SUNDAY Slow Cooker Pot Roast for Sunday supper will make your whole house smell delicious. I’ll sub avocado or olive oil for the canola and arrowroot powder for cornstarch. MONDAY Book fair family night at our school, which means half my crew will eat at home and do homework while the youngest (and mom) head…
Chopped Collard Green Salad
The Perfect Fall Salad Next week our school book fair begins. What does that have to do with collard green salad, you say? Texans love a good potluck and my favorite one of the year happens to be at our school book fair. It’s a group effort and a hodge podge of everything from pimento…
Weekly Meal Plan // November 3-8
An Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Kind of Week This week’s meal plan is full of savory soups, family favorites and fast dinners. I have a couple new Thanksgiving recipes to upload for you guys, but keep your fingers crossed I can pull it off. It has been a busy couple weeks, and I have…
Weekly Meal Plan // October 27-November 1
Halloween Week Meal Plan Busy week ahead: Three cooking classes, a 6th grade parent coffee and prepping for a private cooking retreat next weekend. Throw in Halloween and the World Series and it’s the perfect storm. And brace yourself, Friday is the beginning of November. You know what that means. It’s time for Thanksgiving plans…
Weekly Meal Plan // October 20-25
SUNDAY Let’s be real. I just got off a flight from Paris to Atlanta, and then spent three hours in the Atlanta airport before heading home. It’s takeout night! Fajitas it is! If you want to make them at home, get your grill hot and make skirt steak fajitas with peppers and onions. MONDAY Jetlag…
Trader Joes Super Easy Dinners
Quick & Easy Trader Joe’s “Cheater” Meals We’re changing things up this week. Instead of a typical meal plan, I’m sending you a few of my favorite Trader Joe’s “cheater” meals. These dinners come together in minutes and save you when you’re tired or short on time. They’re also great to leave for a spouse…
Friday Love List: Fall Favorites
By the time you read this, I’ll be en route to Burgundy for ten days of cooking and eating. The Cook’s Atelier runs a gorgeous school in the heart of charming Beune, France. My next door neighbor gave me their cookbook a while back and I immediately got online and started obsessing over this little…
Weekly Meal Plan // October 6-11
So many of you sent emails and messages after last week's Farm Girls Supper Club dinner and I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thanks to the effort of so many, coupled with all of your positive energy and thoughts, the night was completely magical. Thank you! It was so powerful...
Weekly Meal Plan // September 29-October 4
A Week of Simple Meals We are moving into Farm Girls Supper Club week, which means I’ll be shopping, prepping and cooking half the menu for 90 attendees. If you’re the praying sort, I wouldn’t mind a shout out. This dinner is a labor of love. The best way I can describe it: It’s like…
Weekly Meal Plan // September 22-28
An Easy Weekly Plan Your Whole Family Will Love! SUNDAY We’re grilling rib-eyes and bell peppers and serving everything up with chimichurri. I have all the ingredients to make this shortcut caesar salad with kale instead of romaine. MONDAY It’s my night to take dinner for my daughter’s YoungLife leaders. A big pot of weeknight…