I’ve been reading and thinking a lot about hospitality lately. It just seems to keep coming at me from every direction. My daily Bible study, at She Reads Truth, is currently on hospitality. The theme of the recent Allume conference, which I didn’t attend but have been listening to on audio, was hospitality. The book I’ve…
Friends, I cried in Target last week. In the Halloween candy aisle. It was the kind of crying that comes dangerously close to gulping sobs, the kind you stifle with your hand as you suppress the urge to throw up. I couldn’t help it – looking at all those mountains of mini Snickers, M&Ms, and Reese’s…
Hey there. If you’re new to the blog, this is my weekly dinner menu, which outlines six dinners (plus one yummy weekend breakfast idea), intended to help busy folks – like you – with meal planning. I include easy, family-friendly recipes that won’t keep you in the kitchen for hours or leave you with a…
Do you get tired of green beans made the same old way? I confess, I do. While I love green beans that are blanched just until they’re crisp-tender, sprinkled with a little sea salt and tossed with a bit of butter, it can get old if that’s the only way you serve them. When we…
It’s my firm belief that everyone needs a simple, easy go-to pasta salad recipe, one that’s full of fresh ingredients. One that will complement almost any summer meal, from brats to grilled chicken to burgers. This is my recipe for said pasta salad. It works with almost any combination of summer vegetables, and the pantry…
The farmers’ market in Old Town Manassas was just overflowing this week. I bought ripe peaches and blueberries (for this jam and this jam, as well as for eating); sweet corn whose kernels looked like they might burst, they were so plump; glossy zucchini the color of emeralds; green beans; redskin potatoes and sweet potatoes; cucumbers;…