Skip to main content
Category

Entertainment

a bowl of chicken tortilla soup, garnished with chunks of avocado, tortilla chips, a lime wedge, and fresh cilantro.
Six Weeknight Meal Hacks Entertainment
September 7, 2023

Six Weeknight Meal Hacks

As much as we love to cook and create new recipes, family life during the week is not always conducive to this.  Just figuring out how the schedule of everyone’s comings and goings each night takes almost all my mental energy.  Then, let’s say your refrigerator slowly dies while waiting for a repair service date to arrive (true story!).  Now you find yourself living out of a cooler and some…
Jamie Schreckler 2
Love0
2 kids preparing the crepe batter, cracking eggs into the bowl of flour
Five Great Cooking with Kids Ideas EntertainmentKids Favorites
August 11, 2023

Five Great Cooking with Kids Ideas

One of the most important Gnarly Roots philosophies is “no lonely kitchens”!  In our minds, making food is about being and sharing with others. Whether it is a holiday meal or just a Saturday morning at home, cook together. Instilling this in our kids is important to carry on this family tradition. Also, finding the just right recipes for all ages of children is critical to making it a fun…
Jamie Schreckler 5
Love0
grilled chicken thighs cooking on a barbecue grill
7 Grilling Tips for Beginners EntertainmentOn the GrillSummer Lovin'
April 18, 2023

7 Grilling Tips for Beginners

The Grilling Story….Inspiration for Beginners Learning to grill can be intimidating, but I believe is an essential cooking skill.  We are all beginners at some point and I hope the tips collected here in "7 Grilling Tips for Beginners"  that I have learned through the years will inspire your grilling skills. I started grilling when I was in college.  I lived in a big apartment complex off of University of…
Beth Rello 7
Love0
orange plate with a hard cheese, soft cheese, and a small bunch of grapes, next to a pile of crackers, and bowl of green grapes
Tips for Hosting Happy Hours AppetizersEntertainmentHappy Hour
April 13, 2023

Tips for Hosting Happy Hours

Planned or unexpected, be prepared to  enjoy friends with a spontaneous happy hour.  Although neither one of us were ever in Girl Scouts, we can appreciate needing to be prepared for everything. I think applying this mindset to the unexpected happy hour can make the difference between hostess insecurity and a fun, no stress cocktail hour with a friend.  For example, imagine you just get home from work.  Then, your…
gnarly 0
Love0