👩🍳 Easy Recipes that Gather People 🥰 Making Life Simple and Tasty 🎀 Ringing in the NEW Southern Belle
Your End-of-Month Reset (Still Wintering)
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As the month winds down, I want to offer a soft reminder: Even though the calendar says new year — This last stretch of January isn’t about pushing harder. Here’s your gentle reset: ✨ Revisit the recipes you loved this month The emails, the menus, the rhythms — they’re not meant to be consumed and forgotten. You’re allowed to move slowly. Winter isn’t a delay. I'm using this last week to think about my intentions for February. Who I am gathering, what I am cultivating over on Sweetpea, and choosing simple celebrations. ((It's also my *favorite* holiday... Valentine's Day!💕)) Here are your favorite recipes this month: 5-Ingredient Chili -- so many of y'all have made this, and doubled it so you Future You can eat again easily! Boursin Marinara Dip -- a couple of y'all wrote in to say you made this! And your people loved it, too! That makes my heart so happy! Tomato Soup Gratin -- your kiddos LOVED this one! Hugs to you and yours! Ashley P.S. Tickets for TEDx Asheville: Embrace the Mess on March 20, 2026 are on sale now — reserve your seat for a day full of ideas worth spreading and stories that stay with you long after the lights go down. 🎙️💡 |
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👩🍳 Easy Recipes that Gather People 🥰 Making Life Simple and Tasty 🎀 Ringing in the NEW Southern Belle
January isn’t meant for reinvention. It’s meant for ritual. This week, I’m hosting a simple Winter Supper Club — and I want to show you how easy it can be to do the same. Here’s the plan (and you can borrow every bit of it): 🍲 The SoupsLasagna SoupMinestrone 🥐 The BreadCroissant focaccia — warm, tearable, and deeply comforting. 🥗🍰 The Guests BringSalads and desserts. (A hosting secret I will never stop sharing.) That’s it.No overthinking. No overproducing. Just a few reliable dishes, a shared...
Happy Sunday, Sweet Friends! Somewhere along the way, hosting picked up a reputation it never asked for. ((Social media does the perfection game no favors, y'all!)) Complicated. Stressful. Performative.Perfect or nothing. But here’s what I know to be true — from years of inviting people into my home: Dinner parties can change the world.Not because the food is flawless.But because people are fed and seen. You don’t need matching dishes.You don’t need an Instagram-worthy menu.You don’t need to...
Hi, Sweet Friend! There is something deeply comforting about a meal that asks very little of you — and gives a lot back. This week’s hosting menu is built around one beautiful truth: one pot is enough. Your main dish is this cozy, crowd-friendly wonder: 👉 Cheese & Pasta in a Pot for a Crowd(One pot. Cheesy. Generous. Impossible to mess up.) Here’s how I’d turn it into a full hosting moment without breaking a sweat: 🍝 The MainOne big pot of cheesy pasta — bubbling, golden, and meant to be...