Sounds preposterous doesn’t it? What could a coffee grinder teach me. it is true. Had it not been for the coffee grinder I might not have discovered a possible solution to my vegetarian burgers which tasted good but keep falling apart. I knew that there had to be a...
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Give Plastic Containers A Job. Give Your intuition and Creativity The Liberty to Discover!
I don’t bring a lot of plastic into my world. It is not that I don’t believe that no plastic gets recycled. No, it is that too much ends in land fields and in oceans. Almost everything that I cook is done from scratch. Prepackaged foods are not purchased....
Boredom, Art or Both?
It started out as a project to make almond milk. Drinking commercial plant based milks have become too difficult for my body to absorb. Simply put, I feel sick to my stomach after drinking them. Perhaps it is the gums and additives. For years, I tried most of these...
She Already Knew The Answer.
She called for a consultation right when we scheduled her appointment. She was ready with her list of questions. She wanted my input. She was looking for clarification. We spoke for an hour. She said that she found the session very helpful. I didn’t tell her much that she...
Intuition Quote
“When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.” Kahil Gibran
It Might Not Be Mine To Keep!
It had been sitting on a garage shelf and had not seen the light of day for perhaps decades. In fact it had been forgotten until I mentioned using one of its relatives to do some food experimenting. I am talking about a food dehydrator, one from the 1970’s...
Sharing In A Time of Turmoil
I couldn’t believe how she knew but she did. It was the neighbor across the street. Every time I was having a bad or challenging day she called to tell me that she had some beans and rice or some enchiladas for me. All I had to was go...
A View From A Window
I looked outside a bedroom window just in time to see the bird. Something told me to look outside. Glad that I listened to that “something.”
Need A Calm Mind?
What steps do you take to slow down your fearful mind. Do you have techniques when fear wants to become your dear friend? Here are a few suggestions. Breathe Stay in the present. Fear and anxiety breed when we imagine that tomorrow, next week and next month will be...
My Chocolate Mistake
So, I gathered a little courage and took the ingredients out of the cupboard, placed them into a pan and heated and stirred until everything dissolved into liquid. I greased a large glass dish and poured the chocolate mixture into the glass dish. I could almost taste the chocolate....