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Have you tried the Kitchen|Fields Table Tour at The Hive?

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Disclosure: For the next year, I am serving as an ambassador for the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board by highlighting stories surrounding Arkansas’s largest row crop – soybeans! #themiraclebean #ARSoyStory #ARSoySupper Hello friends. I hope your Thanksgiving was filled with happiness and joy. Most of us are back in the swing of things with our daily routines, school schedules and perhaps adding a few extra pushups to counteract the past few days of consuming dessert leftovers. Worth it! Isn’t ...

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drinks

How to make a savory cup of tea using dry herbs.

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This post contains affiliate links. Guess what? Today we’re going to embrace one of life’s pick-me-ups! We’re going to make our own tea using dried herbs. Yep, I know. We all probably have perfectly good and ready-to-brew tea bags already in the pantry. But today is different. Today we celebrate a moment of pause. What is a moment of pause, you ask? A moment of pause is picking one thing that you are doing on rote and decide right here and now to elevate the experience surrounding it. ...

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foodie finds

Looking for fall inspiration for your kitchen decor?

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Hello friends! It so great to see you again! I’ve been out of town the past few weeks with family and loved ones… and I also have a new baby nephew! That means there is one more little munchkin to love on. Isn’t it THE BEST thing being an auntie (or an uncle)? Another BEST thing about vacations are coming home to a load of mail. No, I promise I am not being sarcastic… I really DO look forward to going through the pile. Every once in a while a handwritten note even makes their way in (like ...

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kitchen basics

How to bring crystallized honey back to life.

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Hello Monday. Monday brings promise of what lies ahead. Sometimes I like to sit and think, “I wonder what will life be like a week from now?” Happily, one week from now I will have a new baby nephew! Talk about a promise of what lies ahead. By now you know I am a lover of all things to-do-lists. Yep, I am one of those people who will add something to the list that is already done just for the satisfaction of crossing it off. Are you like that? If so, we are kindred souls. One of the ...

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How to make a delicious Sloppy Joes, with a kiss of Italian apple cider vinegar.

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This post contains a sponsored link to a Sloppy Joe recipe I developed for De Nigris Italian Vinegars. #ItalianVinegar #DrizzleFlavor Four o’clock in the afternoon rolls around and your daily conversation with yourself begins. “Hey, it’s 4:00 already.” “How am I ever going to finish this project/laundry/deadline in the next hour?” “Maybe I should get a cup of coffee?” “Did I check Instagram in the last five/ten/fifteen minutes?” “What am I going to make for dinner?” The last ...

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Five Foodie Finds for Friday :: Rada Cutlery.

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Happy Friday! I hope you are having a happy and hope-filled day, looking forward to this holiday weekend with giddy anticipation. I am pretty pumped because this weekend I finally get to meet a (second) cousin for the first time in my life! Plus I will be having a reunion with friends I used to go to church with over thirty years ago. Fun, right? Speaking of church youth groups… today’s five foodie finds is a plug for my church’s teen and young adult group. They are planning a trip to New ...

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Meet Lucius and Alison Mhoon, owners of Pozza’s Pasta.

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You thought their last name was going to be Pozza, didn’t you? In the summer of 2005, Lucius and Alison Mhoon purchased Pozza’s Pasta from Mr. Felix Pozza of Tonitown. Mr. Pozza was a businessman and grocer in Tontitown, Arkansas, who started selling Pozza’s Pasta in 1971. The handmade Italian pasta actually has over 100 years of tradition and whether you realize it or not, it is an icon in Northwest Arkansas. The Mhoon’s background in Italian pasta is solid. The great aunt of Lucius owned ...

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Sip on this white peach shrub whenever you want to feel happy.

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De Nigris I Fruttati white peach shrub #ItalianVinegar #DrizzleFlavor #denigris1889 AD - main (c)nwafoodie

This post contains a sponsored link to a mocktail/cocktail recipe I developed for De Nigris Italian Vinegars. #ItalianVinegar #DrizzleFlavor Sorry, I’m not telling you what to do. This post is more like a nudge in the right direction. I mean, I have practically guaranteed that you’ll feel happy sipping merrily along with this shrub. What is a shrub? A shrub is a vinegar-based syrup or sweetener, infused with fruits or herbs. Or both. A shrub by itself with a splash of ginger ale or club ...

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foodie finds

Five Foodie Finds for Friday :: Here fishy, fishy, fishy.

