This soup is liquid gold. The recipe found it’s way to my kitchen in 2019 and has become a staple. My son Felix was born that year and he now makes the soup with me each season.

I drink it with breakfast out of a mug, with lunch or dinner. You can enjoy it any time of the day! It’s so warm, hearty and has just the right amount of fruity zest.

How do you dodge a cold? “Oh, I just take this mushroom supplement when I feel a tickle in my throat and I don’t get sick.” Wow, that would be amazing! Everybody’s got their go-to illness prevention and remedy strategy. Echinachea, zinc, vitamin C, etc. Whether these are placebo effect or real, most of the time - they can’t hurt.

I realized this week that my favorite immune system related remedies are not just to avoid and get away from being sick, but also about enjoyment, rest and self-care.

Find out if I ate the cake my neighbor brought over to my house the other evening…

"I should try something new, I always order the same thai food."  That's how Karl introduced me to one of my favorite thai dishes back when we first started dating.  New relationships, new food...  Variety is the spice of life.  Literally.  Pad Kee Mao, otherwise known as Drunken Noodles or Spicy Noodles is one of my go-to thai dishes.  

Learn how to make it at home!

It's natural to store fat for winter.  Living up here in Montana has made that even more clear to me, with all of the animals that hibernate in this part of the country.  If you've been watching the news, you know that some of the bears came out of hibernation early.  

Are you ready to come out of hibernation mode?

My cousins introduced this fabulous mixture on a ski trip to Colorado last year.  It's sweet and savory.  It has both veggies and protein.  It satisfies the taste buds.  We've made it several times since for ourselves and others.  It's time to pass it along.