my lavender blues

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I hope your weekend was as smashing as mine.  haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-ha. Not funny. However I did get fairly smashed. Almost as smashed as the potatoes you see pictured. However post smashing was filled with cream filled doughnuts, hot dogs and doritos and apparently some other crumb I couldn’t identify when I woke up this morning.  I complain […]

Rosemary Parmesan Smashed Potatoes

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Forrest Gump had it right, life really is like a big ol’ box of chocolates, I just am currently chewing on the much dreaded fruit filling truffle. Hopefully one day I’ll be able to taste the coconut or peanut butter again, it’s bound to happen at some point…. right? But for now I’ll just chew through the […]

White Chocolate Pecan Bacon Bark

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    SO with holidays approaching and the weather cooling down my body has entered the stage of hyperthagia. Which is a bit of a problem being that it is only September and I might already need to be whipping out the fat pants….. F$#@.         My son has also been ill, […]

Cinnabon Pull Apart Bread

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I once had a food blog prior to this one. It actually was being read. And commented on. And featured on some others websites. And occasional “desserts you should try” articles. No awards, it was only “live” for six months. I started the blog as a distraction for the troubles I was facing in my […]

Southern Buttermilk Drop Biscuits

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  Currently I am typing this post while munching on incredibly burnt granola. But don’t you worry I will not allow you to make the same mistake as me. Or I pray your memory/ attention span is more than that of a goldfish and does not allow you to make what was supposed to be […]

Easy Pumpkin Pie Granola

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  Well butter my buns and call me a biscuit! How have I never made cultured butter before? Not only that but how have I never made good old fashioned buttermilk? I didn’t even know it was possible. OH but it is. So very possible. And so very easy. Just takes a little bit of […]

Homemade Cultured Butter and Buttermilk

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I woke up today with a heavy heart. Actually the past nine months I have woken up with a heavy heart. But it’s a heavy heart that comes with a peace of mind. If that is even possible. It is. The peace of mind is Gods grace. I can’t give that credit to anyone else except the […]

Gods Grace

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I love that God gave us four seasons. I also love that each season holds a different place in my heart. Fall taking up the majority of its space, but the others take their place at some point in time. There is something about crisp fallen leaves on the ground, the crunchy sound they make […]

Easy and Healthy Butternut Squash, Pear and Red Onion Soup