A blog about all the little things that make our lives a bit brighter.
Growing up in the south you learn pretty quickly to become a fan of football. I was raised in Knoxville, Tennessee home of the Tennessee Volunteers. For the duration of my life I have mainly watched college level sports. The weekends during the fall were always full of football, but we would only watch the…
For the past few years I've been getting more excited about Thanksgiving because I have taken on cooking more. Since Josh and I live across the country from our families, the past few years it has just been the two of us for Thanksgiving. I've enjoyed making the family recipes that I grew up on.…
Today we are sharing another Thanksgiving recipe with you! A staple at most Thanksgiving houses, green bean casserole. Having been a vegetarian the majority of my life I look forward to all the sides every year. If you saw yesterday's post Cinnamon Roasted Butternut Squash then you may know that I'm trying to make more…
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year, mainly because I love eating the food oh so much! Up until Josh and I moved out to San Diego, I would spend Thanksgiving at my grandparents house. Spend the morning watching the Macy's Day Parade followed by Dog Show (my sister's part of Thanksgiving).…
Happy Wednesday, it's been a pretty slow weekend over here. Josh and I have been enjoying some of the San Diego Beer Week that's been going on here. Checking out new beers plus our favorite bar has some pretty rad specials going on the this week with lots of local breweries, so we are enjoying…
Josh and I start every weekend off with a bit of meal planning and catching up on last week's news. Since moving out to San Diego I have been trying to improve and expand on my cooking skills, so we've been playing around with all types of ways of cooking and expanding our repertoire of…
Fall has been my favorite season for as long as I can remember. I love the cold crisp air in the south, the leaves changing color, and the sweets that come with the season. I could list so much more that I love about this season but I'll keep it short. One thing that I'm…
If there are two things that go well together is baking and fall. It's time for an overload of sweets and everything yummy. So often we I go grocery shopping, I buy to much fruit and don't get around to eating it all before it starts to go bad. I had some bananas that had…
There is just something that I love so much about party food. If I could eat snack food everyday for dinner I would do it. This dish is a food that I grew up on. My stepmom would make it a few times a year. Most of the time my sister and I would end…
Growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee there's one thing that every kid is taught, that is all about UT Football. Every Saturday in the fall, your schedule revolves around what time the game is. With football comes snack food. My dad and stepmom had season tickets to the games (which the never let my sister and…
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