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09/02/2026

He’s starting the day out right. Smashed sausage patties, onions, duck eggs on the blacstone, sourdough toast and of course a cuppa
Sean loves it, me not so much.

09/01/2026

Stay with me on this one… because sometimes the best meals start with, “What the heck do I have in the fridge?” 😂

Tonight was definitely one of those nights.

I had some leftover sausage from Mama Mia’s, cabbage, Ohio tomatoes, onions, garlic, asparagus, and some local Southern Sol seasonings.

No recipe. No real plan. Just a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and the determination not to let perfectly good food go to waste. 😂

And listen… it may not look like much, but it was AMAZING.

Fresh, spicy, flavorful and completely satisfying. ❤️

There’s just something about pulling out whatever you can find in the fridge and turning it into a meal that somehow tastes better than something you planned all week.

Do you ever cook like this?
What’s your favorite “clean out the fridge” meal?
And be honest—are you a follow-the-recipe cook or a throw-it-in-the-pan-and-see-what-happens cook? 😂

09/01/2026

Sometimes when you work from home you do fun things in between meetings and phone calls ❤️❤️

08/29/2026

08/29/2026

BUY SMALL. BUY LOCAL. 🍝🇮🇹

Sean was out and about in downtown Sebring today — kind of like an unaccompanied minor. 😂 Of course, an ice cream stop before lunch was necessary, followed by a stroll through Mamma Mia Produce and Italian Market at 104 Circle Park Drive.

We eat at home most of the time. Partly because it’s better for you, but honestly? A lot of the time the food is just BETTER.

Today Sean spent about $35 on sausage, pasta and sauce at Mama Mia’s. At first, $35 might sound like a lot for ingredients for one meal.

Except it isn’t one meal.

It easily feeds 4 adults with leftovers, and with another jar of sauce, we could have fed about 8 people. That works out to roughly $4.30 per serving — for restaurant-quality ingredients straight from Italy.

And there is a HUGE difference between this and grabbing dollar-aisle pasta and jarred sauce. The flavors are sharp, fresh and absolutely amazing.

I make a really, really good homemade pasta sauce — especially considering I’m a Midwestern farm girl 😂 — and I would normally NEVER consider using sauce from a jar.

But Mama Mia’s sauce? I will happily make an exception. It is THAT good.

Sometimes shopping small and buying local looks more expensive when you first see the price tag. But look at the quality, how many people it feeds, and what you’d spend taking four adults out to dinner.

Suddenly, $35 looks like a pretty great deal.

Support the little shops in your community. Buy the good ingredients. Cook at home. And keep those dollars local. ❤️

08/28/2026

Lunchtime 😊