Hello friends, today I want to share with you my favorite way to dry herbs! This is peak herb harvesting season. It seems that everyday when I go outside, there is something prime for picking. I don’t always have a lot of time to tend to the herbs once I have picked them and so my fall back method is always drying them for later use! Dried herbs are wonderful for teas, both for their health ...
Live
Life is a beautiful and often tempestuous existence, so connect with the things that put a big ‘ol smile on your face and makes you grateful for living. Those moments of simple pleasure are the essence of YUM. Maybe for you it is a rock solid eagle pose connecting you to earth and sky, or something as simple and powerful as the wind whipping through your hair as you meet the surf, the delight of a loved one giggling with joy or sitting by the fire on a cold night wrapped in a blanket, sipping a glass of wine. These moments reveal our passions; let them be your guiding light. Live your life vibrantly.
Get ready to infuse your life with YUM!
Chamomile, A Hearth Keeper’s Friend
DISCLAIMER: I am not a professional health care provider, herbalist, nor homeopath. I am just a person who has used and researched these integrated therapies for close to 20 years and I use them on myself and my family and have had excellent results. Please read the safety precautions of each herb before ingesting, or consult a health care provider. Who is a Hearth Keeper? It is ...
The Best Espresso Drinks…Why I love Nespresso, Let me count the ways…
Disclaimer: This post is NOT SPONSORED by Nespresso. These are my own personal thoughts and evaluation of their products. I believe my readers should be introduced to wonderful products whether or not I am paid for it. If I love a product, I will share it with you, if I don’t I won’t. It’s that simple. My very favorite kitchen appliance these days is my DeLonghi Nespresso Lattissima Plus ...
Faerie Flowers
The real beginning of spring for me is when the Faerie Flowers sprout up overnight on our land, which happened earlier this week. I remember when we first moved here, the land was dotted with these beautiful flowers and it made a lasting impression on me. One day there is only tender green grass and the next day there are little haphazard trails of these delicate little beauties all over, ...
The Empty Pantry Crazy Delicious Meatball Incident
Sometimes what you don’t know helps you enjoy things you might have a mental block towards or in the case of this post, unknowingly create something delicious in the kitchen, something you never would have thought to try. Something that is slightly funky and pretty weird. When you taste it, the flavor is really good yet hard to place, and you are trying to figure out why it tastes so good and ...
Sweet Potato and Black Bean Quesadillas
Eating certain foods can strike up fond memories and I made these quesadillas to bring me back to the sun and surf of Saint Augustine, Florida and the fabulous weekly farmers market there. I made these a few weeks before we made our annual trip back and it was the perfect lunch to get me in the mood to trade in freezing temperatures and snow for blue skies and palm trees! There are a lot of ...
Scottish Style Oat Cakes & An Outlandish Ploughman’s Lunch
Outlander is a big thing these days. If you don’t know what I am talking about, you are seriously missing out and have either 1) been under a rock for the past 6 months or 2) recently traveled between the stones to this time period and haven’t quite figured out the internet or television yet…but then you wouldn’t be reading this! In reality Outlander has been a thing for years, but mostly for ...
5 Life Changing Things Yoga Has Taught Me
I sometimes refer to myself as a recovering exercise perfectionist or compulsive exerciser. For years I had a rigorous routine and made sure to crack the whip on myself often regarding my performance. Perfectionism is something I have struggled with for most of my life and I realized that I was driven so hard to exercise for the need to fill that perfectionism, clearly an unhealthy act, despite ...
Scotch Eggs with Curry Mayo To Celebrate Spring! (…and how to boil the perfect hard-boiled eggs)
The weather is definitely turning. We went from two months of sub-zero temperatures into the mid 30’s (almost a 70-degree change), literally overnight! The snow is melting and there is a definite shift in the air. Many of our spring celebrations like the Spring Equinox (Ēostre, Ostara), Easter and Passover are just around the corner and I for one am ready for a change of season! Long held ...
How and Why to Make a Cleansing and Energizing Salt Scrub
This is a wonderful little scrub to have in your toolkit. It is easy to make and multi-purposed: great cleanser and toner for your skin, and energizing and cleansing for your aura and energy field. I even use them to scrub my chakras. Using a salt scrub is a simple self-care ritual that doesn’t take much time, but the benefits of adding it in are multi-fold. Salt is well known for its healing ...
Infuse Your Life with (more) YUM. YUM is the stuff that feeds not just our bodies but also our spirits. Offering simple recipes and tips, life hacks and tools and little pleasures to infuse life with more of the Good Stuff, the YUM.