Dear Friends, Just in time for fresh blueberries, my favorite Blueberry Muffin recipe, and video with a quick tip from our sweet friend Forest Richardson for making muffins! The recipe from good friend Hester Hodde is easy enough to whip up and bake while you prepare the rest of your breakfast. These are a staple…
DEAR FRIENDS! Just in time for summer fun, I’m giving you another repeat from two summers ago … Three Cheese Pimento Cheese and Cucumber Spread! I make double batches of both — they go fast and I also love to keep a little extra for hostess gifts. The Cucumber Spread should not be confused with the Cucumber Dip, which…
DEAR FRIENDS, Take two! Sending a video and recipe I shared last year so you can be the hero this Memorial Day and all summer long with Roasted Baby Back Ribs! They are super easy and are jaw-dropping delicious! The best thing is that you can prep everything in advance, put them in the…
Dear Friends, 31 years ago today we said, “I do!” “Will you entertain happily together?” was not one of our vows! Gratefully, we do entertain happily together. Like a lot of things in marriage, we had to figure a few things out. I find not everyone has worked this out as well as they’d like, which…
Dear Friends, In our 30 Days to Effortless Entertaining workshop, I’ve suggested the Signature Cocktail or, as I sometimes call it, the Welcome Cocktail … a special cocktail that we serve our guests when they arrive. If you want to make your guests feel special and kick up the energy of your party, this is a great…
Dear Friends, While we do always dress for dinner, I don’t mean we dress up for dinner. I mean we’re not in our work out clothes and we’re as my mother used to say, put together.” Even when it’s “just us,” we make dinner special. And by “special,” I don’t mean fancy! Dinner at home…
Dear Friends, You are going to love, love, love this new delish side from Lidey Heuck, better known as @lideylikes, on Instagram. You can also find her on lideylikes.com. Good friend, Mary Beaver, put me on to Lidey, and I’m so glad she did! My latest greatest find from Lidey is this fabulous side, Hot Honey Roasted…
Dear Friends, In today’s video, I share a few tabletop tips! We can’t and don’t always need to be la-tee-da with our centerpieces. Let’s keep it simple so entertaining is easy! I also want to let everyone know that the workshop is full! Yay for everyone who has signed up — I’m excited to get started!…