Kathleen | Roots & Boots
How to Keep Homemade Salad Dressing from Separating
Check out How to Get Kids to Eat Salad for a list of my favorite salad ingredients and an inexpensive tool that has revolutionized my salad game. Easy {and delicious} Homemade Dressing For a while now, I’ve been making my own salad dressing from quality olive oil and my favorite balsamic vinegar. Sometimes I add…
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Which Diffuser is Right for You? {Part Three}
Did you catch the other posts in this series? I recommend reading the first two before reading today’s post. You can do that here: Which Diffuser is Right for You? {Part One}–features to consider Which Diffuser is Right for You? {Part Two}–my personal experience with two mid-range options Which Diffuser is Right for You? {Part Four}–how,…
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Identifying Local Wildflowers: Chicory
The boys and I love to identify local wildflowers, trees, bushes, etc. Last year, we identified this beautiful blue wildflower–and now it’s back again, growing all over the place here in northern VA. Have you seen it? Chicory grows really well along roadsides and in fields. Blooming from about June through September, it often teams…
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Reusable Snack Bags: Re-pac Bags
Recently, a reader (and friend) alerted me to a line of reusable snack bags called Re-pac Bags. {Thanks, Katie B!} As a part of My Ongoing Household Detox Resolution, I am always testing out new products and trying new ways to avoid toxins in our home. So I was delighted when Re-pac Bags sent me a…
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Toasted Quinoa with Sautéed Veggies
Remember my quest to integrate more quinoa into our family meals? Well, this quinoa recipe was a recent hit at our house. And by “hit,” I mean that the adults liked it and the boys ate it willingly, with no complaints. That makes it a hit, in my opinion. 🙂 I sort of improvised the…
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Which Diffuser is Right for You? {Part Two}
Did you catch the first post in this series? I recommend reading it before reading today’s post. You can do that here: Which Diffuser is Right for You? {Part One}–features to consider. Now that you know which features to consider in an essential oil diffuser, let me share the diffusers we’ve used here at the Yankee…
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This Year’s First Harvest
The other night, we enjoyed our first garden harvest with dinner: green beans! Funny story: In between bites of green beans, I said to Mr. Native Texan: These green beans taste much better than last year”s. (Pause for thinking) Probably because I cooked them in sausage drippings this time, huh?
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Easy Gardener’s Hand Scrub {great gift idea}
I love to garden. [Check out This Year’s Garden Experiments.] Wish I had more time to devote to digging in the dirt and trying to make things grow, but here’s one thing I don’t have to spend extra time on: cleaning up my grubby hands, post-gardening.
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Stovetop Popcorn with Coconut Oil {Easy!}
If you read this post–Are You a Wellness Junkie?–then you may suspect that I’m sort of on the fence about corn. While that may be true (Is corn the next gluten? Why are so many allergic to it?), we’ve discovered a new favorite–and easy!–snack that directly involves corn. Yep, popcorn.
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3 More Favorite Children’s Books for Summer
Since I compiled our list of 9 Favorite Children’s Books for Summer, we‘ve discovered a few new favorites. I highly recommend each of the following three titles. Enjoy!
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