in the kitchen

When Deia was 5 hours old, she started projectile vomiting on me, after she had only nursed and received colostrum. It was terrifying… holding this fresh, pure, just birthed baby at home after a water birth, and she is puking up the only thing she had taken in. It proceeded to happen a few more … Continue reading “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food….” Hippocrates

I’m in the kitchen tonight getting ready for Deia’s 3rd birthday party tomorrow. Pregnant, yet again. Licking the batter from a Betty Crocker Confetti Cake Mix. Eww? Yum? I don’t really know at this point. The truth is, you can’t judge unless you’ve been pregnant with a baby that rocked your world. Let me … Continue reading Betty Crocker Turns 3!

That’s right! Coffee from OUR yard! And yes, we got to drink it!…. Over the weekend Spencer and Gavin picked coffee beans from some bushes that border the back of our property. Next, we laid the seeds out in the sun for a day. Then we had a bunch of Gavin’s friends over to hull them- … Continue reading Cafecito

My cousin in Mallorca, Spain always make fresh bread. She came and visited us in Costa Rica a couple years ago, and she couldn’t believe that I had never made bread. ANd then once I saw how “easy” she made it and how cheap it is to make, I felt so silly! I should be … Continue reading Hands On (Learner)

A couple streets over from us, there are two little fruit stands outside of some properties. One usually has papaya. And the other has avocados, papaya, coconuts, pomegranate, guava, grapefruit, bananas and more! Both have a little box with a spot to slip some money in if you want. We pass by both on the … Continue reading True Abundance

here’s an image of the morning concoction that I’m slightly obsessed with!…. and this is what I get to look out at when I’m downing it…..

The three key ingredients to our daily lives right now…… We start out our mornings with the wonderful, incredible, AMAZING Blendtec. The kids get different types of warm grain cereals blended up in there- oats or millet or quinoa with hemp seeds, cinnamon, ginger, raisins, coconut and a little almond milk and banana if … Continue reading Pretty Much Sums It Up