Snapshot is a periodic series about what’s going on in my life right now—what I’m eating, reading, doing, loving, and my favorite links from around the web. Oh, hello! I’m adding a few new sections to my snapshot, because I’ve always wanted to share what I’m listening to and watching lately, since it changes so often. Hope you like it! Eating Canned peaches and jalapeño jelly, oh my! I spent
Snapshot #18
Snapshot is a periodic series about what’s going on in my life right now—what I’m eating, reading, doing, loving, and my favorite links from around the web. Homemade popsicles! Blend a cup of coconut milk (from the can) with 1-1/2 to 3 cups of your favorite fruit, then pour into popsicle molds. Hellooooo, summer. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. The new (and amazingly well done) series on Hulu
Snapshot #17
Snapshot is a periodic series about what’s going on in my life right now—what I’m eating, reading, doing, loving, and my favorite links from around the web. I visited my cousin Kate this week (author of the amazing mac & cheese recipe), who made beef & mushroom stroganoff for dinner—a classic comfort food that brought me right back to childhood. But better, because I refused to eat mushrooms as a
Snapshot #16
Snapshot is a periodic series about what’s going on in my life right now—what I’m eating, reading, doing, loving, and my favorite links from around the web. Oh hi! I totally missed you. You know those times when life gets really messy and things that are normally really important (like writing blog posts) get put on the back burner because you suddenly discover something really, really important that you
Snapshot #15
Snapshot is a periodic series about what’s going on in my life right now—what I’m eating, reading, doing, loving, and my favorite links from around the web. I had a life-changing caramelized onion, fennel and bleu cheese quiche at The Blue Heron in Winona recently. I went back for seconds later in the day, and it was gone. I’ve been obsessed with recreating it ever since. I just bought
Snapshot #14
Snapshot is a periodic series about what’s going on in my life right now—what I’m eating, reading, doing, loving, and my favorite links from around the web. Okay, you know those meal services where you get ingredients delivered to your house, and then you make the meals? Yeah, I’ve been trying a bunch of those…and I’m going to be sharing them with you on the blog next month! So far
Snapshot #13: New Year’s Edition
Snapshot is a periodic series about what’s going on in my life right now—what I’m eating, reading, doing, loving, and my favorite links from around the web. I’m not gonna lie, I’m still eating roasted Brussels sprouts. In case you missed last week’s post, go read it now. Then go buy a pound of Brussels sprouts, and send me an email gushing about how right I was about how easy
Snapshot #12
Snapshot is a periodic series about what’s going on in my life right now—what I’m eating, reading, doing, loving, and my favorite links from around the web. I’ve done it again! Gone so long without writing a Snapshot post, that I’ve collected a million gazillion awesome links for you to read. Buckle up, there’s some good $h!t in here. The food that has my heart this week is Grandma Norma’s
Snapshot #11
Snapshot is a periodic series about what’s going on in my life right now—what I’m eating, reading, doing, loving, and my favorite links from around the web. This week’s snapshot is going to be a little different, because I’m not in the mood for the usual eating/reading/doing/loving thing right now. This will be a more accurate, because right now, my life is looking different than usual. I’m getting ready to
Snapshot #10
Snapshot is a periodic series about what’s going on in my life right now—what I’m eating, reading, doing, loving, and my favorite links from around the web. It’s time for my annual artichoke. It shall be an appetizer to my glorious meal of homemade macaroni and cheese tonight (and if I can take a break to snap a picture of it, I might even share that recipe soon). I haven’t
Friday snapshot #2
Happy Valentine’s Day! I happen to love Valentine’s Day, because it’s a great excuse for people to be extra nice to each other and give extra hugs and kisses and nice words. Ahhhh, love. I also hug my cats at every opportunity, even though they don’t get what’s going on. Heaven in a crock pot. I made this recipe for crock pot buffalo chicken sandwiches, and holy heavens is it the
5 things I love (September)
1. Paring down Like the trees getting ready to shed their leaves, I find myself very much in the mood for purging this month. Is it just me? I’ve been steadily clearing my schedule to make time for reorganizing, clearing out and making space, and it feels amazing. 2. Restocking the Rosy Blu Vintage shop! I have been collecting goods all year at estate sales, thrift stores and garage sales,