The past two weeks around here have felt like utter chaos. Gerrit was on travel for work, then we went to Nashville, then Evelyn and I went to Florida with my mom to visit some family. Pair that with some big life change conversations (like the possibility of moving to a different part of town) … more
I’m not going to lie to you. It’s been a bit of a tough January. I’m with everyone else as far as the beginning of January goes…I love the fresh start of a new year and I love the slow down after the busy season of Christmas. But now that it’s the third week of … more
I love the feeling of a kitchen challenge. This is not it, but I just want to explain…I have big plans in the kitchen that rarely happen. I want to make fancy desserts and meals. I actually got a mushroom growing kit for Christmas and have big plans to grow mushrooms, and then make homemade … more
If I had to pick a post from the archives that would have gone viral, I would have guessed something sweet. I would have also guessed it would be something with decent photographs. Something like peanut butter torte. Or homemade moose tracks ice cream. But no, it has been oven fried chicken, which I posted … more
Let me introduce you to one of my new favorite dinners. If you’ve been around here long, you know my family is very into its BBQ, particularly pulled pork, ribs, and smoked chicken. And growing up as a picky eater, it took me awhile to come around to the pulled pork and ribs part of … more