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Tethering Grace & Togetherness

Simmering in the Kitchen: A Giveaway

October 30, 2016 by HappyGoStuckey 5 Comments

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“In my sun-splashed kitchen, I chop onions and carrots and everything comes back into alignment. Knife to wooden cutting board— bare feet to bare floor, slowly I forget to strive. I scoop a double handful of vegetables and toss them into my dutch oven and I remember my place and it is worth more than one deep breath.

My place is here, in this blue house with these people and these countertops that warp in the heat. My place is using my hands to do what they can— and holding joy in my small circle of influence. My place is using that silver laptop and the words I have to offer hope in whatever cracks I can. My place is here. My place is not willful blindness to the hurt of the world; my place is to start where I stand and go forward from there.

And the soup helps because making soup is the opposite of striving. Any decent soup recipe is a handful of ingredients and time. Soup-making is contrary to hustle. Too much hustle often makes bad soup and a weary heart. I have little use for either.”  —  from Simmer: Six Seasonal Soups & the Stories that Inspired Them. Get your copy here.

Well. Friends? You have completely blown me away with your big-hearted support for this little ebook. So many of you have sent me comments, emails, text messages– all saying the most lovely things about Simmer and what you have enjoyed about it. There is nothing so sweet as seeing photos of your soup creations and feeling as though we are on this journey together.

And so, because I am a girl who loves a good product, and I am a girl who loves to celebrate– I’ve been curating a basket of kitchen pretties for one of you. Don’t you want to know what is in it? I knew you would.

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Basket Contents:

  • Williams-Sonoma Thanksgiving Turkey Herbs
  • Gourmet Pumpkin Pie Spice, Savory Spice Shop in Franklin, TN
  • Harney & Sons Cinnamon Tea (this is my all time favorite fall tea.)
  • Golden Garden Recipe cards, Rifle Paper Co.
  • Blue Buffalo Check Kitchen Towel, Williams-Sonoma (their towels are a must-have in our house, so absorbent and they hold up so well.)
  • Polished Wooden Salt Bowl (perfect for a pinch of salt near the stove.)
  • Green Spatula Spoon, Williams-Sonoma
  • Beechwood Spoon, White’s Mercantile in Franklin, TN
  • Walnut Wooden Spoon, Williams-Sonoma
  • Blue & White Gather Banner (I have one of these and I think I may just leave it up year round!)

(basket not included.)

You may enter below by helping me spread the word about Simmer– this giveaway will run for one week and then I will choose one lucky reader and mail them all this goodness!

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(Neither this giveaway nor this post are sponsored, I just thought it would be fun!)

A secret I have been keeping: introducing Simmer!
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Comments

  1. 1

    Erin F says

    October 31, 2016 at 9:17 am

    Crossing my fingers, arms, and legs that I’m the lucky winner!!! This is AWESOME!! And so are you ?!

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    Keisha H says

    October 31, 2016 at 10:14 am

    This is fabulous! What a cozy giveaway and a beautifully written book. I can’t wait to dive into all of the recipes. (I’m sure they will taste even better stirring them with those gorgeous wooden spoons!)

    Reply
  3. 3

    Annie says

    October 31, 2016 at 11:53 am

    Fun! Thanks for the chance to win some great things.

    Reply
  4. 4

    Cindy A. says

    November 5, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    Harney & Sons Cinnamon Tea is my absolute favorite! I always keep a tin in my cupboard. Thank you so much for offering such a lovely and generous giveaway.

    Reply
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    Kim Humphrey says

    November 7, 2016 at 3:24 pm

    Loving these goodies, hope I win!

    Reply

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Instagram post 2195899403432542383_396980240 “What was intended to tear you apart, God intends it to set you apart. What has torn you, God makes a thin place to see glory. Whatever happens, whatever unfolds, whatever unravels, you can never be undone... If God can transfigure the greatest evil into the greatest Gift, then He intends to turn whatever you’re experiencing now into a gift.” — @annvoskamp , The Greatest Gift

These @joywares ornaments that correspond with our daily Advent readings are one small way we are daily, simply, remembering to prepare Him room. {today we had to catch up a bit, and I’m sure it will happen again.} ✨
Instagram post 2194813906031245214_396980240 No Sunday Scaries here. ✨🎄❤️
Instagram post 2191701631330368631_396980240 This year, the 🍋lemon tree🌿 gave fewer lemons than normal. I asked my Dad and he confirmed, just a slow year.

So we picked (still armfuls,) and I’ll love every one.
If you read #feastingandforaging (have I mentioned I wrote a book? Gosh, that is never not awkward.😅) If you read it, then you know how special this tree is to me.

Again this year, I’m reminded all over again that our sweetest gifts are sometimes cloaked in harder things. Often our ‘unexpected ugh’ makes way for what we truly need.

And I just want you to know that if this December is already more than you wanted or less than you hoped, if you’re sitting at the end of a very long year— take courage.
Take peace.
Take hope and as you pass around the gift of the Advent to those beside you, don’t forget to also take some for yourself.

Don’t forget to remember that the Hope of this season (and every other,) cannot be squelched by sickness, pain, or the general ugh of life in a broken world.

We have this Hope and it is one that won’t be diminished by anything that could land in our laps today.
#prepareHimroom
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Instagram post 2187513959237917323_396980240 We can all agree the point of the charcuterie platter is to get as many family members into one room at once, right? The cheese is just a bonus. {yes, second charcuterie pic this week. Because holidays. And family. And the sweet full feeling that comes not from eating too much pie, but seeing almost all of your entire family in one day.} ❤️🦃 Happy Thanksgiving, dear friends. 
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Maybe it’s Maple Leaves.🍁 I know that when the clock strikes midnight on Thursday, everyone switches to Christmas— but I’m probably going to be here with leaf spam for just a bit longer... 😏
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Bonus points if your flannel shirt- wearing husband can hold said charcuterie while you take a million photos of cheese in the golden hour.

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