Posted on May 30th, 2011 by mountain girl | 7 Comments »
The other day I had a hankering for a little something sweet, and yet something that would hold me over for a while, too. After briefly scrounging around in the kitchen, I came up with this yummy snack ball recipe. It was exactly the ticket – sweet, satisfying and nourishing all at the same time. […]
Posted on May 23rd, 2011 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
I love experimenting with raw, living foods! Fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds are full of living enzymes and nutrients. Enzymes help out incredibly with digestion, and eating nutrient-packed foods cuts down on the sheer volume of what we need to eat. Many of us consume so many empty calories that our bodies are still crying […]
Posted on October 26th, 2010 by mountain girl | 2 Comments »
You have to make at least one pumpkin pie before October goes out, right? It’s definitely pumpkin season at our house. Besides pies, it’s been pumpkin steamed and seasoned, mixed up in smoothies, devoured cold with sweet almond milk and spices. And…I admit…I even used the pumpkin guts. I was trying to find a tasty […]
Posted on October 21st, 2010 by mountain girl | Comments Off on cherry-iced gingerbread
For me, autumn conjures up imaginations of all things nice…including sweetness, and, more importantly, spice. Ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves…along with molasses, rapadura, demerara, sucanat, and everything else that falls into the category of warm, sweet, pungent, and spicy. Enter gingerbread. Nourishing Traditions is my favorite cookbook of all times. It holds a wealth of information on […]
Posted on July 10th, 2010 by mountain girl | 3 Comments »
A day nearly too lovely for words… balloons at dawn presents upon rising: picture books, garage sale goodies, homemade art box crown from Grandma and Pom-Pom worn all day even to the farmstead with friends Kaleb and Jezzie to the first pony ride ever fishing with real worms a fake sneezing fit every time happy […]