A Working Mom's Guide to Food, Family & Fun
“Hey, What’s Up, Doc?” Ummmmm……..Thyme Roasted Carrots is what’s up, Bugs! Yesterday I made my first trip of many of the year to the Nashville Farmer’s Market and picked up the some of seasons first fresh produce. In my adult life I don’t think that I have ever made roasted carrots just for eating that weren’t [...]
We just got back from such a fun, impromptu trip to Lexington with Drew. Life around here has been a little hectic with work and our house being on the market, looking for a house, keeping our house clean, etcetera, etcetera…….so, I kind of jumped at the opportunity for Hunter Bear and me to tag [...]
I’m not sure if I have ever mentioned this before, but there are a few things that I simply have no will power against……Pizza, rotel dip, sausage cheese balls, red wine, and the Southern fave hash brown casserole!!! And you know what goes with hash brown casserole like peanut butter goes with jelly?!?!? KETCHUP!!!!!!! Traditional [...]
This bread is surprisingly simple to make and doesn’t call for a complicated bread machine. I will say that it could stand to have three rises to get a less dense bread that would be better for slicing rather than dipping, but in any case it makes an excellent flavorful bread that is great with [...]
I shared these Baked Polenta Triangles last week on the blog What’s Cooking with Ruthie, where I will be a monthly contributor on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. I made these for a recent open house that was being held at 2 in the afternoon. I always find that any party or special occasion [...]
Let me start by saying how insanely delicious and EASY this Irish Soda Bread is, but I must also warn you that you might not want to share the whiskey butter with your kiddos, but aside from that, this is the perfect St. Patty’s day bread. It kind of embodies the entire Irish culture…….uncomplicated, full [...]
If you live in Clarksville, Tennessee, you know there is one place and one place only to get the very best beer cheese dip and that is the Blackhorse Pub. I have tried numerous times to recreate their delicious dip at home and have not even come close. Every time we eat there we get [...]
This is hands-down one of the easiest one-dish meals to prepare that requires very little prep work with an end result FULL of flavor. In an hour’s time you can have a gourmet meal on the table with only one pot to clean up. Cornish game hens are also relatively inexpensive at about $3/each and [...]
Kids are funny little creatures. I really don’t think there is any logic whatsoever to what they will eat and won’t eat. Some days I think that I nailed it with Hunter and then he won’t go near it and other days when I have just sat down to a tasty omelette that I am [...]
So, I feel like I kind of have writer’s block today, so I will divulge something to you that I WON’T admit to my husband. He traveled home very early from a trip to Dallas for work and probably didn’t take a shower since he had a 6 a.m. flight and then we spent the [...]
Welcome to my blog! I'm Amanda and I am a busy mommy! When the work day is over I drop my heels at the door, slip on my apron and kick domesticity into high gear! I love my family, I love food and I love to have fun. Join me and we can celebrate the joys of life that bring us together.
