7 Mar
… of my favorite things
swimming in alpine lakes
soaking in the sun
playing with puppies
tea with a friend
dancing
reading a good book
sewing
knitting
crafting
hula hooping
hiking in the midst of mountains
“…understand that to nurture and love others with the grace you desire means taking care of yourself and cultivating your own inner harmony. Inner harmony grows not by finding ways to [...]
2 Mar
Wow! It has been a while. Sometime between Halloween and Valentine’s Day, I seem to struggle with oh so many intangible things. But it’s Spring. And it’s not between those holidays anymore. So… I’m back! And though this site has been quiet, my mind has not. Phew, that’s a relief! =)
I’m at a point in [...]
2 Jun
My daughter declares homemade butter tastes “SO much better” than the store-bought stuff. Of course, she’s the same kid whose teeth lined up perfectly to the marks in the partly eaten cube of butter we found when she was two. So, she was ecstatic to help make eat the butter we made a while back in [...]
26 Feb
I made these the other night on my woodstove:
Here’s the recipe:
in a cast iron skillet, brown one package of soy chorizo
add 1-2 cups kidney beans
add 1-2 cups black beans
add 1 cup cooked brown rice
add 1 cup water, or enough to make thick consistency
let simmer covered, till hot and flavors have fused (I left it on [...]
20 Feb
Caution: this posting is of a feminine nature, yet not entirely for females only. If you have a woman in your life, encourage her to buy one of these:
The following is a picture of a Diva Cup (the clear one), and a Keeper (the red one).
A while ago, a friend of mine told me of [...]
30 Jan
I dread grocery shopping.
I go as long as I can between shopping trips before I make it back for the necessities, when they really become a necessary purchase. I have some interesting recipe replacements because of this, but I figure it makes one a creative chef!
So, I’ve learned to do half my shopping (and lately [...]
17 Jan
My kids go crazy over eating these greens. Kale is so good for you, and also difficult to eat for little mouths unless it’s in a green drink, or in the form of chips. These are SO great, that even those who declare they hate kale have been known to down handfuls of this stuff. [...]
16 Jan
Our green drink is different every day, depending on the ingredients we have at hand, but here’s a basic idea of what we throw in there. The great thing about this recipe is that it’s so flexible: you can add or delete any of the ingredients according to your tastes! We do primarily vegetable green drinks, [...]
16 Jan
We got one of these a couple months ago. We’ve been making green drinks with it, most every day since.
This is what goes into it:
This is what it looks like after blending:
These are spendy machines, but totally worth every penny for the nutrition freaks out there like me. You can make anything from ice cream (with a total [...]
