It's when life takes twists and turns the routine falls apart that commitments become important. When they are easy to keep, it's no big deal. When they take serious effort to keep, despite circumstances, commitments that we have made...
I had some of Grandma Helen's Chopped Eggplant with my 2nd meal of the day on Tuesday. I never know whether to call it "salad" or "spread" - but I have always liked it. And I love remembering my grandma whenever I make it. I've changed a...
You may have been motivated to eat healthier and exercise because you want to be "thin" - there are certainly plenty of messages all around us telling us that we must look a certain way to (fill in the blank with whatever your goals in...
I made a batch of Goji Squares last night, an adaptation of a friend of a friend's recipe. A combination of goji berries, cacao nibs, coconut, hemp seeds, cocoa powder, coconut oil, honey, and salt. I don't have permission to post that...
There are many stages of awareness and understanding of how to eat healthfully (not to mention a variety of ideas about what that means!), but once we have chosen a path towards supportive eating, there is still the issue of actually...
Often when I am doing my sprint intervals around the loop on our land, I find myself near a patch of French broom during an active rest period, and pull broom instead of walking. Yesterday as I did this I thought about weed-pulling. There...
You can usually tell when I've done a serious resistance training or interval training workout by the smoothie that shows up on my daily photo collage. There are the odd days when I just can't manage a smoothie afterwards and make do with...
Cafe Gratitude has just opened up in Santa Cruz, and I met a friend there for lunch Wednesday. Delicious food! And what a bonanza for my friend who is currently on an elimination diet and can't have dairy or wheat. I do find the names a...
After a workshop is over I am often left with cheese, bread, eggs, and vegetables - just the ingredients for making a savory bread pudding (also known as bread souffle). I use the recipe as a framework for whatever vegetables I happen to...
The 4 day workshop ended Sunday, and the last participant flew away home today. The house is clean, and we're still eating the food leftover from the meals we offered. I had the last of the Banana Oat Chocolate Chip Hemp Protein Bars...
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