DIY: Hand Sanitizer

DIY Hand Sanitizer / Bev Cooks

Hi! How are you coping? 2020 is weird, right? But I’ve got something for you today juuuuust in case you need it at some point. Because hoarders be cray. Also, I decided back in, what – 2017 that I would no longer say “cray.” LOOK AT WHAT THIS VIRUS HAS DONE TO ME. Also also, […]

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Friday Flotsam

daffodil in the front yard

Fri….day. Hey. Well, it’s just impossible for me to sit here at my laptop on this eerie Friday morning and pretend to churn out goofy stories about ankle socks or nose hair clippers when the whole world is being flipped upside down like it is. It just feels fake and inappropriate today. I’ve been purposely […]

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Tex-Mex Chicken and Rice Soup

Tex-Mex Chicken and Rice Soup / Bev Cooks

New favorite soup alert! And I mean it. Oh, do I mean it. And guess what – this falls into my UNDER TEN INGREDIENT meals! Well, it’s 11 in total, but I feel like you already have the pantry staples on hand, so in a way it’s like, six ingredients. And you might already have […]

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Friday Flotsam

purple flowers / bev cooks

FRRRRREWERWERWERWRERday. Can we talk about guilty pleasures? Guys, I don’t think I have any! Is this sad? Reason I ask is, the other day my friend Trisha texted me about some song she loves and how it was a guilty pleasure, and I said to her, “But wait, why is it a guilty pleasure? I […]

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Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwiches

Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwiches / Bev Cooks

And they’re lightly fried, let us rejoice. You know, I have to admit. I really do like a fried chicken sandwich. I don’t care who you are or what you do, chicken sandwiches have always been and will always be that food that makes everybody’s head turn a half notch and stomach growl a full […]

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Friday Flotsam

vine in the winter / bev cooks

FRRRRRRRRRRRRRerherderpermerder! So this is the kind of stuff I think about. You’re like, here we go. Have you ever noticed how any business offices you call – no matter if it’s the doctor’s office, home improvement store, toenail repair shop – EVERYONE’S MENU HAS CHANGED? “Please listen carefully, as our menu has changed.” Why did […]

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Ranch Shrimp and Spinach Pizzas

Ranch Shrimp and Spinach Pizzas / Bev Cooks

Time to unleash our inner closet sorority girl! Is “inner closet” repetitively redundant? Eh, who’s to say. RANCH pizzas. I’m not even sorry about how much I love ranch dressing. And I’m not sure if sorority girls even like ranch dressing anymore. Do they? BACK IN MY DAY (said like the Grandpa Simpson) it was […]

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Lemon Fennel Orecchiette

Lemon Fennel Orecchiette / Bev Cooks

You’re like, GRODY FENNEL? Come on, dost thou not trust moi? (said like Diane Chambers.) Roasting fennel is one of those secret loop holes of life. It’s sweet. But it’s savory. It’s tender. Yet it’s crunchy. And it works stunningly with loads of lemon, piles of parsley, oodles of orecchiette and ample alliteration. Also, tell […]

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