grow your own herbs & veggies

This morning I did something really fun.  I planted a bunch of veggies and herbs on my porch! I love having an assortment of herbs at my disposal whenever I want to use them.  It sure does beat buying them at the grocery store everytime you need them!  Plus, it will save you a few bucks in the [...]

farmers market finds

Yesterday, my mom and I headed to the South End Open Market (SOWA), which is a mix of a farmer’s market and an artist’s market.  There are multiple farms that set up stands and numerous artists as well. Below are just a few fun finds from the market! Radishes Garlic Scrapes Workout After taking ALL [...]

lots of local foods!

I wanted greens for breakfast, but I figured that oatmeal would be better. I whipped up some steel cut oats to which I added 2/3 of a banana and 1/2 tbsp chia seeds while cooking. Topped with vanilla almond butter, maple cream(!!), leftover banana and dried raspberries. The maple cream was awesome!  I got it in [...]

my favorite things – part one

We are headed out of town this weekend on a mini vacation, so I wanted to leave you with something fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I get quite a few questions from readers, family and friends about some of the things that I eat, bake and cook with and why I use them over other ingredients.  Therefore, I [...]

hump day

Happy Hump Day!  Don’t you love 4 day work weeks?!  It makes the week so much faster…and I have a 3 day work week this week!  Only one more day until vacation. It was an oatmeal day today! Steel-cut oats cooked with 1/2 banana and lots of cinnamon.  Steel-cut oats take awhile to cook, but [...]