My father has late stage Parkinson’s and my parents are really struggling with his care. We have spent the past three weeks in a hospice facility and he will be sent home later this week. I have so many things … Continued
If you have been thinking about signing up for Spring Cleaning for the Soul, you have one more week. I am planning to archive it. As a gift, for this week I will include a Kitchen Crystal with your purchase. … Continued
Summer in the northern hemisphere often brings warmer weather. Some foods have a cooling nature and eating those foods can be best suited to the warmer months when our bodies could use some support with cooling. For more information, check … Continued
What is it about being sick that can create the space for brilliant ideas to come in? Have you had this experience? The seed of an idea for my kitchen crystals sprouted about eight years ago. I had this idea … Continued
I always have rice paper wrappers on hand for making these quick salad bundles. Prep a variety of vegetables to tuck inside, add a bean spread, tofu, or tempeh and a dressing and you have a wonderful, light meal for … Continued
I was working on a fresh garden roll recipe (it will be posted next!) for a holistic nutrition certificate course at Pacific Rim College and it needed a nice dipping sauce. This dressing is one of my favorites. I first … Continued
Have you experienced this? You wake up in the morning, all cozy and maybe still a bit tired. Instead of getting out of bed, you either reach for your phone and check emails or scroll, or you simply lay there … Continued
At the beginning of this month I offered free tarot reading on my Instagram stories. I drew a card for anyone who messaged me and gave them a mini reading. It’s fun for me to do and I get to … Continued
Here in the PNW, spring is an interesting bridge between the cold, dark days of winter and the warmer long days of summer. We are done with the longer cooked, heavy stews and baked vegetables of winter. But it’s not … Continued
A few weeks ago, I received an email from someone asking about aduki bean soup with ginger. I didn’t have a good place to direct him to, so I made the soup last week and wrote a recipe. My soup … Continued