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).…
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…
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…
Since moving to California the way that Josh and I eat has changed from when we lived in Tennessee. We try to focus more of eating healthy, plant based food. I haven't eaten meat in twelve years, however I wasn't eating health even though I was a vegetarian. I was eating to much frozen and…
I can't believe August is almost over with. Growing up in the South, Tomato Pie was a staple for a quick meal when my sister and I would spend the weekends at my grandparents. During these weekends we would also help my grandmother with her garden, there were always so many tomatoes during the month…
Recently Josh's parents made a short visit to California. We've got a running list of must see things in the San Diego area, and La Jolla Cove is pretty close to the top of it, so naturally we had to take his parents there. It's a short drive north of downtown San Diego and has…
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