Archive for November, 2011

Holiday Honey Face Mask

DIY Cinnamon Honey Face Mask

Today I’m guest posting at Day2Day Joys for Healthy 2Day Wednesday! Click here to get the skinny on a Holiday Honey Face Mask made with raw honey, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Perfect for Christmas gifts! While you’re there, you can also share your Healthy Living post [...]

A Practical Guide to Gifts That Mean Something

Craft Inspiration from Pinterest

Lately I’ve become a bit of a Scrooge where the Christmas season is concerned. I get so fed up with the incredible amount of consumerism, greed, and waste that comes as a result of a commercialized holiday. Do we really need those cheap, plastic trinkets [...]

Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

Dark Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are some chocolate-y cookies. (Chocolate lovers everywhere commence a chorus of cheers!) And get this-these cookies are healthy. Ok, at least semi-healthy. Let’s just say that these cookies are an indulgence you don’t have to feel guilty about. No refined sugar for cancer cells in [...]

Eggs & Greens: A Fast, Easy, & Nourishing Breakfast

Eggs & Greens for Breakfast

Are you one of those people who don’t eat breakfast? If you are, I have no idea how you manage to make it more than a couple hours into the day on a regular basis. I knew so many people in college who didn’t let [...]

Seed Muffins

Seed Muffins with Melting Butter

As far as big companies go, I actually appreciate a lot of things about Whole Foods. Nope, they’re definitely not perfect, but that doesn’t mean I boycott them and stand outside with picket signs (does that really do anything beneficial, anyway? I’m pretty sure the [...]

Beef & Broccoli Curry

Beef & Broccoli Curry

Curry powder is one of my most favorite smells in all the world. It’s right up there with honeysuckle and freshly baked bread. I add obscene amounts of curry powder to my curries. And every time I open the bottle I shove it right under [...]

What Happens in the Stomach of Corn-fed Cows

What Happens in the Stomach of Corn-fed Cows

One thing I truly love about New Zealand is grass-fed beef by default. Factory farms & CAFOs are virtually unheard of here. Cattle are allowed to roam and graze through lush green paddocks all over the country, resulting in high quality, grass-fed beef at every [...]