So real talk moment here: I know how lucky I am to be able to do what I am doing right now. In fact, a good amount of my daily motivations comes from the fact that I need to make sure that the privilege that I have right now does not go to waste… whether…
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M.I.Y: Foaming Hand Soap w/ Essential Oil
Want easy? Ok. I can do that. Sometimes it’s the little things that you take back that make you feel good. Especially the things that you use OFTEN, you get that nice little jolt of satisfaction each time you encounter it. With the frequency that we now wash our hands throughout each day… there’s no…
DBF’s Top 5 grows: #1 GARLIC
This is the first entry in our ‘Top 5 Grows’ series in which we hope to share some of our favorite produce that gets the best Use, Storage, Preservation AND UtIlity from a small scale garden here in New England (zone 5). Number 1 on our list is GARLIC. Honestly, there is NO comparison between…
Taking a Day vs. Not Recognizing the Need for Downtime
We all have them. The pity parties. The days where that pint of ice cream just whispers to you “Yessssssssssss, you’re an adult. ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFASSSSSSSSTTTT”. The days when the world knocks you back a bit and you say the phrase WTF more than you’d like as a desperate question to the Gods rather…
Chicken and Rice Soup (w/dill, ginger, garlic chili oil and lemon)
I firmly believe soup should be a year round thing. This soup base comes from one of my fave Bon Appétit recipes and I adjust it seasonally and it is always AHHHHMAZING. This version is our new fave, changing up the rice to make it a bit more brothy, bringing a bit of ginger into…