Author: Shannon

Simple Bolognese Sauce

Simple Bolognese Sauce

Pasta love is back again. I’ve always said food is my love language, but pasta may actually be my love language. Something about it just gives me all the feelings. I’m not even Italian. This simple bolognese sauce has a great depth of flavor and 

Rice and Beans

Rice and Beans

There are some recipes that quickly become staples in my house. It doesn’t matter the season either. It’s just always good and always in my rotation. When I find a recipe that is vegetarian or vegan and is great for leftovers, that is a win 

Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies

Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snowwww! It’s a potential snow day here in New Jersey. I’ve always been a fan of snow days, probably more when I was teaching. The excitement just brings you back to childhood, right? I could never live 

Snowball Cookies

Snowball Cookies

It’s time! Cookie time! The most wonderful time of the year is my baking high. Grace is usually the baker at all times of the year, but I get really motivated during the holidays. Snow is in the air. At least, it certainly feels cold 

5 Tips for Hosting Preparation

5 Tips for Hosting Preparation

I love hosting friends and family. Perhaps that is obvious due to the name of the blog and all of the recipes and ideas Grace and I write about. It really brings me great joy to have people in my home and allow them to 

Cornbread Casserole

Cornbread Casserole

I think I’ve made it quite clear that Thanksgiving dinner is brought to you by the casserole. I am all about it. If you caught Grace’s stories and answers to your questions on Instagram yesterday, you know that casseroles make your prep much easier. You 

Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce

Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce

Fall is in the air. It seems to arrive quite abruptly here in New Jersey, so I embrace it and try to hold on to it as long as I can. Once that cold air comes in, my kitchen changes. Forget the grill, even though 

Simple Garden Pasta

Simple Garden Pasta

Another day of forgetting to take some sort of meat out of the freezer….so what do I make for dinner? Pasta of course! Sometimes that delicious red sauce is too much to make or you’re just in the mood for something lighter. This recipe is 

Homemade Lasagna

Homemade Lasagna

More comfort food, anyone? February in New Jersey has been very snowy….so I am just all about the cozy recipes. There are quick recipes and there are recipes that just require more love which is of course equal to time. Homemade lasagna is one of 

Better Than Takeout Beef and Broccoli

Better Than Takeout Beef and Broccoli

My mother raised five children, so of course she had a budget for everything. Food especially. She always made everything from scratch. It was often very good! Of course, now I can appreciate it much more than I did as a child. Ordering take out