Red wine braised short ribs are succulent and tender, marinated in red wine for a rich sauce. Serve these over buttered mashed potatoes or wide noodles. Maybe it’s because I don’t have kids yet, but I can never finish a bottle of red wine by myself. At least, not within a reasonable amount of time.…
The struggle is real. I’m struggling today. My mom called me late last night, as I was on my way to a monthly dance, and informed me that one of our family friends suffered a stroke and is in the hospital in ICU with bleeding in the brain. When my mom gave me the news,…
I originally started canning because I ran out of space in my deep freezer. Even now, I treasure precious freezer space, preferring to save it for grass fed beef, pastured poultry, soup bones, and vegetables I find at great prices at the farmers market. Even now, I’m trying to eat my way through my last…
When my mom called me the other day asking me what she should make for dinner, I immediately told her she should make my Tropical Chicken Stir-Fry. In my Flavor Crash Course, I talk a lot about how the majority of moms know how to cook 9 meals or less without a recipe. The majority…
In this post, I’m going to tell you what I didn’t know about Jesus until last week. I feel like the majority of people probably haven’t heard this even, and it surprised me in a good way, so I hope you’ll stick with me to the end. Let me start with my history: I grew up in…
Nobody likes dead, brittle split-ends. And I bet most of us don’t like paying to go get them cut off either. I’m all about pinching pennies where I can so that way I can spend my hard-earned money on other things (like expensive restaurants and shoes…and also GAS because let’s face it, we’re adults and…