One-Pot Beer Cheese Soup
Today is National Cheese Lover’s Day! A day just for cheese lovers — of which I am one! I often pick restaurants based on my ability to have an entre with cheese… So in celebration of today, I am posting a beer cheese soup recipe. Perfect for winter! Beer cheese soup makes for a warm and satisfying meal on cold, blustery days. Unfortunately, it has a reputation for being a bit tricky to make because it can turn into a gloppy mess if you aren’t careful. However, you can achieve picture-perfect (and palate-worthy) results at home with this easy recipe. Advertisements
Cool Meal Ideas for Your New Year’s Celebrations
There have been numerous celebrations during the holiday season in addition to the rush of shopping, wrapping, and decorating. New Year’s is the perfect time to make things simple. You’re already going to be staying up late on New Year’s Eve to ring in 2020, so why not make the party easy by not overcomplicating your meal planning. One trick is to consider the different traditions when you get started planning. For example, it’s a southern tradition to offer black-eyed peas, collards, and cornbread or hoecakes on New Year’s Day to bring in the New Year and expand luck. Knowing about this tradition can inform your meal planning. Other locations…
Resetting Your Eating Habits after Christmas
When Christmas is over, most people feel as if they need a break from the heavy holiday food that they’ve been eating. You need a reset from the holiday fare. It’s the perfect time to try to start eating healthier, even while navigating the leftovers. Establish Balance in Your Meals Focus at first on balancing your meals. Each of your meals should contain a healthy mix of carbs, protein, and fat. If you focus on smaller meals stretched over six times per day (about every three hours), you’ll avoid the energy slumps and feelings of hunger that can knock people off their plan. Drink More Water Stop drinking any other…
Six Ideas for Your Christmas Leftovers
We spend a lot of time thinking about Thanksgiving dinner and the Thanksgiving leftovers. Little consideration is given to what happens to the Christmas meal the next day. But that leaves some fun opportunities on the table. The only thing better than Christmas dinner is Christmas leftovers. It’s one of the few times of the year that everyone looks forward to having leftovers. Thankfully, there are tons of ways to use traditional Christmas food creatively in leftovers. Wraps Almost anything is good in a wrap. The best part is that you can use different things for the wrap such as lettuce, cabbage, jicama, tortillas, seaweed, and more. Be creative about…
Holiday Rewind: Surviving Your Family During the Holidays
I hope everyone is enjoying their holidays and spending time with family. Sometimes, you may not enjoy family time as much as you would like. Last year, I wrote this post about Holiday Survival. It might be appropriate to check it out this year as we enter into the holiday week.
Christmas Doesn’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Enjoyable
One disadvantage of social media — it emphasizes the relentless pursuit of perfection in all things… If you believe popular media and holiday guides, you may think that everything to do with Christmas from the tree and decorations to the food, and even how you wrap your gifts has to be perfect. That’s simply not true. We all know this, but here we are… Christmas doesn’t have to be perfect to be enjoyable. Kitchen Mishaps Make “Great” Stories Wonky-looking cookies taste just as good. Handmade ornaments with their flaws are charming. Mix and match holiday decorations reflect your style, your family history, and bring back lots of lovely memories. A…
Sometimes Christmas Sucks. That’s OK…
Life comes in seasons. Some years are wonderful with few worries and plenty of everything. Others are leaner, more troublesome, and just plain sad. In the good years, the holidays are a lot of fun, but during the sad times, we may not enjoy Christmas all that much. That’s OK. There’s a lot of pressure put on us to put on a smile be “merry and bright” during the holidays. We’re magically supposed to be in a good mood on Christmas no matter what’s going on in our lives or around us. Yes, you should hide your pain and sorrow and smile through the tears for your kids. Of course,…
How to Find Joy During A Stressful Holiday Season
Between the school’s holiday play, work obligations, Christmas parties, and gift shopping, the weeks leading up to Christmas can be a very busy and stressful time. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and rush through the days. When you push hard to get everything done, you may find yourself exhausted on Christmas day. At that point, you will realize that you’ve blown through the entire holiday season without stopping to enjoy it. There are a few little simple things you can do to make sure that doesn’t happen. If you’re ready to make sure you can enjoy this holiday season, no matter how busy you are or how much pressure you’re…
Resisting Holiday Desserts When You’re Trying to Lose Weight
The Christmas and holiday parties and those desserts are in full swing now… Worried that all of those Christmas cookies and other treats are going to sabotage all of your hard work to lose weight, exercise, and eat healthier? Whether it’s being unable to resist dipping into the kids’ candy stash after hours, piling on too many desserts at the office holiday party, or going on a baking spree that ends up with you eating most of the goodies yourself…(sounds familiar)… Here are some ways to work around the temptation of sweets during the holiday season. Portion Control is Key. That cheesecake may be tempting. But unless you have enough…
The Combined Gift Guide for 2019
I know everyone keeps saying that this year has flown by but the month of December has sped by! Christmas is staring us in the face. I created multiple Holiday Gift Guides for many of the people that you might have to shop for. I decided to create a wrap-up post with links to each post for easy reference. Gift Guide for Boyfriends Gift Guide for Girlfriends Gift Guide for Fitness Enthusiasts Gift Guide for Husbands Gift Guide for Wives Gift Guide for Moms Gift Guide for Dads Gift Guide for People Who Travel Gift Guide for Young Adults Gift Guide for Kids Gift Guide for Teachers Gift Guide for…
