Hey hey!! How about a quick Saturday afternoon post with an equally quick breakfast berries and cream smoothie? I mix up a smoothie nearly every morning as I’ve found that it’s a great way to get a lot of healthy nutrients to start the day. …
After my last post on coconut milk kefir, I know some of you were asking “what the heck do I use kefir for besides as a beverage?”. I’m going to answer that with this post on Bircher Muesli a.k.a. Swiss oatmeal. Bircher Muesli is …
Yiy, what a week. I’m certainly glad last week has passed and we’re on to greener pastures. Halloween was fun though. We took the kids to my mom and dad in-law’s neighborhood to do some hardcore trick-or-treating. The kids filled their buckets to overwhelmingly full …
I think it’s finally fall. So, I finally rescued the last of the carrot crop from my garden. But who really knows. Minnesota is known for not being able to make up its mind when it comes to the change of seasons. Monday was …
It’s a comfort food kind of day. We’re in the process of selling our house so it’s been a challenge to keep the house clean and still manage to cook and so forth between showings. I swear, all I’m doing these days is …
Dark Chocolate. Oatmeal. Coooookieeees!!!!! (said in the slightly creepy voice of Cookie Monster from days of old). Nom, nom, nom, nom… I made a purposeful pause in my day to go ahead and make a mess. I needed dessert. Seriously NEEDED some dessert. It’s the perfect opportunity …
Many people aren’t familiar with water kefir (or kefir soda). It’s not something you can typically find in a grocery store but its relative, traditional kefir made with milk, can often be found in larger supermarkets. Kefir is a probiotic beverage consisting of an incredibly healthy blend …
It’s been an insanely busy week. We are in the process of putting our house on the market so it’s been chaotic to say the least. I’m so tired of cleaning and organizing that I could scream. AAAAGGGHH!!! Oh, that’s better. Now if the kids could just stop making …
I get excited for soup weather. Just the thought of snuggling up in cozy sweaters and having a nice big bowl of hearty delicious soup just warms the soul. I mean, I get downright giddy. Bonus points if the soup is healthy and homemade like this …
You know what’s fun? Using goofy kitchen tools to make really cool (and really delicious) noodles. Or zoodles. Or whatever you want to call them. It’s kind of a childish fascination to morph food items into fun shapes with kitchen tools. It’s a lot like …
