Food for the Soul

Today is a special day – it’s my best friend Jamie’s birthday. I’m letting her sweet baby girl and favorite guy take over B&B today for an adorable birthday message. Happy Birthday, Jamie. I love ya, girl! Hi Mommy!Happy Happy Birthday! Dad and I thought really hard on what to get you this year for …

I don’t have a recipe for you today. This post.. I’ve been writing this post in my head for literally the last year and a half. If you listen to country music, you might know where it’s going. There’s a song by Miranda Lambert called “The House that Built Me”, about her childhood home. I …

How do you say thank you adequately to friends that make a secret, silent dream come true? I’m not really sure there is a way, but if there is, I think I’d start with this Peach Crisp. It also has nectarines and plums, and is made with a whole lotta butter and love. Over the …

One of the hardest things about living in New Jersey is the homesickness for Texas. I miss wide open spaces, and tacos whenever I want (not made by me!) and bluebonnets, obviously. But even more so, I miss my people. My core group of friends. My family, of course. But also, there are a few …

You may have noticed things going intermittently quiet around here for a while now. I promise you it was not because I lost a passion for food, or a passion for blogging, but rather because I had something incredibly important happening here at home. You see, The Brit and I have wanted something for a …

When your baby cousin by ten years gets married, it’s one of those things you want to pull out all the stops for. Especially since James and I kind of feel like we were the first to give the “family approval” of the groom. Zach and Alycia are the CUTEST couple, and we were so …

Hey y’all – I’m popping in quickly just to say a few things. Once Sandy has come and gone, we’ll be back to our regularly scheduled recipes and silly musings. If you’ve read B&B for any length of time, you might know that we live in Central New Jersey.. right in the path of this …

  This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Jeannette B.! Say goodbye to your productivity, Jeannette! But you will get a lot smarter from all that reading you’re going to be doing.   The third and final giveaway to celebrate our 4th year of blogging is again, an item I use every. single. day. Growing …

  This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Bonnie C.! Bonnie, I hope you love your Le Creuset French Oven as much as I do.   Four years ago today, I posted for the first time to Bluebonnets & Brownies, this little blog o’ mine. I couldn’t know then the joy and knowledge it would …

If you follow me on any social media, you may have seen my very freaked out statuses a few weeks ago. My dad had a heart attack on a quiet Wednesday, and survived, despite the odds being 98% in the favor of him not doing so. Since that quiet Wednesday, I have been taking stock …