This post is a paid partnership with Hudsonville Ice Cream. As always, our opinions are our own.

After a unique and challenging year, we are ready to celebrate BIG this summer. The birthdays, the anniversaries, the special moments that were put on hold last year have suddenly come around again and this year are bursting on the scene as bigger and better than ever, perhaps in a way to “make up” for last year. Friends and families have reunited safely again, and at the center of the celebration there must be a show-stopping dessert. Show-stopping doesn’t necessarily have to be difficult to make, though! Lucky for us in St. Louis, we have Hudsonville Ice Cream available at the grocery store to make our summer celebrations memorable.

This post is a paid partnership with Verde Farms. As always, all opinions are our own.

When we want to celebrate a special occasion and we’re cooking at home, we usually make filet mignon. Why? It’s our favorite. Neil remembers having a filet at the first nice restaurant he went to, and it’s not only nostalgic to him, but he actually prefers the flavor. Filets are traditionally a lean cut, and he finds them to be just as flavorful as other traditional “manly” cuts of meat. With Father’s Day just a week away, he had his eye on these organic beef tenderloin steaks from our friends at Verde Farms.

This post is a paid partnership with Verde Farms. As always, all opinions are our own.

The unofficial start of summer is just a week away! We’ve been spending a lot of time on our patio lately. So far (and I know I’m jinxing us all by typing this), it’s been a mild start to patio season. The humidity isn’t too bad yet, mosquitos are minimal, and our grill has been hard at work.

This post is a paid partnership with Verde Farms. As always, all opinions are our own.

This Sunday, April 25th, is a pretty wonderful holiday. Believe it or not, it’s NATIONAL STEAK DAY. We all need a little something to celebrate these days and this holiday is something we can certainly support! Verde Farms has a variety of delicious selections to help us all celebrate. We’ve been focusing our Verde content on their Simply! Sous Vide line, but today we’d like to introduce you to a whole different side of Verde: their organic raw selections. At Schnucks, right next to the butcher’s counter, you’ll find organic ribeyes, sirloins, filets, strips, and even ground beef. For our National Steak Day celebration, we decided to go big with their 10-oz. ribeyes.