, I was precariously moving through town to see my parents and grandmother before evacuating Asheville due to Hurricane Helene. I hadn’t seen or heard from anyone in my family — some dear friends had come to my door on Friday after the storm broke. I grabbed my little bag, which I had packed, and my computer, and took them to their house, where they had a generator and some water. The two evenings we spent in Asheville without power, running water, and internet...
27 days ago • 2 min read
Let’s stir up a little Midweek Magic! Shocker: I’m not Italian, and I don’t even like pasta. But I love to make up a giant pot of Italian American Bolognese and use it in all kinds of recipes. I’ll freeze it in pint containers, and then pull out one when I need it. I’ve been eating this pasta alternative, and it’s not too heavy! Made from lupini beans, it’s a great low-carb pasta. Before we get into Things I'm Loving, I would *really* love your input on a little, quick survey! Y'all know I...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Happy Sunday, Sweet Friends! I’ve got 🖐️ recipes to get your week started! One uses leftovers. One makes leftovers and a salad. And two, they are just great comfort meals that stretch the week along! I’m not a great meal planner — I actually loathe it. If I make a meal plan, I can 100% guarantee I will not stick to it. I enjoy the process of making dinner in the evenings! So, having meal components is great. That allows me some wiggly creativity when it comes to the other parts of the plate!...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
