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No birthday is complete without a yummy dessert, right? At least in my book that’s true! For her recent birthday, my daughter suggested I make either chocolate or strawberry cake. I decided to combine those two flavors into one cake!
I went looking for a strawberry icing and came across this one that was amazing! All Sally’s recipes are delicious!
Continue reading “The BEST Strawberry Buttercream”Eight years ago my daughters and I started a new tradition. On the year that one of us has a significant birthday, we go away together on a two-night get-away. We leave our families behind and head off to enjoy “girl time.” It has turned into such a wonderful memory-making event! Over the years we’ve been to Boone, Lake Keowee, Pigeon Forge, and Greenville, SC.
This year we were celebrating my youngest daughter, Alli’s birthday and we generally let the one we’re honoring make the choice as to where we should go. She suggested we return to Boone, NC. It’s a mountain town with lots of really good restaurants, mountain views, and shopping. Perfection!
Our husbands always make loading those carts onto the elevators look so easy. Don’t ask how we did!
Continue reading “Creating Lasting Memories: Our Girls’ Trip Tradition”A dinner of fish is healthy and fast! Here’s another easy way to fix a delicious supper of salmon. The ingredients are few and the taste is bright and delicious! I made this last week and it was so good!
On Wednesday of this week, August 19th, I marked my 18th blogging anniversary. Wow. I’ve written 3,533 posts in those 18 years. That’s a lot of words! There have been times in the recent couple of years that I’ve been tempted to throw in the blogging towel, but there are a few things that keep me blogging.
Continue reading “Celebrating 18 Years of Blogging: A Reflection of the Journey”Sometimes when I’ve planned my menu, I get excited about the upcoming meal, because it’s something new that I’m sure will be delicious! This happened recently after I had watched Ina Garten prepare a Skillet Roasted Lemon Chicken on You Tube. It had all the flavors we love, so I promptly added it to my menu…and then did what I frequently do when I make a new recipe – I invited guests to join us for dinner! Ha!
This recipe rivals and maybe even wins over my favorite Katie Brown Chicken recipe that I’ve been making for years! The lemon slices that line the cast iron skillet add so much flavor, as well as the infused olive oil that is brushed onto the chicken skin. Yum!
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