Lately, I’ve been missing the bakery. Not in a “let’s reopen tomorrow” kind of way. Not in a regret-filled, spiral-down-the-rabbit-hole way. Just in a quiet, nostalgic, flour-dusted kind of way. I miss the creating. I miss walking into a kitchen before sunrise and knowing that by noon, there would be something beautiful sitting in a …
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First of all, if I am at home on Valentine’s Day, I am not acting normal about it. Absolutely not. You think I’m going to let Valentine’s just quietly pass by like it’s a regular day? Please. If there is even the faintest excuse for pink, red, chocolate, candles, glitter, and fully committed joyful behavior…I’m …
Big pot. Low effort. High reward. The kind that feeds everybody, smells amazing, and makes the whole house feel like it’s about to be a good night. It’s Super Bowl week, it’s been unusually cold here in Florida (which feels rude, honestly), and life has been moving fast. People are hungry…yes…but not just for food. …
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from the Flour Blossom Kitchen There are certain dinners that don’t need a rebrand. They don’t want a twist.They don’t care about trends. They just want a hot skillet, a little patience, and someone who knows when to leave well enough alone. These skillet pork chops are exactly that kind of supper. A Note from …
from the Flour Blossom Kitchen There are nights when I love cooking …the slow kind, the thoughtful kind, the kind that uses every bowl I own. And then there are nights when I am tired, the sink is already full, and I need dinner to cooperate. This is the meal I make on those nights. …
Listen… I’m just going to say it: if my holiday side dishes were on dating apps, the algorithm would absolutely lose its mind. Half of them would be fighting over me like dramatic contestants on a cooking-themed Bachelor, and the other half would ghost me after one bite and a promise of “We should do …
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A Honey Without Flowers Sunday Devotional with a Touch of Sass (and Supper) If we’re being honest — and we are always honest — the Proverbs 31 Woman has intimidated women for centuries. She’s basically the Dolly Parton of the Bible: talented, beloved, multitasking, charming, and somehow doing it all with a smile and great …
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For most of my life, Thanksgiving meant a house full of people: grandparents, cousins, friends — the smell of cornbread dressing, laughter echoing from the kitchen, and at least one relative asking if we really needed that many side dishes (we did). It was noisy, messy, wonderful chaos. A celebration that sometimes started days before …
Continue reading 🦃 Thanksgiving Traditions I Swore I’d Keep (and the Ones I’ve Had to Let Go)
I learned two things in culinary school:1️⃣ Butter fixes almost everything.2️⃣ So does grace. That’s not exactly what they wrote in the textbook, but it’s what stuck. Back then, I was the student who took laminated recipe cards a little too seriously. My uniform was spotless, my measuring cups were organized by size, and heaven …
Some mornings, I wake up and realize I’ve been running on fumes and iced coffee for far too long — the kind of days where gratitude feels like a distant luxury. But lately, God’s been reminding me that daily bread doesn’t always come as miracles or breakthroughs. Sometimes it’s just biscuits. Literal, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth biscuits …
Continue reading 🧈✨ Daily Bread (and Other Things I Forget to Thank God For)
Honey without Flowers 