When the Soldier and I tell the story of why we got married, we usually say, “Ours was an arranged marriage. He needed someone to cook for him; I wanted to continue living in a military family. Love came later.” That’s not true, of course, but it makes for great conversation. One thing that is true…
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Holiday Gift List for the Home Chef in Your Life
Holiday gift giving can be pretty stressful. Thankfully, you have a friend who knows everything there is to know about what to gift, and whom to gift it to. This post is full of great Amazon affiliate links (check out my disclosure here) which means that most- if not all- of these gifts can be…
10 Recipes for a Perfect Thanksgiving Meal
Now you didn’t think I was going to leave you without a full game plan for Thanksgiving, did you? Tsk, tsk! I thought you knew me better than that, Friend! I would never leave you hanging- let alone on the most food-filled day of the year. Here are 10 (or more, why not?) recipes that…
Perfectly Easy Pumpkin Pie (with Surprises)
Can you believe that Thanksgiving is next week!?!? Me neither!! In the midst of prepping food for our Turkey Day meal, I’m prepping for another Thanksgiving surrounded by our favorite Soldiers. I know that one of the desserts that has to make an appearance on my table is this Perfectly Easy Pumpkin Pie. Now, when I…
Rustic and Rich Baked Mashed Potatoes
Let’s establish something right out of the gate: mashed potatoes shouldn’t be smooth. I don’t care what you say, I don’t care how it makes you feel; I said what I said. The only mashed potatoes that are supah-smoove are the ones that come in those boxes with the metal spout. They are potato flakes,…
Apple-Cinnamon Pie with Lattice Crust
Once upon time in a college town called Towson, Maryland; an angelic culinary student worked at ice cream store named Moxley’s. She developed this Apple-Cinnamon Pie with a Lattice Crust that our customers raved about. They’d often order it with their favorite scoop of our full fat ice cream- a la mode; but the majority of…
Blackberry-Vodka Smash: Cheers to Nineteen Years!
Once upon a time, a Soldier, who needed to learn maturity, met a young aspiring chef, who needed to check her attitude. The two fell head over heels for each other on the dance floor, and the rest was history. Today, they’re celebrating nineteen years of marriage with this Blackberry-Vodka Smash libation. This recipe is…
Kitchen Must Haves: Tools I Swear By
I spend a LOT of time in my kitchen. Between developing recipes, cooking those recipes, and preparing food for my family, my kitchen and I have a lot of face-time. My friends constantly ask my opinion on the latest kitchen gadget. Anything I use in the kitchen has to last and be durable enough so I…
Father’s Day Meal Plan: A Roundup for Your Favorite Dad
Fathers are an important part of one’s life. A good father’s a blessing. Bad fathers? Well, they teach us lessons. This guy is the former. I couldn’t have made a better father for my twins than the one God gave them in Hector. So! Today, I’m going to pass along this great roundup of recipes…
AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) and How it Changed Our Lives
Three letters: AVM. Those three letters were the reason the last five days of my life were spent like this. Last Wednesday, I was standing in line to enter a military spouse’s conference, when I received a phone call that nearly stopped my heart. My baby nephew, still a toddler, was in the hospital undergoing…
