Recipe: Pickled Green Tomatoes

The first time I had a pickled green tomato, I unequivocally declared, "this is the best olive I've ever eaten!" Wrong. So. Wrong. It was a tomolive... or a pickled green tomato... and yes, it was in a bloody mary. Keep reading and I'll divulge how you can make your own. 

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6 Tips for Alaskan Travel

LAST YEAR, I WENT ON A 2-MONTH ROAD TRIP WITH MY MOM FROM DALLAS, TEXAS TO ALASKA AND BACK TO VIRGINIA. YES, I SPENT 12,001 MILES IN A CAR WITH MY MOM.  (YOU CAN READ THE ENTIRE SERIES OF POSTS HERE.) WE SPENT 3 WEEKS ADVENTURING AROUND ALASKA, AND WHILE WE HAD A GENERAL PLAN, I FEEL WE COULD HAVE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH MORE. TREY AND I ARE GOING BACK TO ALASKA THIS JUNE FOR A WEEK AND I HOPE TO GO BACK AFTER THAT (IT'S JUST THAT HUGE), BUT EVERYONE DOES NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN. WHY NOT GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR TRIP? I CONDENSED MY EXPERIENCES AND WROTE A QUICK GUIDE SO YOU CAN PLAN AN AMAZING, SUMMER TRIP TO ALASKA. 

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Palmer, AK to Denali National Park

Jinks at Snowgoose Pond B&B knows the way to my heart; she made homemade biscuits for me again. Leaving Palmer for Denali was bittersweet. 

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