You Love Coffee, But Does It Love You Back?
You can either nourish your body or harm it with each sip. Make a few simple choices to let your coffee love you back.
Petal Stitch Contrast Baby Blanket
Contrast blanket gets baby’s attention! Make one for your little snuggle-bug!
Going Grey – Glam!
Meet guest author Amy Evans Malott who, after covering her greys for 17 years, decided to embrace them and let them take over!
Cleaning and Storing Annual Potting Containers for the Winter
Safely stow your potting containers for next spring… you’ll be glad you did!
Make Your Own Snail & Slug Traps
Forget about store-bought snail & slug remedies – make your own traps!
How to Rid Your Hostas of Snails and Slugs
Snails and slugs be gone! Welcome to my Beer Garden (aka the Hosta Garden)…
Holiday Music
May your days be Merry and Bright, and may all your Christmases be White…
Holiday Hot Beverage Station
Cozy up to a holiday selection of cocoa, tea or coffee; along with a festive assortment of delightful amends, including marshmallows, cinnamon sticks, gingerbread men, and candy canes…
Holiday Tea Party
If you’ve never hosted an afternoon tea, the holidays are a perfect time to begin a wonderful new tradition!
Almond Butter Balls
A Family Fav at Christmas
Walnut Cookies
Mom makes these every year at Christmas – her daughter makes them with a new twist — Grain Free and Sugar Free – Sure to Please the Palate!
The Christmas Tree – Done Right!
How to Avoid the Pitfalls and Trappings, and Come out with a Gorgeous Tree!
On Putting Up Your Christmas Tree Before Thanksgiving
At our house it has always been a no-no to begin the Christmas adornment and festivities before Thanksgiving.
Moroccan Winter Soup with Spices and Lentils
You will love the aroma of this soup simmering in your winter kitchen! You’ll want to eat it simply because it is delicious, but the spices will promote a healthy detox as well! Welcome, Cumin, Coriander, Cinnamon, Turmeric, and Nutmeg!
Cheesy Egg Nests
You will love these high protein, low carb, grain, dairy and lectin free morsels!
Clean Plants Before Bringing Indoors
How to bring your outdoor plants indoors for the winter… bring in the plants, not the bugs!
Leave the Leaves!
Did you know that many pollinators hibernate in leaf litter and the hollow stems of dormant plants for the winter?
Pumpkin Muffins – Clean Autumn Snack – Grain and Dairy Free!
Autumn is in full swing and my senses are craving pumpkin and spices! Time to make these delicious muffins! Recipe includes Simple Mills Grain-Free Pumpkin Muffin mix… with sugar-free cream cheese icing and Stevia-sweetened chocolate chip garnish!
Autumn Awakening
The noisy hustle and bustle of a hot, heavy summer subsides, and the days are quieter, calmer and more peaceful.
Autumn Harvest Soup
This recipe was served up for the first time at the Safe Hazen with the ushering in of this 2019 autumn season… and we loved it! Easy to make, satisfying, and low in calories!
Soft Sweet Potato Cookies
This cookie will bring the taste of autumn to your mouth! Yay, fall!
DIY Kitchen Cabinet Makeover
Can’t take those 80’s-style kitchen cabinets any longer? Update! DIY!
Dairy-Free Living
What Do I Mean When I Say “Dairy Free?”
Strike a Power Pose
Try the power pose when nobody’s looking, and see how much better and more “in control” and confident you feel!
The 7 Deadly Disruptors
The little, mostly un-noticeable things that (over time) are negatively affecting our bodies in profoundly disruptive ways
Breathing
Let’s read about breathing. Sounds pretty boring, right? It’s perhaps the one thing we intuitively know how to do! Why on earth should we read about it? After all, oxygen is something we take for granted; we don’t have to pay for it; we can’t even see it.
How to Make a Stained Glass Door (no soldering!)
Beauty and functionality. If you have a door or window where you want filtered light, but opaqueness at the same time, cover it with cut glass!
Repurposed Copper Bird Bath: Glass Gem Accent Table
Here I repurposed a beloved copper bird bath that had exhausted its lifetime. I didn’t have the heart to toss it, so I began to consider ways to repurpose it.
DIY Designer Burp Cloths
If you know the basics of machine sewing, this will be the perfect fun and easy project for you! Make as a gift for a baby shower, or make for your own newborn… burping and spitting-up has never been so stylish!
Featured Recipe
What’s the latest food craze at the Safe Hazen?
Framed Window Art – Glass Gem Project
It’s the perfect day for a creative project… maybe it’s a rainy day, maybe you have the house to yourself, maybe you just got paid… whatever the reason, you feel creative! Create a framed glass gem project in an afternoon…
Lectin Free Grilled Cheese
Just when you thought Grain-Free and Dairy-Free meant no more of this classic comfort food… think again!
How to Reduce Inflammation
Many chronic illnesses can be traced to poor gut health. Poor gut health leads to chronic Inflammation, and lectins are largely to blame. Learn how to reduce inflammation in your body and improve your gut health, by eliminating lectins and the “7 deadly disruptors” from your lifestyle.
I Quit Coloring My Hair – How I Got to the Root of the Problem
Today I cut my hair… I mean REALLY cut my hair! It wasn’t that I was seeking a change in style. I did it in search of myself.
Black Bean & Quinoa Enchilada Bake
A healthy twist on a classic Mexican favorite… the aroma of the enchilada sauce baking into the quinoa will fill your soul with anticipation… “how much longer till it’s ready?!”
On Aging – The Sweet Spot
I went into my 50’s kicking and screaming. I’ll admit that it stung for a few years, but I came up from the deep happier and more content than ever…
Read about why your 50’s may be the sweet spot of your life.
Quinoa Cakes
These crunchy-on-the-outside/soft-on-the-inside quinoa cakes will be your new favorite side!
Savory Mushroom Turnovers
What could be more comforting on a fall day than savory herbed mushrooms, tossed in heavy cream and Gruyere cheese and baked in a buttery pastry?
Contest Winning Chili
Seriously, the Best Chili EVER… What’s the Secret Ingredient? Cumin!
Woman Complete
Sisters: completing yourself is your job, your responsibility, and your life goal…
Weight, What? You had me at Metabolic Damage
To avoid weight gain… stop trying to lose it!… it will make you fat!
How I lost 60 and then gained 140.
If this is the result you want, adopt the restricted calorie/extreme training method.
Tapping
Like acupuncture and acupressure, Tapping is a set of techniques which utilize the body’s energy meridian points. You can stimulate these meridian points by tapping on them with your fingertips – literally tapping into your body’s own energy and healing power.
Smarty Plants – Eat Trust!
It’s all about eating trust — foods that encourage your body to trust you.
Trust that you will not starve it.
Trust that you will provide it with nutrition-packed variety, colors and taste sensations!
See Dana’s favorites, along with health benefits, and gut gauge.
Good Reads
Reads that will change the lens through which you see yourself, others and the world!
DIY Memory Bracelet
Whether for sentimental reasons or mindful reuse of old jewelry… repurpose and redesign it!
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