A Working Mom's Guide to Food, Family & Fun
If you’re reading this post and it is April 26th, 2013, the movers are at our house loading up our furniture as we make our way back to Nashville after 4 years in Clarksville. This is such a bittersweet day for us because we have made so many incredible memories at our home. I have [...]
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 [...]
Lent is right around the corner and I have a feeling there will be a person or two that will give up fried foods in order to commit to healthier eating. Lent is a funny thing, because we feel like we always have to “give something up” rather than thinking of it as a time [...]
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 [...]
I love New Year’s Eve, I really do……BUT I kinda feel like it is a bit overrated and we tend to set kind of unrealistic expectations as to how wonderful the night should be. Don’t get me wrong, though, I love the idea of spending the evening with great friends and kissing the one you love [...]
Christmas Eve Lasagna has been a part of my Christmas traditions for many years. The tradition of having lasagna on Christmas Eve started many years ago with a family that will always be very dear to me. Every year we would attend Christmas Eve service and then head home to eat lasagna and watch [...]
Raking leaves is no fun! “Let’s rake leaves”, said NO ONE!!!! except for my husband…….. I love Fall and all it’s beautiful colors, but when those dad-blasted leaves start falling off the 10,000 trees in our yard, I suddenly don’t love Fall all that much……When Drew decided that today’s Family Fun Day involved raking leaves [...]
Oh, Butternut Squash, how I love thee!!!! Such an oversight for so many years and then after one initial attempt in the wee years of my cooking experience that resulted in a nearly chopped off finger, broken knife, busted peeler and WAY overseasoned curry butternut squash soup, I didn’t give it another thought until [...]
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.
