Raw Vegan Chocolate Brownie Balls - Sinfully Delicious! Mmmmmm. Yes they are THAT good. I can't help but make little moaning sounds when eating them...you know what they say about chocolate right? Hubby thinks I have lost my mind a little. He loves them too though and says they taste like the truffles his mom used to make. I never understood the mainstream obsession with chocolate until yesterday when I made these. The recipe is my own invention that has definitely earned a position in my Raw … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2009
Happy Birthday Baby!
My toddler is 3 years old today! Happy birthday to Parker Maclain my beautiful boy. 3 years ago today on Friday the 13th he arrived via natural childbirth and only 2 hours of labor. He was nine pounds, 6 ounces. He breastfed immediately and with gusto. He didn't even mind sharing with his older sister. He was a chubby little thing who wanted to sleep in his own bed right from the beginning. Of course our babymoon ended to soon as only 6 months later I would be diagnosed with cancer and he would … [Read more...]
Natural Toys and CPSIA
Due to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) natural toys have been getting a lot of attention lately. It has quite frankly woken many people up the value of homemade and all the reasons we need to fight to protect these items. To lose them would be to lose a part of our natural history... a part of our heritage. For us and for children all over the country it would mean a loss of the magic that is unique to hand crafted toys. By voicing our concerns over the poorly written … [Read more...]
TV Dinner Style Minus the Plastic
A reader recently emailed me and asked if I knew where she could find glass plates that were sectioned or divided kind of like a bento or a tv dinner tray. She was having trouble finding anything like that and when she did they were no longer in stock. Well, that email sent me on a hunt to track down an option for this mom and along the way I fell in love with this concept. As you most likely know I love bentos so it is not a stretch to see why I would also love idea of a tray or plate with … [Read more...]
Weekend Project & Green Lovo Paint
This weekend hubs and I tackled a small project. In our hallway off the kitchen we have 4 big storage areas. Three of them had been converted into much needed pantry space. The 4th cabinet was left empty so it was basically a 5 foot tall by 2 feet deep cabinet for various stuff like fly swatters, a broom, curtain rods, vacuum attachments, etc. Not only was it ugly IMO it was kind of useless. We really needed the space for food so we did a quick remodel today. After cleaning it out we painted … [Read more...]
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