What have you been cooking during the pandemic lockdown?
Keep your sense of humor this holiday season!
Live, Love & Laugh!
~ Sunny
Tag Archives: Recipes
Talk Turkey to Me. (Comedy Video)
What’s the scariest thing in YOUR kitchen?
I want to know!
You can read all abut my love/hate relationship with cooking and the pressure I feel to cook, especially as a Southern Woman in my essay for B-Metro Magazine by clicking this link:
Sunny’s “Be Happy!” Comedy Video ~ Tip #4
“Be Happy!” ~ Tip #4 ~ Make a Favorite Meal
As we wrap up this month long commitment to improving our happiness by adding more laughter into our lives, I hope this video will give you a laugh for the day and help boost your happiness quotient.
With the election coming up next week and all the divisive rhetoric that inundates us all, I think this might just be the week we need joy and laughter in our lives the most! I hope my videos this month have given you a reason to chuckle. I do believe sharing a laugh has a way of bringing us all together, even if for a short time, and reminds us that we do have a lot of things in common. I have seen this in the poler opposite groups of people who have enjoyed my videos and it is encouraging and makes me feel better! Laughter can be a unifier.
And, make sure to join me later this week for another “Be Happy Hour!” and lets celebrate another reason to share a laugh! ~ More info. coming soon ~ stay tuned!
Live, Love, Laugh & Be Happy! ~ Sunny
A Bea-u-TEA-ful Birthday Celebration!
You’re Invited……… A custom invitation always makes it a special occasion.
This post is for my fellow tea party lovers out there. As I have mentioned before, I love the whole idea of Afternoon Tea. And, if I can combine it with a visit with a girlfriend then it’s made even more special. I recently got to do just that when I threw an Un-Birthday Tea Party for my girlfriend, Vicki. We have been friends since we were two years old and went to nursery school together all the way through high school graduation! So, can you imagine my disbelief when I realized that I mistakenly wished her a happy birthday ten days after her b’day?! I got the wrong day! This called for a very special make-it-up-to-her party! So, I threw her an Un-Birthday Tea Party!
Your Tea Party hostess with the mostest! 🙂 I got this cute spring floral maxi dress from Steinmart.
Set a pretty Tea Table ~ I set up outside in my courtyard. Luckily the weather cooperated! Use your prettiest serving pieces. And, remember to have flowers!
The other star of the Tea Table is a Victoria Sponge Cake. This is a Raspberry Jam Cake. Amazing! I will post the recipe.
I enjoy any reason to entertain (on and off the stage!) so I had great fun planning all the details of this very special occasion for my very special friend. I hope you enjoy this little gallery of photos I took to document the festivities. And, maybe it will inspire you to celebrate one of your special girlfriends with a beautiful tea party. Just don’t wait until you miss her birthday!!
*This lovely Tea Party would also be a perfect way to celebrate Mom on Mother’s Day!
SUNny DAY Post: X-Mas In July…….in August!
It’s that time of year again! Actually, it was that time of year again last month for our annual X-Mas in July “Epic Southern Living Magazine Christmas Cake Baking Party!” However, this year one of my nieces couldn’t make it for any dates in July so we moved it to August. And, once again, it was a chaotic, but fun, success!
Here is the cake we decided to make this year:
Ta Da! We did it! The Southern Living Magazine Chocolate Citrus Orange Cake with Candied Oranges and Chocolate Ganache Filling!
This annual tradition came about a few years ago when I realized that Continue reading
Sunny, (and hot! ;) in the Kitchen: Recipe for Disaster!
If you need a little break from all the Thanksgiving festivities, and all the family togetherness (ha!) just go stick your nose in a book ~ or a magazine ~ or here online at my column from B-Metro Magazine. I hope it gives you a little laugh. If you need more time away just read it again, slowly:) And, Good Luck making my mom’s famous Banana Pudding from her recipe ~ lol!
Happy Cooking! ~ Sunny
Sunny’s Entertaining: Happy Memorial Day!
Hoping everyone enjoyed the celebrations and observances of all those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
A special day like this calls for a special treat-one that reminds us just how fortunate we are to enjoy life’s simple pleasures and to never take it for granted. Here is a recipe my family enjoys for a sweet ending to the day-and it’s got the patriotic Red, White and Blue!
~Enjoy! Sunny:) xo
Berries in Balsamic Vinegar and Vanilla Ice Cream
Blackberries, Blueberries, Strawberries & Raspberries
Add 2T + 2t Balsamic Vinegar & 1/3 cup sugar to berries
Serve over vanilla ice cream!
Sunny Brown 