Creamy Cauliflower and Parsnip Soup with Herb Garlic Finishing Oil
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with lots of overindulgence, loads of stuffing, a mountain of mashed potatoes, and leftovers coming out your ears. We are still working our way through...
View ArticleLOVE PEOPLE WELL: Swedish Almond Ring
This post is part of the Love People Well series. The focus of this series is on easily shareable, transportable, and giftable foods. Its an invitation to spread a little love to our friends and...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide
Christmas shopping is hard. I do my best to support local small businesses, but I don’t know what I would do without the internet. Fight traffic or buy it online for the same price or better?...
View ArticleGift Guide: Dude Edition
Its holiday gifting season!! Ladies, can we all agree that most guys are awful to shop for? Awful. My Dad remains a mystery. My brother is super challenging, too. But my husband is not. Maybe...
View ArticleThyme Roasted Carrots with Maple Dijon Glaze
Colorful roasted vegetables are always welcome on my table. Especially during the holidays! These roasted carrots are beyond delicious! We ate a lot of superbly awesome things on Thanksgiving… but...
View ArticleTahini Shortbread Cookies
Who remembers those giant tins of Danish Butter Cookies during the holidays?? Anyone!? Every holiday season, at least one client would gift my dad with one of those giant cookie tins. If you are...
View ArticleMexican Chocolate Pie with Gingersnap Crust
The husband is a cake and cream pie person in a fruit pie family. Apple pie, rhubarb pie, and, in my brother’s case, cherry pie are the most common birthday dessert requests. He doesn’t think fruit...
View ArticleChristmas Cookie Round-up
Christmas carols are like Christmas cookies. Everyone has a favorite – often a favorite we can vehemently argue the superiority of. The hubs believes no christmas cookie can ever top sugar cookies...
View ArticleHoliday Dessert Round-up!
Let’s keep Holiday Treat Week rolling! As a follow-up to the Christmas Cookie round-up from earlier this week, I’m excited to share the dessert edition! Featuring my family’s favorite Holiday Desserts...
View ArticleHOLIDAY GIVE-AWAY!!
GIVE-AWAY ALERT!! Its about time I did one of these! The other day I crossed the 2000+ IG followers threshold! To all who follow me or discovered AlmostProperly.com there, thank you so so very much for...
View ArticleGift-able Holiday Treats!
Who made a rule saying homemade holiday gifts must involve either hot glue-guns or hot cocoa mix with mini marshmallows? I certainly don’t subscribe to this philosophy. And frankly, don’t plan to. I...
View ArticleRosemary Cardamom Spiced Nuts
Who doesn’t love a good spiced nut mix? Ok, maybe people allergic to nuts. But aside from them?? I love everything from raw nuts to nut butters, but my very favorite are spiced roasted nuts. I...
View ArticleChristmas Morning Breakfast Round-Up
There are few mornings I look forward too as much as Christmas morning. I’m not a 5 year old at heart. In fact, I’m probably more like 80 years old at heart. Allow me to paint a little visual for...
View ArticleSea Salt Caramels
My husband waits all year for christmas cookies. Specifically “sugar cookies with thick buttercream frosting.” One year I made them with a thin glaze. Clearly he hasn’t forgotten my error in...
View Article2017’s Top Recipes
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Hopefully you are still celebrating and relaxing with friends and family! I know I am! 2017 flew by! I cannot believe its drawing to a close! These were the 10...
View ArticleMy Favorite Recipes of 2017
2017 was quite a year for the hubs and I. Things we expected to happen didn’t. Things we didn’t expect, did. I believe this is what they call L-I-F-E, folks. And it never ceases to surprise me. For...
View Article10 Most Popular Recipes on AlmostProperly.com
Each year, I like to take a little inventory of what brings you guys to this site! I am truly grateful to each and every one of you who stop by, make my recipes, leave me comments, send me messages,...
View ArticleReader Survey + Give Away!
While I don’t exactly set new years resolutions, I am a goal oriented, type-A gal. So goal setting is part of my DNA. I write everything in a notebook/planner that I carry with me everywhere. Yes,...
View ArticleTop Healthy Meal Recipes
The “New Year – New You!” health kick every January is certainly nothing revolutionary. People throw around trendy of-the-moment diets. Or boldly state, “I’m cutting out _______.” Or “I’m going to...
View Article8 One-Pot Winter Soups, Chilis, and Curries
Until our recent move, our house was fairly small. Big kitchen, but small otherwise. We had a massive back deck and patio perfect for the summer months, but since this is Seattle, we have essentially...
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