Blended Recipes: Irish Soda Bread

St. Patrick’s Day has always been a very special holiday for me. Not because of the big, green hats that you can buy at the Dollar Store, or because a bunch of America wears green, or because it’s a day designated for getting drunk. It’s important because it reminds me of my grandmother. It’s a

A Beautifully Blended Christmas

One of the most wonderful things about my childhood was that I was lucky enough to experience Christmas with each side of my family. This was such an important thing that I didn’t even realize was happening at the time– so I thought I’d share some of those memories on this beautiful Christmas Eve. 🙂

Mixed: An Identity

People ask: “Don’t you have another identity other than ‘mixed’?” They get tired of hearing about it. Perhaps because they don’t understand it. “It’s great that you’re mixed, that’s really cool,” some say. “But…do you really feel the need to to have a whole blog about it? What do you even, like…talk about? Aren’t you

Hi, I’m LJ :)

Welcome to Beautifully Blended! My name is LJ. Nice to meet ya! I’m a biracial woman from Orlando who is striving towards becoming a writer. So I guess this blog is one step in the right direction. 😉 My mom is black and my dad is white. Such a simple statement and yet so complicated,