Mashed potatoes are comfort food, plain and simple. We serve them alongside elaborate holiday meals and humble weeknight dinners. But what is the absolute perfect comfort food has been corrupted into preservative laden convenience foods with a dozen or more ingredients found in your mega mart’s cold cases. Classic Homemade Mashed Potatoes has but 5 simple …
I remember going out for tea and dessert with my grandmother from the time I was a little girl. I love a good cup of tea. It wakes me up in the morning. It relaxes me at night. We drink tea a lot in my family and always have. Now that tea drinking tradition …
You can get a jump on your spring and summer garden by starting your seeds indoors in February. Garden centers, as well as Home Depot and Lowes, are already well stocked with seed starting supplies and tons of fruit, vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. Most fruits and vegetables can be started indoors and then transplanted …
Take time for yourself. You can’t take care of everyone else unless you take care of yourself. If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy. Try yoga. Try a cleanse. Go for a massage. Go to the spa. Go for a run. Go shopping. Stop at the coffee shop. Hire a housekeeper. Get a babysitter. Put …
A weather-related mailing list I’m on touched on the confusion created by the declaration of a “state of emergency” (SOE). The author of the message passed along this bit of information, which came directly from his local office of emergency management (OEM); I thought it may prove useful to others as well. What is a …
