This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #JustAddRotel #CollectiveBias Several years ago I shared a recipe for what I called Mexican rice salad on a health website I wrote for (and still miss). It’s the simplest thing in the world: just cook some rice or […]
Getting My Holiday Together Like a Crafty Ninja, Part One
It’s not like we don’t see Christmas coming. It’s at the same time every year. It can’t possibly sneak up on us, and yet every year there’s the same mad dash to finish something or buy something or do something before that big, firm deadline of Dec. 25. Or, in my case, Dec. 19. The […]
Clean Out the Fridge Green Smoothies
I have always wanted to be the sort of person who drinks green smoothies. Don’t people who drink green smoothies (or, even more so, who juice) seem healthier and somehow better than the rest of us? The problem is I never really make an effort to buy all the things that are required to regularly […]
My Making (and Buying) Mantra
One Little Word is a great way to avoid making specific resolutions, but there is one thing I’m going to try to do better this year that doesn’t easily fit into the “grow” scheme. I find it’s a lot easier to think about having principles than it is to actually carry them out. So maybe […]
The Stories of the Best Places to Eat in the Ozarks
I had the pleasure of meeting Kat Robinson, who writes at Tie Dye Travels, at the Arkansas Women Bloggers conference last year. We didn’t get to talk much, but she seems like a really fun person who is really passionate about food. Especially local food. I haven’t yet read her first book, Arkansas Pie, but […]
Thank a Host This Year with a Petit Jean Gift Box
Just so you know, I’m a member of Petit Jean Meats’ Blue Diamond Club, which means I received a gift box and one to give away in exchange for this post. But y’all, this company is the reason I eat way more pork than I used to. With the holidays upon us, everyone is thinking […]
Avoid Black Friday and Find Awesome Gifts Online
I used to be really good at gift giving. I hated to tell people what I wanted for various holidays because I thought if they really knew me they would know the kind of things I would like. Likewise, I didn’t ask anyone what they wanted, I just bought them things I thought they would […]