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Hey, y’all! Three quick items of business:
Un) I’m home! I’ve been globetrotting for the past two weeks, but I returned to my beloved redneck upstate South Carolina Monday evening. I don’t know that I’ve ever experienced a fuller, more diverse two weeks in my life, and the whole shebang was exhausting at times – but amazing. Reconnecting with old friends, acquiring a whole passel of new ones, basking in beautiful music, indulging in good food, visiting New York City the day after the election (#CarnegieHall #BerlinPhil), learning to play chess, playing life-threatening Dutch Blitz games, and discussing riveting Sunday morning sermons were some of the things I found myself doing. Now as I am home returning to normal life, I’m sad that those two weeks are over, but I’m so thankful that they happened. Memories can be beautiful things, and God has blessed me with many good ones.
Deux) Yesterday was my third “bloggiversary”! As has become tradition, I posted a new hot chocolate recipe to commemorate it.
Trois) To celebrate three years of healthy recipes and say “thank you” to all my wonderful readers, I’m giving away a $50 gift card to the winner’s choice of either Amazon or Trim Healthy Mama! Scroll down to the bottom of this post to enter.
Pages you might enjoy:
- Necessary Food: The Cookbook
- My complete picture recipe index
- My recipes organized by fuel type, allergy info, and other unique categories
- Starting THM (helpful info and links)
- My Lifestyle Posts index (for non-food posts)
- About Me
You must enter through the Rafflecopter widget below. If you have trouble entering from mobile, try a computer. The giveaway will end Wednesday, November 30, at 12 AM EST. The winner will be contacted via email and must respond within 48 hours to claim the prize. Thanks for entering!
Julie Bingham says
You are a genius! thank you for your taste buds and sharing all the yumminess.
Norma says
Thanks for all the yummy recipes!
Kathy johnson says
Congratulations! I would love to win!
Maria Madrigal says
Looking forward to the arrival of your cookbook in my mail box.
Sherrie says
Congratulations on 3 years of the blog, and your upcoming cookbook release!
Felicia Saucier says
I adore your recipes and can’t wait for my cookbook to arrive, I pre-ordered the day I saw your post! So excited for you! If I won, I would totally buy nothing but Gentle Sweet & Super Sweet from the THM Store – they are my favorite sweeteners! Thanks for all you do to help our THM community become all we are meant to be!
Rhonda Gaston-Brooks says
Thanks for all your time and effort!!
Jubilena says
Riveting Sunday sermans to be sure! =) It was nice to meet you (and thanks for putting up with us) and happy Blog anniversary!
Briana Thomas says
Haha…you heard about that, eh? 😛 I loved spending time with y’all – thank YOU for your hospitality!
Jubilena says
Yes… I heard about it that Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday… I think it left some impression on people.
We were glad to have you!
Dawn says
All your recent “Velvety” recipes inspired me to add coconut oil and butter to my Darjeeling breakfast tea.
I let it sit a moment and returned to find a brave fruit fly had kamikaze attacked my tea…
Wouldn’t this be a frugal protein addition? hahah
(oh yes, I did drink it – we do not waste ingredients.. “)
Briana Thomas says
Haha…I’ve eaten my fair share of fruit flies in my life. 😛
Patti says
Briana it is with such joy and excitement to celebrate 3 years!! Blessed to watch you excel in all your efforts!
ann in E. oregon says
Thank you for all the great recipes Briana! I also appreciate the giveaway. Like Sue, I would order your cookbook off Amazon if I won. 🙂 Happy Blessed Thanksgiving!
Diane Johnson says
A gift card would be a wonderful blessing right now. So excited about you cookbook, looking forward to Christmas as the book is what I asked my husband to get for me this year.
Sue Barnes says
It would be so much fun to get an Amazon Gift Card – then I could order your book!! It is on my Christmas List.
patricia says
thanks I entered..have pre ordered book too and am excited when it gets here..thanks and God Bless
cindy says
Looking forward to the new cookbook
Lisa Suit says
Life threatening Dutch Blitz games are the best!!? I’m teaching my 6 year old how to play so we’ve been playing pretty slowly lately!
Sherry Griffin says
Thank you for doing the gift card giveaway. These are always fun and exciting to do and with Christmas right around the corner, it could be the perfect opportunity to do some early Christmas shopping.
My daughter in law LOVES a cup of hot chocolate at night after the kids are in bed so your Velvety Hot Chocolate recipe was perfect for her!! She doesn’t know it, but she is getting one of your cookbooks for Christmas! Shhhh, don’t tell her 😉 it will be our little secret, lol.
I also ordered one for me and can’t wait for it to come!! I am not an “creative” cook even on a good day so THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for doing all the experimenting (trial & error cooking) and for putting the results into a cookbook so they can be within easy reach. BTW, my printer also thanks you because I won’t be over-working it any more.
Thanks for all you do,
Sherry Griffin
PS– My daughter in law is the one who introduced me to THM and the group on Facebook which is how I learned about you and your blog.
Briana Thomas says
Thank you so much for your sweet comment, Sherry! I hope that you and your daughter in law will love the cookbook!
Sherry Griffin says
You are very welcome!
Donna says
This looks delicious. Do you have a hot cocoa mix recipe?
Briana Thomas says
Do you mean a dry mix? No, I’m afraid I don’t.
Janet Donithan says
Can’t wait for my cookbook to arrive.