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Five Foodie Finds for Friday :: here fishy fish July 14 2017 (c)nwafoodie

Happy Friday! Today’s installment of Five Foodie Finds is mixture of everyday foodie and gourmet foodie. Can you guess which items are everyday vs. gourmet? We're focusing on fish today because fish is often the forgotten protein. It gets a bad rap (which is understandable to anyone who has ever tasted less than stellar fish). The first two finds today are pantry stable items, rainbow trout and anchovies. Both will knock your socks off with flavor. Keep the trout on hand when you’re ...

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How to make avocado, cucumber, and brown rice sushi at home.

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This post contains a sponsored link to a recipe I developed for Riceland Foods, the world’s largest miller and marketer of rice. Available at grocery stores just about everywhere. Sushi. Quick. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you see the word “sushi?” Raw fish? Sticky rice? Seaweed? Wasabi? Ginger? Deliciousness? For some, their first thought may be “ewh, I don’t eat raw fish.” Well have no fear because there IS a sushi roll that does not involve raw fish! Scan the ...

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hospitality

10 things that spark joy and encourage entertaining.

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It’s 4:30pm on a Friday and you know what that means? It means that the #Fri-Yay hashtag on Instagram is going crazy right about now! Because I know you are itching to get going on the weekend, I will keep this post brief by starting a list of ten things that are making me extremely joyful right now and giving YOU the assignment to finish the list with YOUR ten things. The first four items are part of a fun challenge that Beth from The Food Adventuress and I like to do from time to time. The ...

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desserts

How to create a frozen milkshake bar with Yarnell’s ice cream.

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This post was sponsored by Yarnell’s Premium Ice Cream, creating down-home goodness in Arkansas since 1932. Memorial Weekend is this weekend and as everyone knows… it’s the official kick-off to summer. I mean, c’mon, what screams summer more than outdoor grilling, splashing in the lake, and that awesome moment when you get brain freeze eating ice cream as fast as you can before it melts dripping down your hand on its way to your elbow? This, my friends, is summertime. I’m terrible at ...

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meal planning

A simple way to use up plain whole yogurt.

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We’re big into plain yogurt over here in the Fultz household. It’s one of our pantry staples. But like anything when it comes to food, sometimes you get on a kick and then you hit a plateau where you’re over it. Or, at least you pull back from the overabundance and gently tell it that you need a little space. So I found myself with two tubs of plain yogurt. One unopened and one partially opened, with a looming expiration date. What to do? What to do? You bake chicken with a savory yogurt ...

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How to make a delicious kielbasa, rice, and beans skillet meal.

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  This post contains a sponsored link to a recipe I developed for Riceland Foods. Hello you. Is your Monday behaving? I’m feeling a little peppy right at the moment after taking a ten-minute sunning break down on the dock. “Zing. Thunk. Sweeeeeal.” That was the sound of the ultra-lite fishing rod as it was cast just mere inches from my blissful spot. Squinting to shade my eyes from the sun and peering over my shoulder to the direction of the thunk, the line tugged and the fish was ...

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In search of pretty with a side of functional.

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There are things in everyday life that are functional and rarely pretty. Take, for instance, the average toilet paper roll holder in the bathroom. Or the six-hundred-button television remote control that sits next to the stereo remote, which sits next to the amazon fire remote. Some of you right now may be thinking, “but I put those remotes in a pretty basket,” or perhaps thinking “my toilet roll holder rocks.” If so, I want to be you. I do my best to try to find ways to make the everyday a ...

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kitchen basics

Keep your spices fresh with RAWSPICEBAR.

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* Marci at Stone Cottage Adventures's lucky #4 is the winner! Congratulations! * This post contains an affiliate link and RAWSPICEBAR provided me with product. Be assured that before I recommend a product, I try it myself and absolutely have to believe that it encourages eating well and living well. Good luck to one of you! There is an exhilarating sense of accomplishment when you create a sauce without having to look up a recipe online or pull out the dog-eared cookbook. Your shoulders ...

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Five Foodie Finds for Friday :: Road tripping.

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Five Foodie Finds for Friday spring break road trip snacks and gadgets Mar 24 2017 (c)nwafoodie

All across the fruited plains, families are getting their cars road-ready and stocking it with goodies to keep the kiddos happy and satisfied. Here in Northwest Arkansas, Spring Break has three days left. That leaves plenty of time to make the most of it. Today’s five foodie finds highlight four ingredients plus one gadget that would make any road trip just a wee bit healthier, tastier, and add an extra touch of fun. 1. Mountain Valley 333ml spring water 2. Vintage melamine cafeteria food ...

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“Just like becoming an expert in wine–you learn by drinking it, the best you can afford–you learn about great food by finding the best there is, whether simply or luxurious. Then you savor it, analyze it, and discuss it with your companions, and you compare it with other experiences.” – Julia Child