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Hello friends! It so great to see you again! I’ve been out of town the past few weeks with family and loved ones… and I also have a new baby nephew! That means there is one more little munchkin to love on. Isn’t it THE BEST thing being an auntie (or an uncle)? Another BEST thing about vacations are coming home to a load of mail. No, I promise I am not being sarcastic… I really DO look forward to going through the pile. Every once in a while a handwritten note even makes their way in (like ...
Hello Monday. Monday brings promise of what lies ahead. Sometimes I like to sit and think, “I wonder what will life be like a week from now?” Happily, one week from now I will have a new baby nephew! Talk about a promise of what lies ahead. By now you know I am a lover of all things to-do-lists. Yep, I am one of those people who will add something to the list that is already done just for the satisfaction of crossing it off. Are you like that? If so, we are kindred souls. One of the ...
This post contains a sponsored link to a Sloppy Joe recipe I developed for De Nigris Italian Vinegars. #ItalianVinegar #DrizzleFlavor Four o’clock in the afternoon rolls around and your daily conversation with yourself begins. “Hey, it’s 4:00 already.” “How am I ever going to finish this project/laundry/deadline in the next hour?” “Maybe I should get a cup of coffee?” “Did I check Instagram in the last five/ten/fifteen minutes?” “What am I going to make for dinner?” The last ...
Meatballs come in all shapes, sizes, and ingredients such as beef, pork, turkey, chicken, vegetarian, and vegan. My personal favorite meatball base is ground chicken breast. The consistency is extremely fine and therefore you avoid any mystery bites of fat, grizzle, or well, mystery bites. Another great reason for choosing ground chicken for meatballs is that ground chicken breast is somewhat bland all by itself. This means that whatever ingredients you add will stay pure and deliciously ...
Happy Friday! I hope you are having a happy and hope-filled day, looking forward to this holiday weekend with giddy anticipation. I am pretty pumped because this weekend I finally get to meet a (second) cousin for the first time in my life! Plus I will be having a reunion with friends I used to go to church with over thirty years ago. Fun, right? Speaking of church youth groups… today’s five foodie finds is a plug for my church’s teen and young adult group. They are planning a trip to New ...
Oh, hey. How’s it going? It is a peaceful day over here at Happy Ours Cottage. I’ve been thinking a lot about food happiness lately. This blog is often a reflection of what is going on in my life. What started back in 2009 as a means to explore all the touch points of food hasn’t really strayed off track. Sometimes I’ve taken the scenic route while other times I’ve taken the time off to visit a town or two. Deep, I know. I believe in food happiness. Food is a necessity of life, right? We ...
You thought their last name was going to be Pozza, didn’t you? In the summer of 2005, Lucius and Alison Mhoon purchased Pozza’s Pasta from Mr. Felix Pozza of Tonitown. Mr. Pozza was a businessman and grocer in Tontitown, Arkansas, who started selling Pozza’s Pasta in 1971. The handmade Italian pasta actually has over 100 years of tradition and whether you realize it or not, it is an icon in Northwest Arkansas. The Mhoon’s background in Italian pasta is solid. The great aunt of Lucius owned ...
This post contains a sponsored link to a mocktail/cocktail recipe I developed for De Nigris Italian Vinegars. #ItalianVinegar #DrizzleFlavor Sorry, I’m not telling you what to do. This post is more like a nudge in the right direction. I mean, I have practically guaranteed that you’ll feel happy sipping merrily along with this shrub. What is a shrub? A shrub is a vinegar-based syrup or sweetener, infused with fruits or herbs. Or both. A shrub by itself with a splash of ginger ale or club ...
Happy Friday! Today’s installment of Five Foodie Finds is mixture of everyday foodie and gourmet foodie. Can you guess which items are everyday vs. gourmet? We're focusing on fish today because fish is often the forgotten protein. It gets a bad rap (which is understandable to anyone who has ever tasted less than stellar fish). The first two finds today are pantry stable items, rainbow trout and anchovies. Both will knock your socks off with flavor. Keep the trout on hand when you’re ...
This post contains a sponsored link to a recipe I developed for Riceland Foods, the world’s largest miller and marketer of rice. Available at grocery stores just about everywhere. Sushi. Quick. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see the word “sushi?” Raw fish? Sticky rice? Seaweed? Wasabi? Ginger? Deliciousness? For some, their first thought may be “ewh, I don’t eat raw fish.” Well have no fear because there IS a sushi roll that does not involve raw fish! Scan the ...
You know that saying, “when life gives you lemons… make lemonade?” I think it’s incorrect. Instead it should say, “when life gives you lemons… make buttery lemon chicken breasts in your Instant Pot pressure cooker.” Which, technically, would taste quite delicious with a side of homemade lemonade. Yes, my friends, it is time for another ‘shop your pantry episode here on the blog. Today’s over-abundance ingredient is lemon. Have you ever purchased a bag of lemons after calculating the savings ...
It’s 4:30pm on a Friday and you know what that means? It means that the #Fri-Yay hashtag on Instagram is going crazy right about now! Because I know you are itching to get going on the weekend, I will keep this post brief by starting a list of ten things that are making me extremely joyful right now and giving YOU the assignment to finish the list with YOUR ten things. The first four items are part of a fun challenge that Beth from The Food Adventuress and I like to do from time to time. ...
This post was sponsored by Yarnell’s Premium Ice Cream, creating down-home goodness in Arkansas since 1932. Memorial Weekend is this weekend and as everyone knows… it’s the official kick-off to summer. I mean, c’mon, what screams summer more than outdoor grilling, splashing in the lake, and that awesome moment when you get brain freeze eating ice cream as fast as you can before it melts dripping down your hand on its way to your elbow? This, my friends, is summertime. I’m terrible at ...
We’re big into plain yogurt over here in the Fultz household. It’s one of our pantry staples. But like anything when it comes to food, sometimes you get on a kick and then you hit a plateau where you’re over it. Or, at least you pull back from the overabundance and gently tell it that you need a little space. So I found myself with two tubs of plain yogurt. One unopened and one partially opened, with a looming expiration date. What to do? What to do? You bake chicken with a savory yogurt ...
This post contains a sponsored link to a recipe I developed for Riceland Foods. Hello you. Is your Monday behaving? I’m feeling a little peppy right at the moment after taking a ten-minute sunning break down on the dock. “Zing. Thunk. Sweeeeeal.” That was the sound of the ultra-lite fishing rod as it was cast just mere inches from my blissful spot. Squinting to shade my eyes from the sun and peering over my shoulder to the direction of the thunk, the line tugged and the fish was ...
There are things in everyday life that are functional and rarely pretty. Take, for instance, the average toilet paper roll holder in the bathroom. Or the six-hundred-button television remote control that sits next to the stereo remote, which sits next to the amazon fire remote. Some of you right now may be thinking, “but I put those remotes in a pretty basket,” or perhaps thinking “my toilet roll holder rocks.” If so, I want to be you. I do my best to try to find ways to make the everyday a ...
