Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Home Remedy for Cold Sores
( I use Herb Pharm Sage which I can find at my local natural food stores)
I have succumbed to the stress. The stress of what, I'm not quite sure. I don't feel stressed - although I am busy, I am not consternated about it in the least. I am busy. I am happy. Life is good. But the only time I get fever blisters is when I'm stressed out and tired (and exposed to more sunlight than
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Temptation Cookies
It was my pleasure, this past school semester, to teach a home economics type of class at the girls' school. I had so much fun! The students told me they had fun too, and they didn't even complain when I gave them "homework" to do over the summer - to practice all the things we learned in class! One of the components of the class was baking. I searched for the easiest, least fussy, tastiest
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Creamy Cucumber Salad
For your consideration today: Creamy Cucumber Salad. My mom used to make this all the time with sour cream. It is just as good with coconut cream (maybe even better).
1 small English Cucumber (seedless), washed and thinly sliced
1/3 cup coconut cream
2 tbsp. white or apple cider vinegar
1 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. black pepper
pinch of salt
1/4 tsp. dried dill, if desired
Put the
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Garden Pictures
Our garden is growing like gangbusters! We planted seeds at the end of February and all the plants are now growing inches every day. We have garlic and shallots (planted last fall), turnips, carrots, arugula, winter squash, bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, a couple of varieties of tomatoes, lemon cucumbers, bibb lettuce and spinach (which were threatening to bolt so we harvested them), swiss