The Mixing Bowl

02/17/2026

This is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe I've ever made 💕. I made some for an order for Valentine's Day and decided to make more today.

02/08/2026

Good morning y’all! Happy Sunday! 🌞

I’m grateful for every one of you who’s supported me over the years. I’m easing back into things a bit, working on a very small, cottage-kitchen scale, and I’d love to help brighten your celebrations again.

This week, I’ll be taking custom orders myself for:

- Cookies
- Chocolate-covered strawberries (I’ll try to dip EXTRA strawberries!)
- Cakes and more

If you’d like to place an order or just chat about what you’re needing, or envisioning, please reach out!

I’m hoping to earn a little income while doing something I enjoy and serving our community.

Pricing (pickup and delivery options):
- Pick up (Pleasure St., Searcy): $22.00 per dozen
- Delivery: $25.00 per dozen
- Half dozens: half the price
- Please give me notice on delivery so I can plan ahead💕

Contact:
- Phone: 501-593-6991 (preferred)
- Call or text

-or send an inbox message
- If you message me on Messenger, please confirm I’ve seen it (I don’t always catch messages right away)

Thank you all so much for your continued support and kindness. I am very thankful❤️
Cindy.

02/07/2026

These are so good!:

We’re open today from 10–3! 🏈🍽️

Our coolers are loaded with all your favorites — perfect for Super Bowl parties or an easy dinner tonight!

✨ Today’s lineup includes:
• Poppyseed chicken
• Chicken spaghetti
• Shepherd’s pie
• Smothered pork chops
• Chicken noodle soup
• Buffalo chicken wing dip
• Texas queso
• Smoked cream cheese
• Sausage & cream cheese wonton cups
• Cranberry pecan chicken salad

🍰 Desserts you don’t want to miss:
• Turtle cheesecake
• Lemon Italian cream cake
• New York cheesecake
• Eagle Brand banana pudding
• Heavenly chocolate mousse

Stop in and grab something for your Super Bowl spread or let us handle dinner tonight. We’ve got you covered! 💚

📍102 W. Mulberry Ave. Searcy, 72143
📞501-305-4845

02/06/2026

We would love to see you ❤️.

02/06/2026

This is my daughters business Gather & Go of Arkansas...She's putting her heart into this business and it's such a blessing to spend the week with her helping. Watching her. Seeing the similarities in us, but also appreciating the differences ❤️

02/05/2026

Hey y'all! I'm up here again helping today! ❤️we forgot to add this to the post below, but we are going to be dipping Strawberries today too, for tomorrow! Let us know if we can help you!

🥘 OUR COOLERS ARE STOCKED & READY! 🥘

Y’all, we are loaded up today at Gather & Go! Here’s what you’ll find waiting in the coolers:

✨ Main Dishes
• Poppyseed Chicken
• Chicken Spaghetti
• Chicken Noodle Soup
• Glazed Meatloaf
• Beef Stroganoff
• Shepherd’s Pie
• Smothered Pork Chops (only 2 left!)
• Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad

🍰 Desserts
• Eagle Brand Banana Pudding
• Heavenly Chocolate Mousse
• NEW today!
– Turtle Cheesecake
– New York-Style Cheesecake
– Lemon Italian Cream Cake

Fresh out of the smoker
• Smoked Cream Cheese
• Smoked Crack Chicken

Big shout-out to our friends at J&M Meat Market for teaching us the ropes on their smoker today — we’re having way too much fun with it! 🔥

Swing by, grab dinner, dessert, and a little something extra for game day.

📍102 W. Mulberry Ave. Searcy, 72143
📞501-305-4845

02/04/2026

Hey y'all. I just wanted to tell y'all I'm up here at Gather & Go of Arkansas with my daughter helping out till 6-I would love to help you with a meal-(or two) ☺️. Cindy. This week has been so good to see so many of you.

02/04/2026

Hey friends! I wanted to share what's going on at Gather & Go of Arkansas today! As most of you know, this is my daughter, Becca! She is in my old location at 102 W. Mulberry Ave., Searcy, AR and she's cooking of lots of goodies today!

501-305-4845!

We will also be up here this weekend making food for Super Bowl Sunday! Let us know what your favorite super bowl food is!

