Strawberries in Balsamic Glaze with Vanilla Ice Cream Do you need a quick, sort of healthy Valentine's Day dessert? Strawberries in a balsamic glaze is hardly even a recipe, but it's so good. I forgot about it until recently, so I thought you might need a little reminder too! Thieves Fruit & Veggie Wash I use Thieves Fruit & Veggie Wash to clean all of my produce safely. It ...
Thieves: Everyone’s favorite household cleaner
Thieves Household Cleaner Thieves is a plant-based household cleaner that is safe and effective and it smells amazing. It comes as a concentrate in a 14-ounce bottle. That means you could make about 30 16-ounce bottles of household cleaner with just one bottle of Thieves that costs around $23. It will clean everything in your house! Why Thieves? When I started using essential oils exactly one ...
The Best Carrot Cake Recipe from Buvette in NYC
Valentine Edition of The Second-Hand Table The Best Carrot Cake Recipe from Buvette in NYC. I made it the way they serve it at Buvette, in an ocal ramekin wioth a dollop of cream cheese frosting! I'm joining a few talented bloggers for another second-hand treasures table post put together by Rachel of Cherry Street Blossoms. If you are coming over from Ciao Newport Beach, welcome. I love ...
We painted our stone fireplace black!
This month's Project Design with Mary Ann and Cindy is all about refreshing the living room for spring! It's still very much winter here in the northeast, although it has been a mild winter for sure. Still, everyone is ready for a little refresh after the holidays. For me, that means a few new plants and something I have been debating about since moving into this house a year ago. The stone ...
12 reasons why we love essential oils
We have been using essential oils for just about a year and what a life changing thing it has been. I never imagined that buying a Young Living starter kit would open my eyes to so much wellness. I have talked a lot about ditch & switch. What does that mean? It means I have switched out products that I thought were safe to use in my home and on my face and body that are toxic and have switched ...
a pantry in 24 square feet for less than $100
Cindy, Mary Ann, and I are doing another Project Design today, and this time it's all about the pantry! We have a big group of super-organized bloggers who are showing you how they've organized their pantries. Links at the bottom! The pantry. How big does a pantry need to be? What constitutes a pantry anyway? According to Dictionary.com: a pantry is a room or closet in which food, ...