design

black beauties // essentials

In the depths of a chilly Minnesota winter, it is a great time to add to your cozy essentials. These are some of my picks for adding some beauty into your daily rituals this winter. When adding essentials I am always drawn to simplicity, timeless design and something that works...

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recipes

Curried Yellow Split Pea Soup // Minnesota Hills

One of our favorite things to do together during the winter is go snowboarding. Our first christmas together, Graham gifted me all of my own new snowboard equipment and gear. I've never been snowboarding out in Colorado like Graham, so we have been 'training' here at the lovely little hills...

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recipes

Cashew Hemp Milk

I have been filling my days with teaching a lot of yoga, here and there and every where I can. Something they do not tell you when you do yoga teacher training is that you will be running around town getting from class to class. One of the most important...

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recipes

Fennel, Red Pepper & Dijon Crab Cakes

Our local fishmonger, Coastal Seafoods is a place we are grateful for here in Minneapolis. Being pescatarian, or people that on occasion indulge in seafood and fresh water fish like to know where it is coming from and have a very fresh and honest supplier. Not living in a place...

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beauty

A Night In // Whiskey & Sweet Orange Cocktail

For a beautifully romantic or self care evening filled with love, here are some of my choices of extra special bits for this year's love day. Including an easy to make cocktail to treat yourself to. It is my favorite go to whiskey cocktail, if it is too strong, add...

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recipes

Vegan Gnocchi with Oyster Mushrooms & Sweet Peas

It has been a cold dark winter here in Minnesota. Surprisingly we have been frequently going out to eat, which I love, but has made me miss working with my hands in the kitchen. Being lactose intolerant it has been extremely hard to find wholesome healthy comfort food while dining...

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recipes

Grilled Tofu & Apple Sandwiches

Over the holiday we visited family in Nevada, who are vegetarian like us, and they inspired us back into making vegetarian and vegan sandwiches. All weekend it was a sandwich extravaganza! Which is in all honesty, pretty difficult for a vegetable eating human to enjoy sandwiches. I have been inspired,...

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