Labor Day weekend is this weekend, which for most of us means one extra day off of work! Can I get a woohoo? I cannot believe that September is here guys! That means I am having a baby NEXT MONTH! Crazy town, which means over the next month I will super busy whipping up as many recipes as I can because I will be taking October off for maternity leave. Recipes like this hibiscus green tea granita! It's one of my new favorite cold treats to serve and it would be perfect to whip up for your Labor Day festivities!
With only 5 weeks and 5 days left until our little boy's arrival, my mom came into town last weekend to help me finish up all of the last details in the nursery. We washed tiny clothes, hung wall decor, and got everything just right for the arrival of baby boy Chatagnier. I have been so excited to show you the nursery reveal because it truly has become my favorite room in the house!
I knew from the beginning that I wanted a nursery that felt calm, he would be able to grow into, and that was rustic with a modern feel.
We have a few weeks left of summer and I am taking full advantage in the kitchen. I'm whipping up light and healthy meals that I can grill up for a fast dinner almost every night of the week right now. With kids back at school and vacations officially over for the year, schedules are getting busier and busier and no one has the time to worry about dinner. My grilled pineapple and shrimp skewers are super healthy and fast and you can feel great about feeding them to your entire family.
There's only a month left of summer and there is a little part of me that is panicking. What will I do without my favorite fruits like berries, peaches, melons, and figs? I am just not sure I am ready to give them up. I mean I love apples and grapes, but they don't speak to my soul in the way that summer fruits do. I am however ready for a relief in the heat and all things pumpkin and cozy, but until then you can find me making dishes like my fig and melon salad with prosciutto and savoring the last days of the their season.
Growing up in the South, biscuits are considered a breakfast essential in most family households. Still to this day, when I take a bite of a homemade biscuit, I feel a sense of nostalgia and cooking in the kitchen with my mom covered in flour. Because if you are making your biscuits from scratch, you should be covered in flour...it goes with the territory. So when King Arthur Flour asked me to be a part of their Better Biscuit Campaign, how was I supposed to say no? Of course I said yes and debated long and hard about what kind of biscuit I wanted to make you. When it came down to it, I had to go traditional, because to me there is nothing better than a perfectly baked warm biscuit slathered in something yummy. These homemade flaky biscuits with lavender honey butter are going to rock your world in so many ways and I can't wait for you to try them out.
I've been out of the cocktail game for seven months now, and I'll admit my experimentation has gone down because I guess it just isn't as fun when you can't drink your concoctions. That on top of being in and out of town, and slightly preoccupied with baby stuff, I have failed you in the cocktail department. But lucky for you, my hubby has recently decided to make up for my lack of mixology in the house and has starting mixing up some cocktails of his own! The southern cucumber happens to be his new favorite and is the perfect drink to finish out summer!
