Day 23: I'm thankful today for memories. {and new tableware} Memories are a powerful thing. The older I get the more I realize how where I'm from defines my identity today. The older I get the more the interest in my family, specifically my grandparents, increases. I want to really know them. I want to understand them. I want to learn from them. I want to know how I'm like them. My … [Read more...]
Day 22 #30daysofThanksgiving
Day 22: I am thankful for silence. the click to darkening the room of the television. the hum of the fridge. the knock of the off-beat ceiling fan in my popcorn ceiling from my birth year, pressing on slowly. the subtleness of the heat coming on, the swirling of air on the light hairs of my arm. the sigh of air coming out of my lungs, fully exhaling for perhaps the first time … [Read more...]
Baked Eggs in a Stuffing Cup
As a lot of you know I work for an awesome vendor and one of their brands is Great Day Farms Eggs. I spend a lot of time looking at egg recipes and egg trends and in the context of Thanksgiving, this recipe popped up. I'm really not sure who came up with this 2-ingredient miracle, but I tried it this morning and it was AMAZING tasting and SIMPLE to make. Baked Eggs in a Stuffing Cup 1 dozen … [Read more...]
Days 20 & 21 #30daysofThanksgiving
Day 20: I'm thankful to live here in Northwest Arkansas. Gourmet Food. That seems silly but I get the stinking awesomesauce privilege to be a James of the Mill food ambassador in 2014. More to come about this but let's just say I squealed like a little girl when I got an email asking me to be involved. Oh, and before you get all hating on me- I have a standing 20% on my party anytime- so next … [Read more...]