Archive for June, 2011

Barefoot is Better

Vibram FiveFingers

I love my Vibram FiveFingers. I get a host of different reactions when people see my shoes for the first time. Things like: “WHAT in the world are those?!? Those are some funky looking things you have on your feet.” To “Wow, I love your [...]

Brown Rice Salad with an Asian Flair

Brown Rice Salad with an Asian Flair

I’ll be honest. I almost didn’t blog this recipe. Even though it was go-back-for-seconds-and-thirds delicious and ridiculously easy to throw together. The reason? I was naughty. I used a store-bought flavored soy sauce with sugar and preservatives. But before you relegate me to the dog [...]

Birthday Post: 26 is the New 20

Birthday Muffin

26 today. What? How did that happen? Wasn’t it just a few years ago that we stepped into a new century and I was singing along to the Backstreet Boys? 25 Didn’t seem to be a big deal. A quarter of a century. Pretty cool, [...]

25 Tips for Going Green

25 Tips for Going Green

I believe in caring for the earth we live on. I believe we are called to be good stewards of what we’re given. To have authority over the plants and animals around us, but I like to think of it as a mutually beneficial relationship [...]

Lime & Mint Chicken Coleslaw

Zesty Dressing with Lime, Flax Oil, Garlic, & ACV

Ah, summer. Carefree evening cookouts around the pool while the sunlight lingers on, giving way eventually to the light of the fireflies as my friends and I nurse cold fruity drinks and make plans for a holiday by the sea. Summer means fresh food and [...]

5 Reasons to Eat Local

Local Produce

The ‘locavore’ movement has been gaining attention over the last few years. Plenty of people have documented their challenge to eat only local, all the time. Some may even call it a food trend (imagine that), but there are heaps of reasons why eating food [...]

“Go-To” Potato Salad

Potato Salad Ready to Serve

We all have those recipes. The ones that may not be fancy or incredibly unique, but they are tried and true, tested and found delicious, so you make them again and again. And no one seems to mind when it’s such a great recipe! That’s [...]