Tag Archives: dinner in the woods
Happiness in your own Backyard: Tips for Thanksgiving
*instagram photos An awesome backyard… was in my backyard the whole time! When we found out we were moving to South Carolina I had visions of the old plantation home on acres and acres of land that we would purchase and fix up. An old (not very expensive house because only I would see the [...]
Dinner in the Woods: Part 4
right here. right now. There’s something about a campfire as the sun sets… and the sky gets that brilliant blue, just before it turns to black, that makes it feel like you are in the most perfect place in the world at that moment. Looking across our little secluded spot on the planet that night [...]
Dinner in the Woods: Part 3
how the evening started… Getting to sit down to this completely magical evening made me immediately never want to leave. Everyone worked so hard and it paid off when we sat down to eat and chat and then again a bunch of times through out the night when we stepped back to look. I really [...]
Dinner in the Woods: the recipes
delicious soups. Cheesy Bacon Potato Soup (this is my friend, Carol’s, recipe…once you have this no other potato soup will measure up) 1 pkg bacon (or polish sausage) 1/2 onion, diced 1 tsp garlic 1-5lb bag of potatoes sea salt to taste 1 stick of butter milk 1/2 a block of velveeta cheese cubed [...]
Dinner in the Woods: Part 2
the heavy lifting… Preparing the land: Before our party could move onto the decorating phase we had to get the land ready, bring out all of the furniture, and build our firepit (we kept our firepit super simple and I love the way it turned out). This is where the skills of the boys came [...]
Dinner in the Woods: Part 1
getting ready for an autumn outdoor dinner. A month or so ago I was talking to some friends who were about to purchase land for their new home. In the excitement of their upcoming closing we decided we needed to have a party at their property. My favorite part about our dinner was that every [...]
