Category: Food and Wellness

Food and Wellness

Dirty Chai Protein Shake — Sounds Bad, Doesn’t It?

Dirty chai protein shake — it DOES sound bad!!!!! I have to be honest though, this yummy protein shake isn’t really a DIRTY chai. A real dirty chai latte is a chai latte with espresso added. My version of a dirty chai protein shake is a chai protein shake with

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blackberry Moscow mule
Food and Wellness

Blackberry Moscow Mule | Perfect Drink for Fall

You may think of a blackberry Moscow mule as a refreshing summer beverage. And it is. But that’s assuming you have your blackberry syrup from the previous year’s crop. I have been on a Moscow mule kick and since I had a ton of blackberries from blackberry picking this year,

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Food and Wellness

Hummingbird Cake: A Gluten-Free Take on a Southern Tradition

One of my very favorite things about growing up in a Southern family is watching the way women handle births and deaths. Southern women are at their very best under these high-pressure conditions. They have seemingly boundless energy, planning-prowess, soothing words and of course, a box of seasoned and grease-splattered

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blackberry picking
Food and Wellness

Blackberry Picking — Family Tradition at Our House

Blackberry picking has become somewhat of a family tradition every summer in my family. My Aunt Roxann and Uncle Bob live on a farm in Shelbyville in a beautiful cabin surrounded by nothing but farmland and woods. It’s a relatively short drive from our house but once you arrive there

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bath bomb
Food and Wellness

Bath Bomb Recipe — Update

Quite awhile back I got on a DIY bath bomb kick and thought I had it all figured out. I made several batches of bath bombs and did a post on it and thought I was (yes, I’m going to say it) THE BOMB. After awhile I wasn’t happy with

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