Month: April 2012

For the Love of BEANS!!

As I looked through the recipes I’ve posted throughout the life of this blog, I am amazed how many of them contain BEANS! Therefore, it goes without saying I LOVE BEANS! Thank goodness for that because I think it would be truly hard for me to be a healthy vegan without them! Beans are like […] Read more…

More CHIA Love!

Just as I was getting ready to write about this DELICIOUS Chia/Vie drink I tried, I noticed that one of my favorite bloggers, Leslie over at Crunchy Betty has a post up about using Chia on your FACE! You know I’ve already written about how much I LOVE Chia – not to mention all the […] Read more…

Garden Rehab

Ready for a very random post of my thoughts when working in the garden this morning? I hope so…otherwise, just skip past this one. It’s finally the time of year when I can get back into my yard!! I love seeing all the new sprouts and blooms and smelling all the scents from the awakening […] Read more…

Cerritos Surf Colony Vacation & Birthday Celebration

See this amazing group of people pictured above? Well, I was lucky enough to spend 5 days last week with them celebrating Nia’s 50th birthday in Mexico. We all stayed at Cerritos Surf Colony on Cerritos Beach in Mexico. Up until a few days before we left, I actually thought there were only 12 of […] Read more…

Get Smelly – Giveaway

Just back from Mexico and another incredible birthday celebration for my dear friend Nia Peeples. Yes, there was that “other” party for her back in December, but, hey, I love her idea of celebrating the beginning of her 5th decade of life with festivities all year long. While I’m recovering and downloading photos, videos and […] Read more…

The VEGG – Vegan Egg!!

So, I’ve finally tried “The Vegg” – have you? I’ve heard about it for a couple of weeks now, seen tons of recipes and photos of delicious looking dishes prepared with it, and finally broke down and bought some. The verdict: IT’S FANTASTIC! What is The Vegg? Well, it’s another vegan egg replacer – but […] Read more…

Putting Yourself First

How do you put yourself first? How does taking time for yourself help make you happier? These are the current “Life Well Lived” Getting Happy questions? WOW – these are big ones. Questions that, unlike Bubba above who only lives in the moment, I don’t think I’ve even mastered the answer to yet – though […] Read more…