National Chicken Wings Day is Wednesday. I love celebrating these silly little national days, because it’s a great excuse to have a theme for dinner! Anything we can do to keep things fun around here these days is a must. Plus, I am always looking for new recipes for party foods. You may be thinking …
Homemade Ice Pops That Won’t Sabotage Your Waistline
It’s hot, y’all. The weather has me craving all the frozen treats. It’s the only time of year I take my coffee cold. I normally turn to my favorite frozen treat, ice cream. And, while I would love to eat ice cream everyday, my waistline won’t let me. I’ve been desperately looking for a healthy …
The Best Store-bought Party Foods for Easy Entertaining
I must admit that I am a recovering over-doer. Before kids, party planning was quite the sport for me. I would plan the menu, alone, for days on end and make approximately 22 dishes (from appetizers to desserts) homemade from scratch. Ok, that is a slight exaggeration, but I know I did make 11 things …
Brown Sugar Cake with Brown Butter Peach Frosting
Can we talk about cake for a minute? I recently had made the husband a Milky Way layered cake for his birthday and I had forgotten how much I love making (and eating) cakes. First of all, I love cake. I grew up in the deep south and cake was a symbol of so many …
DIY Shibori Style Tie-Dyed Throw Pillows
Being confined to my house as I have been working from home these past few months has me wanting to update our house decor simply because I stare at the same chairs everyday (which I love). I am itching to get new things out of shear boredom. Has anyone else been drowning their Covid-19 sorrows …
The Ultimate Homemade Ice Cream Recipe Round-Up
Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month?? Ice cream just so happens to be one on my favorite desserts on earth and I may or may not be drowning my 2020 sorrows in big bowls of it from time to time, especially when it is homemade! Making homemade ice cream was one …