3 Ingredient Guacamole Guacamole doesn't have to be complicated, or really spicy to be good. This 3 Ingredient Guacamole recipe allows the flavor of the avocado to be the star, without causing heartburn. I had to learn to eat differently after a severe acid reflux flare-up 14 years ago. Continue Reading
Sew Saturday-Hanging Kitchen Towels
Sew Saturday- Hanging Kitchen Towels A few weeks ago, my mother-in-law brought over two gorgeous turquoise hanging dish towels that she made to adorn my stove (pictured above). She is the type of person that can make a prom dress out of tulle, so I wouldn't necessarily attempt all of her Continue Reading
No Bake Peanut Butter Pie
No Bake Peanut Butter Pie I've been collecting Jeannette Country Harvest Recipe Pie Plates by Royal China for quite some time now. Until last week, I had cherry, pumpkin, pecan, strawberry, and quiche lorraine. THEN it happened- I was in Goodwill on a friday night, right after my Continue Reading
Upcycled Project Caddy
Upcycled Project Caddy I was in Goodwill, looking for something to upcycle into a caddy for small projects, when I spotted this gorgeously-scrolled French dish drain. I'd been scouting around for something sturdy and small to hold my products-in-the-making. Sometimes I only have an hour to work on Continue Reading
Easy Cheesy Beefaroni
Easy Cheesy Beefaroni It’s time for softball conditioning again here at The Little Cottage. That means my husband, who is a coach, and my daughter, will be coming home around 7 o’clock ravenously hungry. I love having a hot, savory meal on the table when they walk in the door. I’ve been making Continue Reading
Dreamy Turquoise Cubby Shelf Makeover
Dreamy Turquoise Cubby Shelf Makeover Organizing our home is one of my main goals for 2019. The first step toward reaching my organization goal was transforming a very solid, but ugly, black backless cubby shelf with dreamy turquoise paint. Materials Needed: *wooden shelf (not pictured Continue Reading
Bound to a Wheelchair Since 2000, This Artist/Vintage Corelle Dinnerware Collector Continues to Overcome
It all began with a simple request. I sent messages to several eBay dinnerware collectors, asking them to share a little bit about their vintage dish collections. I never expected to get a response from someone as interesting and talented as vintage Corelle dinnerware collector (she also collects Continue Reading
The True Story of the Syracuse Roxbury Red Bread and Butter Plate
A Dish on a Train The true story of the Syracuse Roxbury Red bread and butter plate is entertaining. In fact, every dish has a story to tell; if dishes could only talk. When I find an interesting dish, or set of dishes, at a second hand store, I always wonder who owned it? Why did they get Continue Reading
Vintage Restaurant Dinnerware and Hotel China
Do you like vintage restaurant dinnerware, or hotel china? When you’re eating in a restaurant, do you notice the dinnerware? If you're reading this post, you probably do. Do you get that happy, 1950s diner feeling at the Waffle House, when the waitress places that steaming, bright, milky- white Continue Reading
How I “Won Back” a Stolen Piece of My Childhood Through the Purchase of Homer Laughlin Dishes
I’m winning back a lost piece of my childhood as I acquire the vintage Homer Laughlin Coventry Castilian Dish set- piece by piece (people like to call it “dinnerware” these days, but I still prefer the term “dishes”). Several years after my parents divorce, Dad and I moved to South Carolina. I Continue Reading
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