Author Archives: Jules

Oatmeal Banana Bites

These little healthy scrumptious bites are the easiest way to use up the last banana that everyone left for someone else.  It was inspired from a recipe that I had pinned on Pinterest called 2 Ingredient Cookies by Recipe By Photo.  I had … Continue reading

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Coping and Living with Rosacea

Several years ago I started noticing my face flushing while I was cooking in the kitchen, it would be warm over the stove while I was enjoying a glass of red wine cooking up something delectable for dinner.  I didn’t … Continue reading

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Spicy Cheesy Organic Kale Chips

Kale chips are by far my favorite snack food without guilt.  There’s something about sweet, spicy & smokey that makes me very happy.  I’ve made several kinds of kale chips, from plain with sea salt, Himalayan salt or spicy cayenne pepper and even lemon, … Continue reading

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Sweet & Salty Pumpkin Seeds

The big decision to put the pumpkin seeds in the new compost or bake them. When in doubt, I always make something to eat!  There is nothing better than sweet & salty mingling together, this is a quick simple recipe that … Continue reading

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How to Compost with No Smells or Pest!

After researching many compost barrels, boxes, stalls, spinners and reading reviews on natural disasters that could happen if you didn’t stir, soak or feed well!  I decided to combine a couple ideas into this awesome compost that sits just outside … Continue reading

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Ten Years Later

{My Junkers} On our way home from Phil’s Bar & Grill in Saugatuck Michigan, my favorite place for dinner on the lake shore,  via the Westshore Mall in Holland, he stopped and said, “Wait here, I’ll be right back”! It … Continue reading

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Spicy Avocado Cucumber Soup

When given a basket of Florida Avocados, you need to get creative to use them up quickly.  Cubed then sauteed, sliced on BLT’s, mashed for guacamole, chopped in ceviche the list is endless!  Spicy cold soup is something perfect for summer, … Continue reading

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Chocolate Covered Coffee Bean Vanilla Ice Cream

This recipe started just as chocolate covered coffee beans, then it turned into ice cream, imagine that, me not totally focused.  You must have patients to drop the beans one by one onto the lined cookie sheet, I thought I would never … Continue reading

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Wildlife Rescue ~ Another Passion

It’s been a couple of busy months since my first wildlife rescue class, then straight to full fledged grabbing pelicans by the beaks, running like a gazelle netting turkey vultures, snaring sandhill cranes with a open reel fishing pole and … Continue reading

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Mango Pineapple Salsa

Mango pineapple salsa has to be the most wonderful side dish in the world, and it’s mango season again!  You can scoop it with chips, spread it on corn tortillas, it compliments fish, pork, poultry and shrimp, or you can … Continue reading

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