Sweet Potatoes have recently become “popular” everywhere, but in the South folks have been eating them since they were knee-high to a grasshopper. Interpretation: All their lives. When we lived “up north” we would go on vacation in the fall. We’d always go South to visit family or friends and thankfully, it was usually…
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Continue ReadingThe holiday season is here and for us that means lots of extra food, family, and friends. To top it off, it has gotten COLD! For most of you, it’s probably been cold for a few weeks now, but for us Texans we aren’t used to 30 degree weather in November. We had to turn…
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Continue ReadingIt’s National Homemade Bread Day! It’s been awhile since I’ve talked about a National Food day. Because our family LOVES homemade bread…and plenty of not-so-homemade bread…I thought this would be the perfect opportunity. I enjoy making bread but most of my recipes are of the “quicker and easier” variety and we often have specific…
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Continue ReadingWe all know Thanksgiving is quite possibly the biggest food holiday. I mean really, the original Thanksgiving was centered around food, for the purpose of thanking God for a bountiful harvest and provisions for another year. Hundreds of years later we still carry on that tradition with a feast celebrated with family and friends.…
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Continue ReadingWhen I was chosen to participate in the NatureBox review I was super excited and so was my family. In case you aren’t familiar, NatureBox is a monthly subscription service that delivers healthy, great tasting snacks to your home. For us, the only thing better than yummy snacks is yummy snacks delivered to our door!…