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Homemade Cinnamon-Apple Crisps

With apple season now upon us, here is a good way to preserve your bounty. The ingredients are super simple and you can adjust the quantities accordingly depending on the abundance of your harvest. For my version, I used 10 … Continue reading

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Homemade Blueberry Pie

I absolutely love everything containing blueberries, so yesterday my simple living project involved making blueberry pie from scratch (yep, the crust and everything). It’s not as difficult as one would think and takes about 2 1/2 hours from start to finish. For … Continue reading

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New Simple Living Series & Homemade Blueberry Pancakes

In my quest to lead a more simple life, I love Erin Bried’s new book How to Sew a Button and Other Nifty Things your Grandmother Knew. At times, I feel that the more convenience products that are marketed and we … Continue reading

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Earth Week Book Review: Gorgeously Green

During a recent long wait at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, I visited the bookstore in search of something to keep me entertained on my 4-hour flight back to Vegas. Passing over the section of best selling fiction that I frequently … Continue reading

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Foods that Heal

In honor of National Nutrition Month, St. Rose Hospitals in southern Nevada were offering free healthy eating classes. This morning I took a class at the San Martin campus on ‘Foods that Heal.’ The course was taught by master herbalist … Continue reading

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