Keeping this week's menu simple. It's been a scorcher of a week temperature wise so simple is better. Since we were out of town for 4 days I'm out of produce. I will hit the farmers market this coming weekend for local produce to enjoy next week. Thug Kitchen's Sweet Corn and Green Chile Baked …
Tag: Come Back Strong
Just Keep Evolving
This journey to find my purpose has kept me moving forward by helping me start identifying how I want to live my life and what I don't want to be doing. The next step and much harder (in my opinion) is how to graciously get out of the things I'm doing that I know are …
Purposeful
Starting my journey à la the Happiness Project - I realized pretty quick that my journey is about finding my purpose. I'm pretty happy all in all but I feel like a jelly fish - I just float where the current takes me - thus my purpose project was born! I started Gretchen Rubin's The …

The Diet Connection & Stroke Prevention
This Week's Plant-Based Delicious-ness AKA Eating Well to Reduce My Stroke Risk Post stroke I definitely want to stay on the healthier side of my diet. That was definitely my main motivation for evolving to a primarily plant-based diet. That, and Miss Herbivore, our teenage daughter, who went vegan. The more I researched this lifestyle …

Get Moving To Help Prevent Stroke
One way to help reduce your risk of stroke is to get regular exercise. This is one thing I don't have any trouble with. I like a good workout, I enjoy going to a fitness class and meeting people, I have dogs that need walks, I love to hike and to be outside....you get the …