So this recipe was originally supposed to go out last spring but alas here we are. We can now say I am posting this recipe for the spring of 2023 if you wanna look at this like the half glass full kinda situation (when in reality this is a glass half empty sort of […]

  Love me tender and call me Elvis, i’ve done it. Posting twice in under two weeks!? you betchya. And what better way to celebrate than a comforting meal that is a WEE bit lighter on the belly…. which just means you have room for seconds. Shrimp & Easy Cheesy Cauliflower Grits. Easy breezy beautiful […]

WHAT A YEAR we have had. I am incredibly grateful the “new year new me” garbage that was filling up my social media is finally starting to dissipate. Or the “i must say, this year has been the best year ever” BS that some people put out there. Like…. WAS 2020 REALLY YOUR BEST YEAR […]

I would love to say I grew up eating shellfish, so that way i would have a lot more street credit when it comes to developing recipes like this one, but that would be a big fat lie. In fact, I hated it. Without ever even trying. But first off: my brother was HIGHLY allergic […]

just got home from a crazy wild portfolio review trip in the middle-of-nowhere, Montana. So pardon my MIA. Weeks of preparation leading up to the big trip followed by a weekend of trying to prepare an empty home for a Sunday party, life has been anything but quiet. But more on that trip and some […]

Real Talk: Life isn’t always at it appears in pictures. Or your interpretation of one may very well be the exact opposite of what is actually going on in reality. Like my food photography. I try and capture the beauty in a small 2′ x 3′ area and the rest is a complete crap show. […]

i currently could work up a sweat while bowling. that’s how out of shape i am. or feel. i get winded just from breathing alone. what amazes me most is that i have consistently worked out five days a week for the last few years or so (before that my version of working out was […]

ya’ll. i get all zero dark thirty when i’m sick. anyone else in the same boat as myself? In fact, i started to look back on this blog at how many times i’ve been sick in the last two years, and it’s like A LOT. the ONLY good thing is the binge eating of oyster […]