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Fun Easter Recipes & Ideas
Ok, so Easter may look a little different this year as we all physically distance ourselves from one another...for some this may mean spending the holiday with way fewer people than normal, and for many, it means being alone at a time that is normally one of...
What to do when life gets tough: Part 2
As I wrote in my last post, I feel like having gone through a challenging season in my life has caused me to connect “to my humanness in a way that perhaps only suffering can bring.” The Oxford dictionary defines “suffer” as to “experience or be subjected to...
What to do when life gets tough: Part 1
Note: I wrote this before the coronavirus pandemic, and it feels like this is almost even more important to share now than it was a couple weeks ago when I wrote it. I hope it serves you. xo, Jen Here’s a secret: I’m not perfect. For over a year, I’ve...
Things I Have Learned After Leaving My Full-Time Job 5 Weeks Ago
Five weeks ago, I left a job where I'd worked for over 7 years. It was not an easy decision, nor one I took lightly, but I had some money saved up, and took the leap. It's so important for my soul to feel aligned, and things had been out of alignment for quite a...
BYO Festival Food
A week and a half ago, I had a dream of mine for many years realized when I went to The Lights Fest. I know I'm not the only one who saw that scene in Disney's Tangled and was bummed out that at that time, you'd generally have to travel to Thailand to see something...
Creating a New Routine This Fall
It's that time of the year again, where the summer comes to an end, and the kids go back to school. Even though I'm now in my 40's, and have kids of my own I'm sending off to school, I still get that feeling of excitement each fall. It's the promise of something...
Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019: Four Tips to Help You Get Rid of Negative Thoughts
I've been taking a break for the last couple weeks, not posting any blogs or recipes, and taking time to do things around the house. But to be honest, until late on January 1st, I'd also been avoiding doing any kind of deep reflection on the past year, or thinking...
Embracing The Winter Energy
This Friday, December 21st, is the winter solstice. In Chinese Medicine, this is considered to be the peak of the winter season (yes, peak...not the start), and the most yin time of the year. What are the properties of yin? Dark, feminine, mysterious, passive,...
Recipes to Warm You Up This Winter
I don't know about you, but when the weather gets cooler, and those first snowflakes fall, I'm all about comforting, warming dishes, and making big pots of soups and stews. Here I've assembled some of my favorite dishes for you to make to keep you warm all winter...
Grilled Bratwurst and Sauerkraut
During the summertime, I’ll splurge every now and then on having grilled bratwurst on a gluten free bun, heaping with sauerkraut. I’d never had bratwurst until I met my husband; his family has strong German roots and his father spent time living in Germany when he was...
Carrot, Leek, and Potato Soup
This is one of our family’s favorite soups that I have been making for many years. It is super easy to make, vegan, and filling. Leeks are a milder onion and so the soup doesn’t taste oniony at all. It’s creamy, thick, and more potato-dominant. You can’t really mess...
My Mom’s Potato & Corn Chowder
My mom was one of the original cleanse participants when I was piloting it many years ago, and she had incredible results. She became inspired to create several recipes, and this was one of my favorites that she came up with. I mean, who doesn’t love soup? While this...