👩🍳 Easy Recipes that Gather People 🥰 Making Life Simple and Tasty 🎀 Ringing in the NEW Southern Belle
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Happy Monday, Sweet Friends! Last week I left my little sweet town of Asheville and ventured to the New York Cities! Big deal for this "I don't like to travel" girl! I had a blast! I've been adding (slowly!) all the places we ate and ventured to on Instagram! If you're not following along, what are you waiting for? NEW RECIPES YOU NEED TO TRY: Hot Honey Pimento Cheese Dip: this one is a winner winner! You take my usual pimento cheese recipe, add in hot honey, and bake it. I like to keep some "raw" for spreading over crackers later in the week. But the baked dip is just so good! Easy Oven Pot Roast: I'm not the biggest fan of a slow cooker. I'd rather slow cook in a Dutch oven. This pot roast recipe is YUMMY, though! Great for meal prepping for a couple of extra meals, too. Any leftovers can be turned into tacos, ragu for pasta, or meat pies. Easy Baked Chicken Drumsticks: Sometimes, I find drumsticks on sale, and I'll snag them up. Seasoned to perfection, these are a little bit spicy, a little bit sweet, and a whole lot of delicious! LATEST CUTE FINDS: Tap over to LTK to see all the products listed for purchase! I am an avid reader, and I got a new lap "desk" that has a Kindle holder attached to it. You can remove it and use just your laptop on this, too! ((I'm a big fan of working from my bed + heating pad, so this is a super fun buy!)) At the beginnning of the year I (FINALLY!) invested in an office chair. I've been sitting on this old wooden school desk chair for all of Sweetpea Lifestyle's life. I painted it pink, and it was so exciting! 17 years later, my back is thanking me for the ergonomic upgrade! The candle warmer is something I never thought I'd get. In my mind, it's a "burn the candle, drink the wine" situation. However! While in the NYC I bought a Diptyque candle... and if you know, you know... So, I'm prolonging that little candle's expensive life with the warmer! Those bow hooks have been so fun to add to my home. I steam all of my clothing, and I tapped in a plain nail on my bedroom wall. That worked fine, but this little bow hook brings me way more joy! The last item is regularly purchased. I have purchased it close to 20 times! It's my favorite tea blend, Paris from Harney & Sons. I use my coffee maker to brew the loose-leaf tea. Fun Fact: my coffee maker has never had coffee run through it, nor will it ever! You can brew a pot of loose-leaf tea in a standard coffee maker! Cheers to a new week! I hope you find a little time to enjoy the new evening sun and longer daylight hours! Heaps of Love, Y'all! Ash |
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👩🍳 Easy Recipes that Gather People 🥰 Making Life Simple and Tasty 🎀 Ringing in the NEW Southern Belle
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