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Chickpea Quesadilla
Trying to eat a more plant-based diet? This vegetation recipe can easily be converted to vegan and will easily satisfy your meat-loving friends and family. My kids have never been…
Pomegranate Honey Glaze
This light and versatile glaze will bring a pop of deliciousness to roasted vegetables and fish. It’s winter right now and though the temperatures have been dropping in Maryland I’ve…
Packing Your Emotional Luggage for 2025: How to Move Through the Year with Intention, Patience, and Compassion
In my Refocus Life Coaching group, I recently posed this question:“Looking at your life, imagine you have to pack emotional luggage for the journey of 2025. What will you bring?…
Finding Ground in Grief: A Morning Ritual That Heals
I have a very deliberate morning ritual. It’s taken time to refine, but now it’s something I truly rely on to feel grounded and capable of facing the day. It’s…
Gluten-free Strawberry Oatmeal Bars
When strawberry season was here in Maryland, rather than picking the strawberries myself, I ordered them from a local farm, and they delivered them to my house. When you pick…
Mindful Consumption Helps Your Mental Health
Being mindful of our consumption is thinking beyond the food we put into our bodies and looking beyond the purchases we make for our home. Conscious consumption extends into the…
Living with Intention: Reflections on Loss, Grief, and Purpose
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a month since our world turned upside down. I’ve been holding my breath, waiting for this milestone, as if reaching it might somehow…
Easy, Low Calorie Curry Chickpea (without Coconut)
This easy curry chickpea dish is vegan/vegetarian and gluten-free. It’s made without coconut, so it’s perfect for someone who has an allergy or wishes to lower the calories of a…
Mushroom Risotto- Vegetarian and Alcohol-Free!
Risotto is one of those “labors of love” dishes. It takes tending to while it cooks, so you have to remain present in the task. I can do that on…