Talk about having your cake (er, pie) and eating it too, this raw key lime pie makes for the perfect breakfast. And I should know. I am currently eating a “slice” as I write this post. You might be asking yourself why slice is in quotes (or for some of you, you understand me completely). There is no such…
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Frozen Peanut Butter and Jellies
The funny thing about my connection to peanut butter & jelly is my mother’s perfume: Estee Lauder’s Cinnabar. A rather strange connection, yes, but one that is completely etched into my memory none-the-less. Back in grade school and junior high my mother used to make my lunch. A standard lunch: an apple (or some form…
Easy Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Working with obstacles is life’s journey. The warrior is always coming up against dragons. Of course the warrior gets scared, particularly before the battle. It’s frightening. But with a shaky tender heart the warrior realizes that he or she is just about to step into the unknown, and then goes forth to meet the dragon….
Easy Homemade Chipwiches
Yesterday I spent my morning at a local coffee shop, reading and sipping my favorite caffeinated beverage. Okay, that was a long, round-about way to describe coffee. So there I was, drinking coffee when an older man approached me where I was sitting. As he stood above me he explained to me that he had…
Salted Caramel Mini Donuts
What a difference a week makes. I know I have been rather silent on my end and if you have been stopping by as of late, you will know that I have been alluding to experiencing some life changes. I have held back on the exact details; I will one day soon expand more on that but…
Peanut Butter Cup Healing
Bodhichitta is a Sanskrit word that means “noble or awakened heart.” Just as butter is inherent in milk and oil is inherent in a sesame seed, the soft spot of bodhichitta is inherent in you and me. It is equated, in part, with our ability to love, no matter how committed we are to unkindness, selfishness,…
Vegan Snickers Mini Donuts
Sometimes I wonder if it’s not necessarily about allergies/intolerances to certain foods, rather having the incapability to properly express my emotions at times that causes such stress on my digestive system. It seems as if it’s through the times that I have difficulty fully expressing how I feel that my body rebels against me. I don’t think I will…
