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Happy Monday!⁠ ⁠ Wishing I were outside eating

Happy Monday!⁠
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Wishing I were outside eating raspberries in the garden under the summer sun. ☀️⁠
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What are you up to today?⁠
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📷 by the one and only @sarageidlingerphotography

I am always looking for snack options that are eas

I am always looking for snack options that are easy to grab between patients. When I make a big batch of these, they fly out of the fridge quickly (sometimes I have to hide them in the back).⁠
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We call them crispy nut butts. I'm not really sure when their name morphed, but somewhere along the line it did. As names sometimes do.⁠
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It is a recipe adapted from @nettiecronish called "Crispy Rice Nut Butter Squares". My husband and I were gifted vegetarian cooking classes with Nettie as a wedding present in 2002 at @thebigcarrot. Feels like a lifetime ago. But I digress...⁠
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The secret to these balls is the "glue". I have made so many variations of this sort of thing over the years, and let me tell you this - you need the right glue or it just won't stick together well. In this case, the glue is 1/2 cup almond butter, 1/2 cup honey and 1/2 cup brown rice syrup. You can try to substitute other things, but trust me, it just won't work as well!⁠
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Heat the glue together. Then throw in a handful of chocolate chips, because isn't everything better when you do?⁠
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Add in 1 cup chopped dried fruit (raisins, apricots, cranberries), 1/2 cup seeds (sunflower, hemp, sesame, chia), 1/2 cup toasted chopped nuts (almonds, cashews, hazelnuts). Mix to coat.⁠
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Then add in 2 1/2 cups rice crispies and 1 1/4 cups oats. Mix it all together with your strong arm - the amazing glue makes it tough!⁠
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With wet hands, form balls. Store in the fridge. Enjoy!! 😋⁠
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Note - for a school-friendly nut-free version, use sunflower butter instead of almond butter, and add more seeds in place of the nuts.

Calendula Salve - DIY!⁠ ⁠ ⭐ Are your hands a

Calendula Salve - DIY!⁠
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⭐ Are your hands a wee bit dry from all the hand-washing and sanitizing? Calendula salve is wonderful for healing, nourishing and moisturizing the skin. I also love using it for eczema, and for those chapped face patches that kids sometimes get from licking their lips or rubbing their noses.⁠
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⭐ The first step is to infuse some oil (we used olive but you could use other types) with dried calendula flowers. Fill a jar with the dried flowers then pour in enough oil to completely cover all the flowers. Sit this in a dark cupboard for 3-4 weeks and let the magic happen! When you strain out the flowers (I used my handy dandy green mesh bag but cheesecloth would also do the trick) - presto! You have made calendula oil!⁠
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⭐ Put together in a pot inside a pot of water (got that? I'm talking about a double-boiler) 1 cup calendula oil, 3-4 tbsp beeswax (pastilles or grated), 2 tbsp shea butter (this time I did 1 tbsp shea butter and 1 tbsp coconut oil), and 5-10 drops of whatever essential oil suits your fancy. For this most recent batch we did lemon and tea tree.⁠
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⭐ Heat this mixture just enough (on medium-low) so that the beeswax melts and becomes incorporated into the liquid. Stir it around (I like to use a tongue depressor). ⁠
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⭐ Pour the liquid mixture (careful! It is hot!) into clean jars and let it sit undisturbed while it cools/hardens. Voila!⁠
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⭐ If you are like me and you aren't very exact when you measure ingredients, test the consistency by putting a small spoonful of the liquid in the freezer for a minute to cool it. If it is too liquidy, add more beeswax. If it is too rock solid, add more oil. Simple as that 😉⁠
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#calendulasalve #naturemedicine #diy #dryhandsbegone⁠

Do you meal plan?⁠ ⁠ I never used to. I'm sort

Do you meal plan?⁠
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I never used to. I'm sort of a "fly by the seat of my pants" kinda gal. But a couple of years ago I decided to try planning out our family dinners at the start of the week, and creating a grocery list for the week based on those meals. WOW. Life-changer!! ⁠
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I use a bullet-journal to keep it all organized (shout out to all the fellow BuJo users in the crowd 🤙🏼). It has really freed up extra bandwidth in my brain, to NOT have to ask myself every single day, "What Should I Make For Dinner??"⁠
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Tonight's meal is roasted broccoli mac and cheese. I swear there is some 🥦 under all that cheese 😉. It is a family fave adapted from a recipe by @bonniestern.⁠
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Meal planning is just one of many wholesome family health hacks I would love to teach you! Check out the link in my bio to receive weekly tips by email, or dive into my webinar to learn everything I know about family nutrition.⁠
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You are what you eat! So be 🥦 (with lots of cheese sauce)!⁠
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#wholesomefamilyhealth #familynutrition #mealplanning #bulletjournal #bujoforevah⁠
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