07
Feb
Rocky Mountain High – peace. love. quinoa
Feb 07 “She was born in the winter of her 31st year, coming home to a place she’d never been before. She left yesterday behind her, you might say she was born again, you might say she found a key for every door. When she first came to the mountains, her life was far away on... Read More
31
Jan
Betty Bear Hut
Jan 31 Moving to Colorado was an intentional lifestyle choice on my part. People always ask, WHY? I no longer enjoyed the monotonous life I was living in Chicago, I craved more adventure than what was available in the city. Rather than dressing in fancy, glittery attire for the begin of the New Year (as... Read More
05
Jan
2015 Best Nine as told by Instagram – peace. love. quinoa
Jan 05 WHAT UP 2016?! I took a trip into the backcountry for the holiday, yesterday was my first day home this year (!! 2016 !!). It’s just now hitting me: it’s a brand new year // 2015 is DONE. 2015 will forever go down in history as a year filled with emotion, friendships, struggles, accomplishments,... Read More
04
Dec
a DIY Oatmeal Honey Soap recipe – peace. love. quinoa
Dec 03 It’s one of the things that every single one of your friends and family members use: soap. If you know someone who doesn’t use soap, I bet you wish they did, hehe. Regardless, you know people who know people who use soap. It feels like I’m feeding you all a really bad pickup... Read More
27
Nov
Quinoa Flour: DIY – peace. love. quinoa
Nov 27 Here is the situation: (maybe this happened to you on Thanksgiving) You’re preparing to bake, you know that you have most ingredients on hand like the sugar, vanilla extract, and flour, but you need to run to the grocery for a few things like pecans and pumpkin puree. (follow me?) You get to... Read More
18
Nov
a Pomegranate Pistachio Quinoa Salad – peace. love. quinoa
Nov 18 The Holiday season provides an opportunity to share time with the ones you love and to create and share beautiful meals with friends and family. I won’t be with family this year, but I will be with a few girlfriends and a couple cutie dogs, celebrating my first ever Friendsgiving. i.am.so.excited We have so many... Read More
12
Nov
Balsamic Roasted Green Tomatoes + Friendship – peace. love. quinoa
Nov 12 Friends. I cherish them and hold them all at high regard. A few of my friends, I can tell ANYTHING to (seriously, ANYTHING) without fear of judgement or ill repute, they are my favorite people on earth. I have friends that fill what would otherwise be empty spaces in my life. I have friends that... Read More
04
Nov
Camp Wandawega + Real Life Transparency – peace. love. quinoa
Nov 04 . In July, just before the holiday weekend, my girlfriends sat at Chino Latino with our guys who were all meeting each other for the first time. During that monumental time in our lives, we decided that we wanted to take our next girls vacation “glamping” // for a moment or two we... Read More
04
Oct
Cardamom Scented Plum Chia Jam (no sugar or pectin added!) – peace. love. quinoa
Oct 04 Is it confession time? The answer is yes. After being at wine fest in Palisade 2 weekends ago, I have been straight up addicted to cheese, crackers, jam, and honey…. oh, and wine. Local, Colorado wine. Sigh. For dinner lately, I crave the local Strawberry Rhubarb jelly I brought home from the Western Slope, slathered... Read More
08
Sep
Harvesting Chamomile – peace. love. quinoa
Sep 08 When I talk about the plants that I grow in my home garden, I often talk about WHY I chose each plant. I choose tomatoes because there is nothing better than a home-grown tomato, I chose basil and cilantro because they are herbs that I use often, and I choose peppers because they... Read More