Category Archives: Food, recipes

gold stars for school

It has been dreadfully hot around here. 105 degrees, humid, uck! This is the hardest part of the year for me. My mind is starting psychologically cool down, but the weather isn’t quite there yet. We still have another month … Continue reading

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potato tacos with Mexi-coleslaw

My Tia M used to make these when I was little.  They were so yummy, but a little heavier than how I make them now. They are basically mashed potatoes in a taco with trimmings, if you’ve never had one. … Continue reading

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non-dairy creamer & cold pressed coffee

I’ve been making cold-pressed coffee ever since it started being so hot.  I used instructions from HERE.  I’ve also been making my own non-dairy creamer. It’s made with cashews and it’s super creamy and great in coffee or tea. A … Continue reading

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on the table

playing with our food beautiful flowers from a beautiful friend new painting, the dream, a work in progress (always!) tin hearts bright colors – working on artfest projects I have a hundred projects brewing. With all the end-of-school stuff and … Continue reading

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homemade cleansing oil

I was looking back in my archives at when I started doing OCM ~oil cleansing  method for my face. It was one year ago this month!   I was given some awesome cleansing oil last may and decided to use the … Continue reading

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about being a green goddess

I thought I’d take a break from my messy, crafty work table and chat about my cleanse from “Crazy Sexy Diet”.  I received the book as a gift for my birthday and started the 21 day cleanse in February and … Continue reading

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going green

I’m on the 4th day of my Crazy Sexy Diet cleanse and so far so good.  I, of course don’t eat any meat or dairy and I rarely drink alcohol so it really hasn’t been too hard.  The sugar, coffee … Continue reading

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Libre Tea & fresh herbs

The very kind folks at Libre Tea were nice enough to send me their latest and bigger libre tea cup (14.2 oz – will be ready in January), because I loved the last one so much. I’ve used it twice … Continue reading

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be well

I made some elderberry syrup today. It is said to help prevent illness and can be an effective flu and cold remedy.  I’ve made it before and my kids love it. It is super tasty and it seems to work … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween!

Here are my two little cute guys. Their store bought costumes were a huge hit. Everyone did their best Italian accented, “Mario…Luigi” whenever they saw my guys. It was funny. Although, they were once mistaken for two railroad guys. They … Continue reading

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