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I absolutely LOVE fall. The crisp mornings, bundling up for walks with Lucy and most of all… making soup in the crock pot for dinner. Fall is totally my season, even thought he days seem shorter because of the darkness outside, I find that I am most productive during the fall and winter months. And Read More >>
Kale. Okay, so not my favorite vegetable on the planet, but The Girl loves it so I’ve decided to plant a few rows of the stuff for her this year. She loves to add kale to her smoothies. I personally like to add it to my compost pile, but to each their own ;). Admittedly, Read More >>
The Girl and I made this smoothie the other day. She LOVED it! It has kale in it so I tried to love it {honestly, I really did give it the old college try}, but I just couldn’t. So what’s the moral of the story? If you don’t hate kale, this smoothie recipe is going Read More >>
Wahooooooo… I just made a batch of kale and carrot brownies! Kale brownies. Have you tried them? Holy Canolies. There may be a way to eat this crap stuff after all. Thanks for the awesome suggestion Kirsten! The Girl and I tried the brownies and you can’t even tell there are vegetables in there. Wowza! Read More >>
A few nights ago, I made this delicious chicken and kale enchilada casserole. Reader Erin O. sent me a link {Thanks Erin}. Not only was it a snap to make, the Handsome Husband even raved about it! And he’s Irish… so the only thing he ever raves about are potatoes and cabbage. Ha Ha Ha. Read More >>
