The holidays are over and we’re in our second week of the new year. Can you believe it?! Hopefully you and your kitchen have been enjoying the slow down of constant prepping, entertaining, and cleaning. To help you take advantage of the slow period, I wanted to share with you my 6 steps to having (and maintaining) an organized refrigerator.

There’s nothing I love more during the holidays than spending time with family and friends, nibbling on snacks, drinking yummy libations, and chit-chatting about anything and everything. If you’ve been following along with me for awhile, you know how much I love to entertain guests at my home and that, in my opinion, among the most important things to have prepared is the bar.

Okay, check it out... Why is a kitchen like a library? (And no, this isn’t a riddle.) Do you give up? A kitchen is like a library in that items are organized by category. And, much the same as libraries are organized by genre (fiction, non-fiction, biography, young adult, etc.), kitchens should also be organized in the same way!

Purge! Now more than ever, counter space is in demand for holiday prep space.

Mummies, witches, bats with black wings – these are a few of my favorite things! If you’ve been following along with me for awhile here, you may have noticed how much I love the holiday of All Hallow’s Eve. I would even go as far as to declare it my favorite holiday – even though my husband happens to despise it (they say opposites attract, right?)!

Now that the days have begun to cool down (slightly) and the leaves have started to turn color (mostly in my imagination, being that LA is still green), I’m beginning to feel inspired by all things Autumnal! And, as sad as I am to say goodbye to Summer, there are a few fabulous recipes that are really getting me into the Fall swing of things. These two I just had to share!