Archive for the ‘Recipes’ Category

these days

Posted on April 8th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

The last couple of weeks, our days have been… days of drinking NORA tea with lemon and honey in the morning. NORA=Nettles, Oat straw, Red raspberry leaf, Alfalfa. I buy them in bulk and mix together. Good for pregnancy. days of eating birthday pudding (while it lasted) in the afternoon. The recipe was perfect with 2/3 […]



{raw recipe} green smoothie and green tortillas

Posted on March 13th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Lately I haven’t been terribly creative with my food. I guess I’ve just been too busy…eating. For two. But today I have not one but two amazing recipes for you. At least, I think they’re amazing. You, on the other hand, might think they are just a little strange. Recipe#1: Green Smoothie. This was my […]



valentine letters and a chocolate strawberry tart

Posted on February 14th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

First, the important news: Zia is learning her letters! It came all in a spurt, and she’s been writing nonstop since Friday, when she got the idea to make some Valentine cards. This one is for Mimi, Papa, and the aunts and uncles in NY. She went from knowing hardly any letters to recognizing all […]



pizza on the mountain

Posted on February 11th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  19 Comments »

In my pizza-making journey, I’ve come a little closer to getting the results I’m after here in our mountain home. 8250 ft. can throw your baking off course a bit! David likes a thin, crispy pizza crust–not the thick, soft homemade crust I grew up with. It took a bit of experimentation, but I finally […]



chocolate chip cookies

Posted on February 8th, 2012 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

I knew I would eventually have to make good my promise to Zia on yesterday’s snowshoe bribe. She woke up asking for chocolate chip cookies–but there was a small problem. The poor kid was doubled over with a bellyache, most likely from that tall cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream and who knows how many […]