Cafe Du Monde - Chicory and Coffee Blend from New Orleans I've said on this blog before that I'm a big Mark Wiens fan. His videos have inspired me to search for a variety of foods, most notably my favorite Moroccan Inspired Cucumber Salad. In a video I recently watched of…
March 2023 - Holidays and Observations March! Spring and longer days are their way! In this post you’ll find some (mostly US based) month, week, and daylong celebrations/observations. We picked those we think fit the content of this site. Maybe we missed some, maybe we added some you don't think belong.…
Grand Canyon National Park - Gazing Upon Earth's Beauty On our drive home from Arizona Spring Training, we decided to take a longer route home to make a visit to Grand Canyon National Park. While Matt's visited a few times, it's always been on my bucket list to go. We did…
Sloppy Joe - A Childhood Classic We recently thought of something neither of us has had in quite some time, Sloppy Joe. As soon as I brought it up, Matt told me to text a friend of his for his recipe. Adding, that this friend always made it for parties. For…
FEbruary 2023 - Holidays and Observations 2023 is in full swing! It's February, don't blink because the year's shortest month will be over before you know it. But don't think this holiday is missing out on it's share of celebrations! In this post you’ll find some (mostly US based) month, week,…
Ras El Hanout - Moroccan Spice Blend This spice blend is so flavorful and easy to put together with many spices you probably already have. Ras El Hanout basically translates to "top shelf" and that it is. Literally it translates in Arabic to "top/head of the shelf" but you get it.…
Hot and Spicy S'more - Bring the campfire to your glass This past year for my personal beverage advent calendar, I went the route of cocktails, hard seltzers, and wine. While I got all other cocktail recipes from various blogs, I was inspired by a particular shot. The blog, Totally the…
Everything Smoothie - A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That I wasn't very creative in naming this smoothie. In fact, it came about as a need to use some fruits and vegetables, and SPOILER - it was DELICIOUS! So here I present my "hey let's put this together"…
January 2023 - Holidays and Observations Happy New Year! January is here once again! We begin a new year, and have a clean slate ahead of us with another year of memories to create. Below you’ll find some (mostly US based) month, week, and daylong celebrations/observations. We picked those we think…
December 2022 - Holidays and Observations It's the most wonderful time of the year, or so the old song goes. It's December, the final month of the calendar year. You may or may not be celebrating some major holidays this month, but one thing is for certain, there are a plethora…