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It’s going to be in the upper 50’s on Saturday!🙌🏻 Celebrate this warmth at our Earth Day Workshop this Saturday 🌎🌿 It is going to be an absolute blast! Register today!A glimpse of the beautiful, new Angelic Organics Lodge on the blog today! (Link in profile.) @angelicorganicslearningcenter @soulsojourner #angelicorganics #farmlife #welovegoats #locallysourcedWe had a beyond amazing afternoon at @angelicorganicslearningcenter today! More to come soon on the blog. ☺️🐐🌿💛When you are driving back from Florida and find yourself in the gorgeous mountain town of Asheville, North Carolina and you feel you have found your way home 💚You know you are a true nerd when you drink wine at a fancy restaurant while wearing Harry Potter scarves and bangles ✨🤓📚 #harrypotterworld #wearewizards #readingrocks #beyourselfIt wouldn’t be the Easter season without making fuasa (Italian Easter bread) 🌼 (Recipe in link in profile.) #fuasa #italianeasterbread #homestead #italianhomestead #homemadebread #homemadebakeryHappy Spring! (a day late 😉) 🌸 We decided to celebrate spring with a gorgeous smoothie this morning. Ingredients: homemade strawberry kombucha, spinach, coconut, clementine, kiwi, apple and blueberries. #smoothietime #letfoodbethymedicine #spring #homeschoolbreakfast #homeschoolingmomHad a blast celebrating Pi(e) Day at the Puri Family YMCA today! 💚 #mathisfun #homeschoolingadventures #rockfordrocks #rockriverymcaI am getting pretty stoked about tomorrow 👊🏻 #mathisfun #homeschoolingadventures #piday2018 #rockriverymca #ilovemyjob
Category Archives: Recipe
Honey Lavender Walnuts
My girls and I have really been trying to adjust our eating habits throughout the school day. Instead of snacking on crackers, pretzels and tortilla chips, we are trying to move our snacking to the non-processed variety. This … Continue reading
Brassicas: My Beloveds
A few months back I shared my love of cabbage with all of you. But maybe I wasn’t being specific enough, or not general enough, depending upon how you look at it. In actuality I harbor a secret love for … Continue reading
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Makin’ Kraut
I love cabbage in an obsessive, kind-of-creepy way. I adore it raw in salads, sautéed in butter, and cooked down alongside a big ole’ roast in a low and slow oven. But perhaps my favorite way to enjoy this curciferous … Continue reading
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Lavender Rosemary Biscuits
We Fagans LOVE us some biscuits! And the only thing better than a biscuit is when we can load it up with fresh garden goodness and therefore call it “healthy” 🙂 My girls and I loved how these lil’ dumplings … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard garden, baking with herbs, biscuit, biscuit recipe, biscuits, fresh, garden, herbs, homestead, lavender, lavender blossoms, lavender rosemary biscuit recipe, lavender rosemary biscuits, organic, organic recipes, rosemary, urban homestead, urban homsteading, Van Laar Fruit Farm, Van Laar Fruit Farm wheat, Van Laar Fruit Farm wheat flour
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Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
After finding my family’s old ice cream maker in my dad’s basement a few weeks back, I decided it was time to test it out again after over 25 years. The ice cream maker still worked great, and I was … Continue reading
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Herbal Energy Balls
A few years ago, while attending the Mother Earth News Fair, I was lucky enough to attend a seminar led by herbal guru Rosemary Gladstar (I chronicaled our trip here.) She was such a wonderful speaker: so brilliant in her … Continue reading
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Tagged ashwagandha root, ashwagandha root powder, goth kola powder, gotu kola, hawthorne berry, hawthorne berry powder, healthy eating, herbal energy balls, local honey, Mother Earth News Fair, Mountain Rose Herbs, peanut butter, recipe, rhodiola root, rhodiola root powder, Rosemary Gladstar
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Pumpkin Zucchini Bread
Last fall I did some reading about how to grow pumpkins. I was astonished to find that many people said to simply discard of your old pumpkins in an area in which you want to grow pumpkins again. Those pumpkins … Continue reading
