Marinades and Spices
Start Living Your Life Now
Photo Source: YouTube.com It may seems strange to you that someone retired should write about STARTing anything. That’s certainly understandable, I suppose. For many of you just starting your career as a teacher or...
Making Soy Candles, Part 2
Disclosure: This year I am happy to be serving as a Brand Ambassador for the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board helping to tell the #ARSoyStory. All opinions are my own. So now that you are fully loaded with background tips for candle making,...
The Story Behind A Christmas Carol
This is a repost of December 18, 2012 piece I wrote for Arkansas Women Bloggers. [Tweet "The true story behind A Christmas Carol. #ARWB @diningwithdeb"] “Marley was dead, to begin with.…Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail.” And so begins one...
A Bagful of Magic: Children’s Holiday Books
Reading. What a gift we can give to ourselves and our children. As writers, parents and teachers we know how important it is to model reading and to instill the love of that into our children. I hope you've been reading a holiday story to your...
Tour of Trees with Billie Cornwell {repost}
(This is a repost of a piece I wrote for Arkansas Women Bloggers in 2014.) Billie Cornwell of Benton has more talent in her little finger than I can even begin to wrap my head around. She's a self-professed Pinterest and Southern Living...
At Home With the Arnolds {Revisited}
Note: This is a repost of a piece I wrote for Arkansas Women Bloggers some time back. Many of you know we have recently renovated our kitchen in our Central Arkansas home. Stay tuned for the final update on that. Thanks for stopping by. Leave me...
Renovation Camp 2018
You know my life has been crazy the past few weeks, right? I mean, there's and this. We started calling it "Renovation Camp 2018." on top of this which was more than a little scary. And there's even more coming. In the midst of all...
Kitchen Basics: Homemade Moroccan Spice Blend
Moroccan Spice Bland or Ras el Hanout is not a spicy hot blend, but it gives pungent, warm flavor from the coriander, allspice and cayenne. The cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg add sweet accents as well. It is useful as a rub, in marinades and...