Disclosure: This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. As always, all opinions are mine alone. #WaysToWow #CollectiveBias A new year is just around the corner and one of the many ways I love to celebrate is with my family enjoying some good food. Since we had the younger boys we typically just spend our New Years at home every year, and that's our form of holiday entertaining. We get some noisemakers, some sparkling cider, lots of snacks and I'll prepare a few … [Read more...]
White Chocolate Spiked Egg Nog
Egg nog, that traditional creamy drink that just takes you back to childhood. Yum. I was always a huge fan of egg nog, preferring it over anything else all during the holiday season. I remember going to my aunt's house for Christmas every year, and the adults would have theirs spiked and I would have my egg nog in a pretty wine glass and clink my glass with theirs while saying cheers to family and the holidays. Those are some of my best memories. As I've gotten older my love for egg nog … [Read more...]
Happy 2014 & My Word For the Year!
Happy New Year!! As we say goodbye to the year that has just passed, we look forward to the New Year with excitement. Many people decide to create a few resolutions for a New Year, but I try to stay away from that. I don't like to wait until a new year arrives before I make necessary changes, so I've bid farewell to resolutions a long time ago. What I have begun doing is coming up with a theme word at the beginning of each year, and that will be my driving focus both personally and … [Read more...]
One word for 2013
It was brought to my attention by my longtime friend Xenia @ Raised by Culture that a lot of bloggers have chosen a one word theme for the year. It's described as being your vision, or theme for the new year. You may not know this about me, but I'm all about positive and inspiring quotations, so this is right up my alley! But just one word?? For a whole year? What would I choose?! I remember in 2007, my husband (at the time he was my boyfriend) and I decided that our theme word for 2007 … [Read more...]
New Year’s Day Black eyed Peas
Happy New Year!!! I'm planning on making 2013 the best year yet!! We have a lot of plans for our family, our home, and this blog. I'm excited to see what's to come!This New Year's Eve we spent at home with the kids. We rolled in the New Year with homemade noisemakers and pots and pans, dancing and singing. The kids stayed up, even the little ones, and I cooked my way into the New Year. Would you expect anything less?All evening this slow cooked black eyed pea soup was cooking away, and we were … [Read more...]
New Year’s Eve with Rwanda Path to Peace and Macy’s Culinary Council
A few weeks back, I was offered a chance to review a Rwanda Path to Peace basket via Everywhere Society. I jumped at the opportunity, not know just how beautiful this basket would be. Each basket is 100% handmade and one of a kind, but the quality is remarkable. I was pretty amazed at how beautiful my basket was when I received it, and right away my family was asking what it was. I explained to them about Macy's Rwanda Path to Peace and they were all amazed right along with me.What is … [Read more...]
Jump Start 2013 With Meal Plans from eMeals
With New Year's Eve right around the corner, many of us are thinking back to our Holiday eating habits and ready for a change. I know I am! I think I've had a dozen too many cookies this season, and it's time to get back on track! The number one New Year's Resolution from most people every year is to eat better, exercise, and lose weight. Just sometimes it seems too difficult, or meal planning with a large family seems exhausting. Or perhaps it just seems too expensive. There's so many reasons … [Read more...]
Easy Slow-Cooked Pork Roast
I've gone into my love for my slow-cooker a few times here, but this is one of my all time favorite "go to" recipes with my slow cooker. This is perfect for those days you have mouths to feed, but have a ton of things to do and can't slave in the kitchen for hours! Perfect for this time of year when family and friends are always visiting, people are last minute shopping or getting the last of the presents wrapped.It seems there's never enough time around this point in the season, and this is a … [Read more...]
