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Hey, Y’all!

I'm Ashley and I believe life starts at the table. Since I was a little girl, my favorite place to be is at the kitchen table -- surrounded by the people I adore, eating delicious food, and listening to family stories. Let's create life around the table!

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🙋🏼‍♀️ Hey, Y'all! Come on in! ⁣ ⁣

🙋🏼‍♀️ Hey, Y'all! Come on in! ⁣
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Happy Monday—If I haven't met you, I'm Ashley! ⁣
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Many years ago, I created Sweetpea Lifestyle as a way of sharing simple entertaining tips and with friends.⁣
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Sweetpea Lifestyle is a go-to resource for dependable recipes that help you effortlessly entertain—you’ll learn to edit out the mess of over-complicated dinner parties.

A huge part of editing out the mess is learning time management.

It’s the core principle of effortless hosting!

Why do I value hosting so much?!
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🌟⁣⁣As humans, we crave connection with people.🌟
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We crave a tribe of people who are OUR PEOPLE! 💃🏼🕺🏼⁣

If 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ has taught us anything it’s that we need real, live, in-person relationships to fill our souls.

While Zoom cocktail hours are great, nothing compares to face-to-face cheers-ing. 🥂

We may not know what the holiday season will look like, what I can do is help you prepare your home and yourself for a ✨magical✨ holiday season!
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⁣⁣I’m here for you, friend! ⁣Let’s rescue your holiday season!
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I’m here to guide you to opening your doors, letting people in, and cultivating that tribe you crave in your life! All with a very festive spirit. 🎄

And it’s all anchored with *good* food that WILL gather people around your table! 🎉⁣

What are you most excited about or nervous about this holiday season?!

🔽 Tell me below in the comments! ⁣

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🥗 Chicken Ranch Wedge Salad. Say it with me ag

🥗 Chicken Ranch Wedge Salad.

Say it with me again: Chicken Ranch Wedge Salad.

This is the 🖐 minute-to-win-it salad you want in your life.

Yes, you see @chickfila chicken strips on there — I took E-A-S-Y Street and used their chicken strips so this salad would be on the table in less than 5 minutes.

Romaine Lettuce wedges are adorned with crispy chicken tenders, tomatoes bursting with flavor, homemade croutons, feta cheese, and ranch dressing.

This is one of those salads you’ll want to “whip up” when you’ve had a long day, and you just “can’t even.”

It’s an indulgent salad without being overly naughty.

What is your go-to meal to make when you “just can’t even?!”

🔽 Tell me below in the comments! ⁣

Have you made Pumpkin Fondue yet?! I updated this

Have you made Pumpkin Fondue yet?!

I updated this Pumpkin Fondue recipe that is the most over the top, incredibly unctuous recipe that you *need* in your life for Fall.

The robust and nutty flavors of the cheese with the hearty bread and the velvety creamy custard is the theatrical show-stopping recipe you want to serve your people.

👫 Y’all, this is the recipe that’s supposed to be served with friends crowded around a table, all dipping spoons in and out.

🥂 Clinking wine glasses together with palate-pleasing white Burgundy.

But, we are being kind to one another by respecting six feet distances, and not sharing a bubbling pumpkin filled with cheese.

So, friends! Grab a small sugar pie pumpkin from the market, fill it with layers of bread and cheese; douse in a creamy custard, and bake until melty deliciousness.

You can enjoy this decadent Fall delicacy all by yourself!

Who needs the big recipe?! And a pep talk on downsizing recipes?!

Ask in the comments below!

“…Tell me something good!”

🙋🏼‍♀️ Well, y’all Imma tell you something *real* good!

It’s also 10:30 am, and Imma make you hungry… prepare yourself!

Chicken Pot Pie is calling your name, and I’ve got the recipe that will have your people gathered up around the table in no time.

People are pretty nostalgic about their pot pies—did your mama or grandmama make one you just *loved*?!

🎟 I’ve got your ticket to an undeniably creamy, dreamy, unctuous chicken pot pie that will have your Fall dreams coming true.

We’ll start by roasting a chicken—and y’all it’s not complicated.

👩🏼‍🍳 Then, you’ll tie your apron on and get started with your southern belle heroics of making a roux with the sautéed veggies.

This will simmer with Thanksgiving-esque spices of sage, thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper.

Ladle all of this into a pie crust, arrange the top, and bake until golden brown.

The smells that waft through your home while this is baking are the scents of history books.

This is one of the sneaky recipes that I’ll make two, and freeze one for the week of Thanksgiving or the busy month of December.

💳 It’s how I buy myself precious time in the future, by working a little harder tonight.

So, if you’re drooling and your tummy’s rumbling, attach a 🤤 to your comment and I’ll zip the recipe over to you!

Hey, y’all! Happy Monday! I’ve got a bunch of

Hey, y’all! Happy Monday!

I’ve got a bunch of new faces, so let’s chat!

🙋🏼‍♀️ Hi! I’m Ashley - the Sweetpea behind Sweetpea Lifestyle.

I’m the hostess with the mostest who is ringing in the “new southern belle.”

I’m the fairy godmother 💃🏼 of maximizing your time and creating unforgettable memories around your table.

