Thanksgiving week is upon us! Hooray for some time off and great food. My sister and mom and I are emailing each other and suggesting the "must-haves" for our Thanksgiving feast. It is a carb-heavy list, of course (Here are some of my favorite Thanksgiving dishes!) This corn is DE-LI-CIOUS! There is not a healthy thing … Continue reading Crock Pot Creamed Corn & Giving Thanks
MLK Day is one of my favorite holidays: a day to reflect, commemorate, and consider a personal call to action. I have written about our celebrations HERE and HERE and HERE. We have a tradition of commemorating the holiday by talking about race relations, equality, our "dreams" and baking (and eating) a special dessert that encompasses shades … Continue reading MLK Day: Sour Cream Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
January is one of my favorite months. It's marked by: *New calendars-functional ones & pretty ones *Goal setting *The winter days start their swing towards more daylight in our part of the world (These short days are brutal.) *Sweaters, scarves, layers *Warm beverages *Starting a new year- a clean slate (I love marking things off … Continue reading Celebrating MLK Day (Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Frosting)
During this season of Lent, our family has been practicing confession of our sins, our shortcomings and frailties at the dinner table. We have this wreath in the center of our table with a little dish of toothpicks. We stick a "thorn in the crown" representing our sin. We have done this during this pre-Easter … Continue reading True Confessions (and Baked Ravioli)
I love Easter treats. Easter candy is my favorite holiday candy! It’s pretty and pastel and chocolatey too. Jelly beans, sweet tarts, chocolate bunnies, peeps, chicks and bunnies, Cadbury cream eggs, robin eggs (Whoppers but candy coated and speckled), chocolate dipped coconut and peanut butter eggs, just to name a few. The list goes on … Continue reading Easter Treats
Ruth Williams was my paternal grandmother. She was a classy lady. She did things with style. My mom credits her (her mother-in-law) for teaching her to celebrate the holidays with intentionality and creativity. My grandmother had some great traditions. One of them was what she called "heritage gifts". As they were down-sizing in their … Continue reading A Legacy of Heritage Gifts, Ham Balls, Sand Tarts and Much More
It has been a full week. December is here. It's nearing the end of the academic semester – wrapping up classes and grading and grading and grading. We decorated for Christmas. I did some baking. We went to Knoxville for a quick trip last weekend for me to speak at a Women's Brunch at the … Continue reading Plum Spice Cake & Advent
Is "dinner" the evening meal or is it the mid-day meal? Or is the BIG meal, regardless of what time the meal is served? At our house, dinner is the evening meal, and although it is not formal, it is the larger, hot meal of the day. I guess you can call that supper. … Continue reading Party Chicken and Rice – Easter Main Dish
This wednesday is Ash Wednesday in the Christian calendar. It marks the beginning of the 40 days of Lent, which end with Easter. I didn’t grow up in a denomination that celebrated or honored Lent. We just by-passed all of that and focused on Easter. We bought new, fancy, spring dresses and white shoes (or sandals) … Continue reading Anticipating Easter: Lent and Sweet Potato Biscuits
It's Valentine's Week and I love it. (Or as my little Lucy sometimes calls it, Valen-times). It can be a really fun day: so pink and filled with sugar and love. I know some people can't stand it. They revolt, wearing black and are anti-Valentine's. But I've never felt that way. And I was even … Continue reading It’s Valen-Time!
