Hall of Fame

Y'all! Matt won Business North Carolina's 2018 Legal Elite Young Guns award. I can't describe how impressive this is. I've worked for big law and now a mid-size firm and getting our attorneys recognized in this publication is a really huge deal. For most of you who aren't familiar with this award, each year BNC honors lawyers across the state in business-related categories. Winners are chosen by the state’s lawyers and the top vote-getter in each category becomes a member of Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite Hall of Fame. So when Matt told me he won Young Guns this year I was SO proud. I mean, he's done a lot of amazing things and won a lot of impressive awards and been featured in a lot of cool places (let's not forget his TV commercial!) but this is especially huge because they picked him to be FEATURED ON THE MAGAZINE COVER OF THEIR JANUARY EDITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I seriously cannot get over the fact that my very cute husband's face is on the cover of Business North Carolina this month. So proud! SO SO SO PROUD!

  Here's the excerpt with his interview:

 And now I'm off to buy one million copies. Go, Matt! You're a rock star!

Cauliflower Soup

A few weeks ago I made a batch of Cauliflower Soup and just realized I never blogged about it! And this recipe is definitely blog worthy. So here ya go...

Cauliflower Soup

From Pioneer Woman

Ingredients

    1 stick Butter, Divided
    1/2 whole Onion, Finely Diced
    1 whole Carrot Finely Diced
    1 stalk Celery, Finely Diced
    1 whole (to 2 Whole) Cauliflower Heads, Roughly Chopped
    2 Tablespoons Fresh Or Dried Parsley, Chopped
    2 quarts Low-sodium Chicken Broth Or Stock
    6 Tablespoons All-purpose Flour
    2 cups Whole Milk
    1 cup Half-and-half
    2 teaspoons To 4 Teaspoons Salt, To Taste
    1 cup (heaping) Sour Cream, Room Temperature

Instructions
In a large soup pot or dutch oven, melt 4 tablespoons butter. Add the onion and cook for a few minutes, or until it starts to turn brown.

Add the carrots and celery and cook an additional couple of minutes. Add cauliflower and parsley and stir to combine.

Cover and cook over very low heat for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, pour in chicken stock or broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and allow to simmer.

In a medium saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons butter. Mix the flour with the milk and whisk to combine. Add flour-milk mixture slowly to the butter, whisking constantly.

Remove from heat and stir in 1 cup half-and-half. Add mixture to the simmering soup. Allow to simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Check seasoning and add more salt or pepper if necessary.

Just before serving, place the sour cream in a serving bowl or soup tureen. Add two to three ladles of hot soup into the tureen and stir to combine with the sour cream. Pour in remaining soup and stir.

Serve immediately.

Custom Home Letterpress with Minted

This post is sponsored by my friends at Minted. All opinions are my own.

Our latest home project has been our dining room! Over the past few months we've very slowly been tackling this room and although we still have a ways to go before it's finished I am loving the progress so far. I know exactly how I want the room to look...with the exception of the walls. Why are walls always the hardest? I am so picky when it comes to hammering nails into walls. I can never find something perfect enough for my space so most of the walls in our home are bare. However, I did know I wanted to incorporate a portrait of our last home somewhere in our new home.

In comes Minted!

While browsing through Christmas cards I stumbled upon Custom House Letterpress Portrait Art and knew I needed to have one made for our dining room. The process was quick and easy. I submitted a picture of our house and after a few emails back and forth with my talented designer we had perfected the portrait and it arrived a few days later. And it is beautiful. Of course, now I want to have a second portrait made of our first home to add to this wall!

Portrait | Stands | Pots | Fiddle Leaf Fig | Curtains

I am loving seeing this room come together one piece at a time!