A friend of mine – Sally – raves about her NutriBullet. I have a Magic Bullet, by the same company, which I LOVE, so I can just imagine how great the NutriBullet is! It claims to be the world’s first, single-serve super food nutrition extractor, emulsifying healthy foods such as fruits, vegetables and grains into […]
Veggies
Spaghetti squash… I like you!
I had never tried cooking spaghetti squash until recently. I think I was always a little intimidated by its size when picking one up at the grocery store, so I’d go with my usual (and safe) yellow squash instead. Boy, do I regret passing it by so many times! Now that I know how easy […]
Adventures in Gardening: 6 weeks later
One of the things I was most nervous about when leaving on our big trip to Texas in early June was… my garden. The garden that the girls and I had just spent hours working on. With my husband traveling to Bolivia at around the same time (and too busy to worry about my “little […]
Adventures in Gardening – Week 1
As promised, this is my first update on my new vegetable garden! In case you missed last week’s post, we just installed the Backyard Botanical Oasis Garden, a self-contained raised bed garden that I’ve filled with almost 20 herbs and veggies! It’s awesome. Just 7 days after we first planted (and transplanted), beautiful things are […]
Our Backyard Botanical Oasis Garden
My relationship with Backyard Discovery is in it’s second year now. Time flies! I’m thrilled to tell you that they recently sent me their Backyard Botanical Oasis Garden… Up until a few days ago, I was clueless about gardening. Just plant some seeds, water them, and ta-dah! RIGHT? I had so much to learn. What […]
Eating raw food [lifestyle change]
Wednesday I mentioned being on a raw food diet. Today I’ll tell you why, and what it’s all about… Why I’m doing it. On June 10th, I spoke to my mother-in-law for the last time. She died 10 days later. I left the hospital in tears that Thursday night, 3 weeks ago. Just days prior […]
