we spent an evening at a place called love circle earlier this week. it's nashville's version of "lover's lane" and you can see the whole city from the hill top. we packed some blankets, picked up a few pizzas and spent the evening watching the city, dancing in the golden hour light and enjoying the perfect weather. i am so thankful to live in such a beautiful place.
i am so thankful for this little family of mine. we spent mother's day weekend outside enjoying the beautiful weather, adventuring together, laughing and having a great time exploring our new city. they spoiled me with love, handmade cards and artwork, two new cook books and a few other thoughtful things. my favorite part was a sweet video that the kids made for me. i love these guys with all my heart. hope your mother's day weekend was equally as grand!
there's this delicious burger place here in nashville called burger-up that's in the 12th south area. the burgers are great and so are the fries, but the ketchup is probably my favorite part of the experience. it's a fresh made, house recipe and so incredibly good. we did our best to try to crack the recipe and i think we came pretty darn close.
you will need:
5 pounds heirloom tomatoes, cored and chopped
1 tbsp avocado oil
3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 yellow onion, chopped
1/2 c apple cider vinegar
4 tsp salt
1 1/2 t ground pepper
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp ginger
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
2 tbsp molasses
heat the avocado oil in a heavy dutch oven or pot. add the onion, stirring occasionally until nice and caramelized. add the garlic and cook down a bit, stirring making sure it doesn't burn. next add the vinegar to de-glaze the bottom of the pot and then add tomatoes and all of the dry spices. cook for 20 minutes. using an immersion blender
let the ketchup cool and transfer to bottles or jars with air tight lids. keep refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.
btw... we made the most incredible burgers to go along with our ketchup last night. i will recreate them soon and share with you. we all agree that they were one of the best burgers we have ever had.
each mother's day morning my kids come into my room with arms full of homemade cards, construction paper artwork and hand picked flowers. they bring me my very favorite breakfast, eggs benedict and roasted potatoes, and pile into my bed eager to watch me open their gifts. later in the day we venture off to the local nursery and fill a cart with flowers and plants, pots and soil and then return home to spend the afternoon outside planting and re-potting, listening to records and drinking iced cold lemonade and sangria. it's a day to feel a little pampered, enjoy my family without the day to day distractions and a day off from changing diapers.
how do you celebrate your mother? or are you a mother and now celebrate with your own kids? do you have any mothers day traditions?
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milla plum's boots: ackley boots in red
julian's boots: gardener boots in dark olive
birdie's boots: kids original in yellow
sailor's boots: kids first boots in green
james's boots: original tall in green
aubrey's boots: original adjustable in black
