• Breakfast Burrito on a Budget

    Breakfast Burritos on a Budget

    Hello darlings, it’s me again! I can’t believe I’ve made such a switch up since this whole thing started but I feel as if more of you need low-cost friendly recipes/meals than you do lounge/fashion these days. Trust me, so…

  • Easiest Vegan Minestrone Soup (Instant Pot)

    Hello my dear friends! In the spirit of budgeting, saving money and eating healthy, I’m posting this recipe because it’s also the easiest vegan minestrone soup you’ll ever make! Like, really though. I’m not just saying that. You’re gonna be…

  • Quick & Easy Green Smoothie // On the Trip Side

    Quick & Easy Green Smoothie

    Hello smoothie fans! Darlings, this is the time to be trying to give ourselves a little grace. Nothing is normal, everything is a bit off. Even though it feels like the world is collapsing all around us, now is the…

  • Thanksgiving Hostess Gift Ideas // On the Trip Side

    Thanksgiving Hostess Gift Ideas

    Darlings! Believe it or not, it’s the time of year for hot mulled wine, spiced pumpkin bread, fancy dishes, tea towels and the James Bond marathon on the Syfy network. However, and more importantly, it’s about family. Whatever family means…

  • Homemade Apple Galette

    My Recent Trip to Paris: What I Ate

    What I ate.  Yummmmm. My goodness, I have been spoiled, my lovely friends! My sweet cousins we’re so kind and really treated me to a true Parisian cuisine experience. Each meal was prepared and cooked morning, noon and night. Surprisingly…

  • Easy Chicken Instant Pot Soup

    Maybe I’m lazy. Maybe it’s exhaustion from a full day of work or because I’m hoping to get a jump start on cooking. Maybe it’s habit. I don’t really know. All I know is that every time I go to…

  • Peanut Butter Toffee Cookies

    For the record, this is my first time making these cookies and I am using a cookbook to guide me along the way but I must say… they sure are tasty looking! As you’ll remember, one of my blog goals…

  • Favorite Pecan Pie

    Hello Friends! I sincerely hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving and you were able to share it with family and/or friends. Thanksgiving is always a fun time for my family but this year I was having some stomach issues and…

  • Perfect Pumpkin Muffins

    Hello Friends and good morning! I woke up early this AM to get some chores done around the cottage and bake some muffins. Please excuse the no make up and workout gear. I’m having a “me day”. A day where…