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Jul 22
Good evening to all of my wonderful readers, I am sorry I have been absent for a while. We have had a home disaster requiring major repairs on all three floors of our house. It will be some time yet before repairs are done and life is back to normal (read full article)
Jul 12
A local environmental group partnered with a nearby community to host a truckload sale of rain barrels this weekend. I have longed for these for a while, and I was very excited to get two. So hubby and I spent this morning getting them set up. Just (read full article)
Dessert, garden, raw, recipe
Jul 06
Whenever I am working in the yard, the lemon balm draws me near. Its soothing scent is irresistible. Lemon balm is a member of the mint family and is easy to grow. It has been used for centuries to lift spirits, reduce anxiety, promote sleep, all (read full article)
garden, herbs. healthy personal care, recipe, tea
Jun 28
One of my daughters has been a vegetarian for a few years, and recently the other one decided to go veg as well. It has been harder for her, and she occasionally misses eating burgers. I, on the other hand do not, nor do I like to purchase the high (read full article)
lentils, recipe, sandwich, Vegan
Jun 27
I was saddened, but not shocked to view this. The mainstream media has shown very little of what is actually going on, and how bad it really is. This affects us all, and the president was lying when he said the gulf will end up better than it was ori (read full article)
oil disaster, Video
Jun 23
I hope you are all having a good week. My dad has been in the hospital, so it's been a busy one for me and I have had very little time to cook. Luckily, my garden has been producing well, and my greens and pea pods are ready for picking. It's been (read full article)
homegrown veggies, salad
Jun 18
I had small amounts of lots of things that needed using up before I went grocery shopping today, so I set them on the counter, put my thinking cap on, and this dish is what I came up with. Both my son and I were quite happy with this, we devoured i (read full article)
beans, recipe, Rice, salad, Vegan
Jun 15
Last night PBS aired Anti-Cancer, a special with Dr. David Servan-Schreiber. I read his book by the same title when it was first published two years ago, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching the show. It was nice to see the actual doctor talking, he (read full article)
anti-cancer, healthy diet, healthy lifestyle
Jun 09
Hungarian food has always been my favorite. There's just something about paprika and caraway seeds that I can't get enough of. Traditionally this would contain sour cream, but my version is vegan and uses raw cashew cream as a replacement. This soup (read full article)
30 minute meal, recipe, Soup, Vegan
Jun 07
is cherry season! And the photo above is my all-time favorite breakfast, oatmeal with cherries. Cherries are showing up at the grocery store, and the cherries on my tree are ripening. There are so many things you can do with cherries, from oatmea (read full article)
cherry, garden, Stevia
Jun 01
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend! There has not been much cooking going on here, so no new recipes to post right now. We had a power outage of unknown origin Thursday night, followed by a ridiculously hot weekend. This meant gril (read full article)
garden
May 27
The very kind folks over at Vega sent me a sample of their newest product to review. Now if you've been reading here for any length of time, you'll know that I do not use protein powders or "nutritional" supplements. I am a firm believe (read full article)
review
May 24
After nearly a week of frustrating computer problems, I believe I've finally gotten everything under control. On Friday I decided that since I had everything working correctly, I was just going to have some fun. So I joined in the bloggers' qui (read full article)
dip, recipe, Vegan, veggies
May 17
Happy Monday everyone! I want to get this posted early, since I have tons to do today. This is a simple, but filling meal. It was fun to make and it has a nice presentation. I had a green cabbage, a red cabbage, and some potatoes to use up, and I (read full article)
casserole, recipe, Vegan, veggies
May 12
After two solid days of a raging migraine, I am feeling much better. Unfortunately I am behind on everything, so this will be a short post. I hope you all had a very happy Mother's day! And are having a great week! For dinner on Sunday we had a var (read full article)
lentils, recipe, Vegan, veggies
May 06
I have mentioned before that my oldest son has had cancer and is mentally impaired. He goes to a special school, where they teach daily living skills and some vocational skills. Today was their spring craft sale, where they sell items made by the (read full article)
fruit, salad
May 05
My kale is in full bloom, the bright yellow flowers are so cheery. I grow it to eat, but I would happily grow it just for the flowers. They attracted a bumblebee to my yard and I was so excited to see one finally. Of course it was gone by the t (read full article)
smoothies and drinks
May 03
I had a busy and productive weekend, but not a lot of time for cooking. On Saturday I went to a quilt show at a local church, this was the first show I've been to in years. I tend to be very shy, but was made to feel so welcome, I never even thou (read full article)
Pasta, recipe
Apr 28
Springtime means dandelion salad at my house. Dandelions are one of the best spring tonics. They are loaded with potassium and calcium, and are great for detoxifying the liver and kidneys. I had already planned to make a salad with them when this (read full article)
recipe, review, salad, Vegan
Apr 27
I normally only use brown rice, but I had a craving for jasmine rice and couldn't find any whole grain, so I used white. Shame on me, I know better and it won't happen again. It's funny how the taste buds change, and I can no longer stand the tas (read full article)
recipe, Rice, Vegan