I’ve got some good news for you. But first, I don’t know how this happened, or when or why or where, given the 723 tubes of Burt’s Bees lip balm littering my house and life, but somehow over the last 12 to 24 hours my lips have become ever so slightly chapped, shifting into that […]
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DIY Scented Hand Lotion
JUST HEAR THOSE SLEIGH BELLS JINGLING, RING TING TINGLING TOOOOO. Yeah that would be your fist in my face right about now. It’s a craft post, you guys! And we’re making Christmas goodies. (please don’t barf) I was going to wait until after Thanksgiving to post this, but then I thought about all the neurotic […]
Savory Mini Muffins with Goat Cheese, Red Onion and Rosemary
We need a muffin, n’est-ce pas? I think so too. I also think we need another poem. WAIT DON’T GO YET. Given the enormity of today’s events in our country, I feel a Herculean tug to share with you something that’s been weighing on my heart. Something that keeps me from sleeping. From relaxing. From […]
Creamy BBQ Chicken Pizza
This is a warning. The ingredients you are about to read may cause the following side effects: extreme weeping, sudden heart palpitations, tongue shock, blurry vision, then completely going blind, loss of hearing, dizziness, loss of consciousness, regained consciousness, only to be struck with an intense desire to climb onto your rooftop and sing to […]
Sesame Noodles with Wilted Garden Greens
Welcome to the very last episode of Why Didn’t I think of That, the chronicle of a wandering, rebellious gypsy through the vast, open terrain of her companions’ masterminds, with the hopes of finding herself and the strength to carry on just one more day. (do what now?) We’ve had so much fun this week! […]
Lemon-Brown Sugar Chicken
Weeee’re back! With only two episodes left (I like to pretend this is TV) of Why Didn’t I Think Of That, the tale of a young Kansas woman who desperately needs to wash her hair, but is having more fun pretending she wrote and published all these fabulous cookbooks. But first! An apology. And I […]
Mexican Turkey Meatloaf
Happy Halloween! And welcome back to this week’s theme, Why Didn’t I Think of That, the story of a young woman’s journey through the pages of success born from the hands and minds of her foodie peers that she’s not jealous of at all – their cookbooks. In my head I sound like Ira Glass. […]
Triple Pasta Mash Up
‘Round here at the Halloweidner headquarters, we’ve definitely been on a scary movie rampage marathon extravaganza, and my soul is seriously feelin’ the remnants. Why do I do this? I’m already jumpier than a grasshopper. I’m already a paranoid lunatic on the loose. But I can’t stop. It’s like, my favorite thing ever! I make […]
BBQ Chicken-Pizza Soup + Giveaway!
(this giveaway is now closed) It’s theme week on the https://bevcooks.com blog internet website URL! And no, the theme is not Bev Discusses Her Struggle With Nail Biting. Although I’m sure that would be so much fun for you? I’m actually featuring recipes from all my friends’ current cookbooks! Also known as Why Didn’t I […]
Grilled Chicken Salad Sandwiches & Kale Chips – An Autumn Picnic
Let’s go on a picnic! Not a tree picnic, seeeleeeee. Basically, this is the deal. We have probably 3 1/2 hours left of stunning autumn weather before it turns icy and cold and miserable and abominable snowmany. (Which, can I just say, I used to call it “abdominal” a long time ago. And by “long […]