Yesterday, we noticed an orange glow streaming through our windows that was accompanied by a strong campfire smell. And I gotta say, campfire is not something you usually smell around these parts. I guess what most people do when they notice these things is turn on the radio, tv, or even the internet to [...]

I figured it was time to take a little break from my usual type of food post (raw fruits, nuts, and veggies) to share a recipe I threw together for pumpkin carrot muffins!

Here’s a sweet way to get your protein! Straight from the bowl, they’re tasty and slightly sweet. Straight from the dehydrator they’re ooey and gooey. Mmmm…

While our husbands were bird-hunting and trying to keep warm up in Oregon, Heather and I had fun taking her kiddos all around Orange County. Because Disneyland was too expensive, we decided to spend a morning at Downtown Disney. Carter never seemed to notice the difference. I think he was having too much fun [...]

To be honest, I usually buy my almond milk…but I’m trying to make my own more often, because it’s fresh and I know exactly what goes into it. It’s pretty simple (only a couple ingredients) and pretty quick too. If you want to know why in the world people would drink “milk” made from almonds, [...]

(or “little grill” as Carter would say)

Almonds are a convenient, tasty snack, and the base for many raw vegan desserts, drinks, and smoothies. I’m about to tell you why they’re such a good choice…

Let’s take a little trip back in time, shall we? Back to the beginning of September….Remember my post Labor Day Camping and Cute Kid Quotes?. If you read that post, you may remember that we went camping up North with our family. Way north. It was a looooong drive, and that is a story in [...]

“Antioxidant” is a word that most of us are pretty familiar with, right? But what does it really mean? What are they, what do they do, and why do we care about getting them anyway? I’ve tried to explain all this in the most simple, basic way. (not because I think you’re simple or basic, [...]

It’s so easy to have a heavy hand when you (when I) first learn a particular photo editing technique in Gimp. (GIMP is a free open source image editing alternate to Photoshop. My husband and I love it) When you learn how to do something, you really want to do it, right?! Well, I learned [...]