Currently growing in Southern California
Chia is my new obsession and this past weekend I spent an entire day making things with chia seeds. Being dairy free I don’t get to eat many puddings, so when I discovered that chia seed pudding can be made with any type of milk and doesn’t require cooking I was sold!
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When I first heard of chia seeds I immediately thought of my college archaeology classes where I learned that chia was a staple food for prehistoric people. I thought that it couldn’t be the same stuff, but it actually is!
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This morning was calm and quiet. My neighbors are either on vacation or are staying indoors because even though its only 9 o’clock in the morning its already 95 degrees outside. The pavement is literally hot enough to cook an egg and it’s not even July. Welcome to the desert. I eat a variety of…
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It feels so good to be posting a recipe! Its been too long! Recently I discovered a wonderful website called Scribd. It’s basically Netflix for books and I am totally in love with it. Its like having an entire library at my fingertips. This month I’ve been reading this wonderful book called The Happiness Project…
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Woah! Has it really been 2.5 months since my last post! Time flies when life gets busy doesn’t it? So much has been going on since my last post. In October we celebrated Gavin’s first birthday, my 31st birthday, Tom’s 36th birthday, and we had our 3 year wedding anniversary. Even my blog had a…
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If you have never tried a nut or seed butter other then peanut butter then you are in for a treat. Peanuts are not actually nuts, they’re a bean! Which is why those allergic to peanuts may not be allergic to tree nuts. If your kid is a PB&J lover and has a no-peanut policy…
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Shoots and Roots 