📝 We edit out the mess of the overcomplicated dinner party, creating a sense of freedom in yourself to gather people around the table, anchored by good food.

You’ll quickly learn that easy and effortless are a thing you CAN have when entertaining at home. ((This isn’t your grandmother’s 1950s bridge club luncheon.))

I’m a firm believer that the kitchen and the table are the true heart of the home, and life and community are cultivated there.

Sharing a meal together is how we can love people well.

In my hands is one of my top five favorite books, The Art of Gathering. It’s filled with ways you can gather people well, and serve them. ((And no, it’s not *really* about dinner parties… it’s more about business gatherings in meetings and such.))

What is your on your top book list??

⬇️ Tell me in the comments below!

🤹‍♀️ It’s hard juggling working, cookin

🤹‍♀️ It’s hard juggling working, cooking, and life together — there is no getting around it.

🏎 Fast track to #flavortown with this cheeky time-saving Meal Prep Ranch Grilled Chicken Recipe!

When you have a container of this chicken in your fridge, ready to go, here are some dinner ideas for during the week:

🥗 Top any salad
🌮 Slice up for Chicken Tacos
🍝 Mix with Pasta and Veggies for a Pasta Primavera
🥪 Make Monterey Chicken Sandwiches (it’s got BACON!)

💳 Buy yourself precious time and let your grill do the work, freeing up the headspace you crave.

We’re all in a very odd, very busy season of life.

By 🕕 o’clock the bandwidth to handle the thought process of “what’s for dinner?” is low.

Let’s keep working on managing our time well, by taking one decision out of the mix—DINNER.

I’ve got all these recipes + tons of other in Easy Recipes for Busy Weeknights! It's a digital cookbook filled with recipes that will help you WIN at the end of a long, busy day!

Snag your copy by heading to the link in my bio!

Or, drop a 🙋 in your comment and I’ll zip the link over to you!

It feels like a good evening to stick a wheel of b

It feels like a good evening to stick a wheel of brie in the oven with apricot jam on top…

Y’all! This appetizer, snack, whatever time of day recipe is SO easy.

It’s 3️⃣ ingredients!

✅ Brie Wheel (I cut the rind off…)
✅ Apricot Jam
✅ Red Pepper Flakes

You pop it into the oven for about 10 minutes, or until it’s incredibly melty and delicious.

Serve it with a board filled with crackers and you’ve got an instant party!

These are the ingredients you should keep on hand for when people stop by the last minute.

((Do people even still do that?! Ugh, Rona! You ruin everything.))

IF someone were to stop by, having these on hand is a simple way to love your people well.

You get extra time with them while the brie bakes, and then you get to enjoy the theatrical cheese pull when scooping a serving onto your plate.

It’s a simple, yet impossibly amazing snack!

Serve this last minute or for a fancy cocktail party this Christmas season!

What are your favorite snacks to serve last-minute guests?!

🔽 Tell me below in the comments! ⁣

🏈 “The One with the Football” Oh, man! Thi

🏈 “The One with the Football”

Oh, man! This is a GREAT episode—the Friends play a VERY competitive game of Football and learn lots of history about the Gellar family. 😬

What is it about Thanksgiving and playing football on the lawn that just goes together?? ((My family has actually never done this… we WATCH football…!))

Sooo, let’s chat about games + thanksgiving day. 🦃

Yes! There is a big football game on at some point.

But, do y’all play actual board games, etc?? 🎲

We did! And it was a highlight of most of my Thanksgivings.

You eat for a bit, play games, eat some more, play a few more games.

Something that works well is having several options for games. That way everyone doesn’t *has* to play that same game—unless that’s your MO as a family!

What games do you enjoy playing on Thanksgiving?!

🔽 Tell me below in the comments! ⁣

It’s Wednesday, y’all. And it’s POWERSHEETS

It’s Wednesday, y’all. And it’s POWERSHEETS LAUNCH DAY! 🥂✨💕

Being home is giving me time to really think through exactly what I want in life and what I need to do to get there.

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Have you ever thought about your life plan? Your 1 year, 3 years, 5-year plan??

It’s kind of daunting to think about, isn’t it?!

🥳 Do you get excited about planning ahead for the future?

🤯 Or do your palms get sweaty, and your heart starts racing?!

As an enneagram 3, I really enjoy planning for the future — I am driven by goals. 📈

📝 Writing down a goal and some action steps are what really melts my 🧈, and gets me excited for the days, weeks, years ahead.

I’ve been using Powersheets for several years now (since 2014!).

Year after year, I look through the goals I’ve set and think “Wow, I really have nothing to show…”

But!

2020 is the roaring lion we didn’t know we needed to wake us all up out of a very deep slumber. 🦁

It’s shown me that I HAVE accomplished a lot — that I *can* achieve my goals.

Little by little, seeds are planted, and they bloom through the messy dirt. 🌱

The new collection launched today, and if you’re curious, I’d love to start a conversation with you about my goal-setting process! Slide on over into the DMs, and let’s chat.

Do you set goals?! What’s your process?!

Slide through the carousel to see the items I'm MOST excited about! 🍾

🔽 Tell me below in the comments! ⁣

🔗 If you need the link, I’ll send it to your DMs!

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