Last year we made some taco wonton cups that went over very well and we're considering doing those this weekend! We appreciate you supporting our family business, and I appreciate you supporting my daughter! She's working her little tail off!❤️. Cindy.

02/03/2026

Hey everyone! I'm up here with Becca today! We would love to see you and help you with a meal-or just get a hug! ☺️ its been so nice to see some of our long time customers yesteray and today! Thank you all so much for your support
❤️Cindy.

Good afternoon friends! We are up here cooking and enjoying this warmer weather!

Here’s a look at what we have today!

We just made a fresh batch of homemade chicken noodle soup

 Cranberry pecan chicken salad

Chicken and dumplings

Loaded potato soup

Smothered beef enchiladas

Poppyseed chicken

 Beef stroganoff

For sides, we have green beans with bacon and brown sugar loaded mashed potatoes, Ritzy corn casserole, and Mexican corn

For desserts, we have eagle brand banana pudding, lemon, icebox delight and heavenly chocolate mousse, and Becca has a few more Italian cream cakes!

If we can help you with the meal, give us a call at 501-305-4845 and our address is 102 W. Mulberry Ave., Searcy, AR. Our hours are 10 AM to 6 PM.

02/03/2026

It's gonna be happening today at Gather & Go of Arkansas...we will be dipping! Give us a call if you are craving some! 501-305-4845
My daughter asked me to let you all know on this page too! She also Italian Cream cakes!

We need you all! This weather has truly hurt everyone, I know! But if you are able, and if we can help you, I know it would mean the world to Becca!

And, if I  can do anything for you next week, I would be happy to do it!

We truly appreciate you all!

❤️ Cindy



02/03/2026

Good morning! Yesterday I spent the day at Gather & Go of Arkansas helping my daughter. We made quite an assortment of things for you all. This snow and ice has hurt everyone, I know and understand-but, if you are ready for someone else to cook for you-and if you can-we would love to see you!

I will still be taking orders myself for Chocolate covered strawberries and cookies etc. (not to confuse anyone)

But, this week I plan to be helping my daughter at the store as much as she needs me! Today we will be making some Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Italian cream cake jars, and she has some Valentine cake balls!

We also made a big batch of beef stroganoff late yesterday afternoon and she has that in the coolers for those of you who love that dish!

We hope to see you soon! I would love to visit with you all! Yesterday was so nice to see a few of my favorite customers.

We cater for AR Care about once a month and have for years, and deliver the meals to their training center in Augusta. When I ran the store, that is something I always did. I liked to take it myself and visit, and I'm pretty sure I've taken it each time since Becca took over, just because it was something I did-and she's busy in the kitchen at Gather and Go. (After my fall, when I was out for a couple months, Becca delivered for me❤️ we do whatever we have to do,as a family to make it all work)
Yesterday while I was out, delivering their meal, I stopped to take these photos. It is right on the river, and sometimes when I would deliver the meals, I would just stop afterwards and look at the river and enjoy the moment for a minute before heading back 🙂 yesterday, the snow on the ground made it extra beautiful and I wanted to share that with you❤️

Being there yesterday and getting a few hugs from some of my "old regulars" was so good for my heart. ❤️Thank you all for supporting my daughter and our family through the years. We are truly so thankful.

01/31/2026

A friend dropped some pecans from their pecan tree off to me a week or so ago. They had to be cracked so I hadn't even opened the bag until today. I couldn't find any "nut crackers" even though I know I had some! I probably got rid of them in the move because of how little I used them-

But, sitting down with a bowl and a pair of pliers, I started cracking (and eating) a few.

As I was doing that, I had a memory come to mind.

When I was growing up, I remember almost everyone in my family had a wooden "nut bowl" with a set of "nut crackers" Especially around the holidays. With all kinds of assortment of nuts to crack in that bowl. They might've been a Christmas gift to multiple family members or some thing is why I remember so many of them having them 🙂 but it was something I remember doing it relatives houses 🙂 especially my grandmas. Simple, but a lasting memory

So, I looked up a bowl and I found the exact one that my grandma used to use 🙂 I remember sitting around cracking nuts, and it being something fun to do as a kid. And picking out the insides of them with the little pics. Makes me want a nut bowl now! 😉
I just thought I'd share that memory with y'all today ❤️

Cindy.