Fast Food

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Throw some veggies in a pan, (adding onion and/or some garlic cloves to your single veggie is fab) cover with chicken broth or even plain water. Add some fresh herbs, dried herbs, a half a chili or a little cumin. Boil. Puree (a hand blender works great for this) with a little sour cream, potato, [...]

Seven Day Juice Detox

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My niece is here and we decided to do a seven day juice detox with Darling. This is a pic of only the first grocery trip. Total apples needed for 3 people over seven days????? 222! Yes, two-hundred-twenty-two! WOW!

This was our first juice with added wheat grass powder. I was so excited! [...]

Misc.

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Last weekend’s thrifting. St Ignatius had their sale starting Fri (it is almost all junk). I purchased the purple tin and vintage glass pitcher. total spent there was $1.50. Oh wait the kids picked out a couple things for another 50 cents. So total was $2. I went to the Gaithersburg outdoor flea market [...]

Naptime :)

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This is what nap time looks like for me today. Hooorraaayyyy!!!!!!! The big blankie is back on track. I received my yarn yesterday. I LOVE receiving good things in the mail.

This is a new chocolate E introduced me to. Dark chocolate with sea salt. Yum. Tastes like eating cookie dough or something.

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Food this week…

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Banana bread with chocolate and crystallized ginger from A Homemade Life.

And this is the first beef I have tried that I actually really liked. I used this recipe and only changed it up slightly.

Here is the marinade recipe:

1/3 c olive oil

1/3 c honey

1/3 c Bragg’s liquid amino acids [...]

Grocery day

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So what do you buy at the the grocery when you don’t feel like cooking?

I am not at all in the mood to cook these days. Not sure why…I think I would rather be sewing right now…and I am tired of cleaning up the kitchen. So I have decided to keep it simple [...]

Juice Fasts

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So, I have had juice fasting on my mind since I read this post by Joy the Baker (blog). I was all set to order a 3 day juice fast from Blue Print Cleanse. Until I realized that it would cost $195 + $20 shipping for a 3 day cleanse (I thought it was going [...]

Lunches last week:

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Yummy.

The miso dressing really makes these sandies. I use the recipe on the container of miso. I use Westbrae Natural organic mellow white miso.

Recipe:

1/4 c olive oil

1/4 c water

1/4 c miso

1 1/2 Tbls rice vinegar

This is my version of my favorite pita sandie from a restaurant in [...]

Coupons for natural products?

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Since my niece, Sacha, was here I have had coupons on my mind. We were inspired by an article that Darling found about a man who was able to eat healthily for $30/mo using coupons. I am curious if I can take this to the next level and see how much I can save when [...]

Miles pulled these out of the freezer for me today

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Honey raspberry sauce. Pureed pumpkin. Apple sauce. All home made. I LOVE having a stock pile of homemade things in the freezer.