High on Christmas

If you were thinking to yourself ‘self, this girl is probably literally high on Christmas spirit right now’, you would NOT be wrong. That’s ‘Christmas spirit’, y’all, not spirits. I’m not opposed in theory, but your girl is one unfortunate margarita incident past my drinkin’ days, y’all. So I’m in my element right now, and

Thanksgiving Cookin’ (and a FREE Printable Menu)

Ok, y’all. I know I said I’m basking in the season – and I am, TRULY. But I wouldn’t be true to myself if I wasn’t also organizing and categorizing and planning every detail. I appointed myself the official guardian of The Menu for all of our family holidays many years ago, and if I

Fall Bucket List 2021

Happy Monday and Happy NOVEMBER, y’all! I’m totally in my element right now, so if you see me standing under a tree, stroking the sleeve of my fluffy sweater and wearing a sappy grin, please remember it costs zero dollars to mind your own business and keep it movin’. I can’t help myself. Possibly because

It’s Totally Fall, Y’all!

Happy Monday, friends! I’m excited about today’s post! I know it won’t break records in terms of originality and wit, but who cares? It’s about some of my favorite things. Food. It’s about food. Which is legit one of my favorite things, I can’t lie. But pair it with the fall season, and I can

Summer Eatin’

Hey y’all! I don’t know if it’s because it’s a billion degrees outside, or because I’ve been working my tail off at the gym, but today I woke up with ALL THE ENERGY. Which is great, because, let’s face it, Mondays are hard enough without adding exhaustion to the mix. I’m trying to get over

Summer Eats

Well, we’re officially in the thick of it, as the old timers like to say. Summer is here, and the heat waves are starting to roll off the asphalt and mess with my blinded eyes. I should stop here and remind myself that I’m truly grateful for the gift of life, the love I share

Weird and Wonderful Groceries!

What did we do before curbside grocery pickup, y’all? I know that grocery delivery was a thing WAY before the advent of superstores and big, huge shopping trips with overflowing carts and harried moms swatting little hands away from all the tempting displays. I mean, I wasn’t personally PRESENT during that era, but there’s a

The Whole (30) Enchilada

Happy Monday, y’all! Anybody out there s-t-r-u-g-g-l-i-n’ with their New Year’s diet? I’m midway through my annual round of Whole30, and the biggest challenge for me lately has been quick and easy meals. Winter weather (which, in south Texas, means anything within 20 degrees of freezing temperatures) always makes me want to wrap myself in

Holiday Baking – Paleo Style

I’m not gonna lie to you. I’ve fallen off the wagon a time or two over the past couple of weeks. I’m a foodie at heart, and my love of all things sugared, cheesy, or carby – or all of the above – is never going to go away. But I committed to this life

Comfort Food Season

We’re smack dab in the middle of eatin’ season, y’all. The weather isn’t really COLD, by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s cooler than it has been for the last eleventy-hundred years (a slight exaggeration of the length of south Texan summers). Obviously, nature is telling me to prepare for hibernation, so I’m pulling