On Monday, Jeff and I started on the 30 Day Vegan path.  I signed up to take Heather’s 30 Day Vegan Workshop.  For the record we have no intention of staying vegan forever, but we were both feeling the need for a little cleanse and this seemed a great way to do it.  We’d also gotten into a bit of a rut with our meals and this seemed like a great way to break out of that.

30 Day Vegan

We’re obviously just getting started but it was without a doubt a catalyst to try some new things.  One of which was the Marinated Sweet Potato and Broccoli Salad from The Moosewood Cookbook.  I’ve had this cookbook for years but never tried the recipe before, I’m not exactly sure why.  It’s beyond yum.

Marinated sweet potato & broccoli salad - full of yum

It’s a good thing, all these new things and ideas.  Both Jeff and I are excited about the new foods and truly have already loved everything so much that we can see it all becoming part of the regular meal rotations.  That Sweet Potato salad will definitely become a lunch box regular.

Sometimes all we need is to do something a little different to be reinvigorated.  A small change, a different choice, and a commitment is all it takes to launch us into something new or find our focus again.  I’ve had a lot of ideas brewing in this head of mine, a lot of topics that have not historically been covered broadly here at Two Frog Home, things like my new current passions around healthy eating, exercise (including jogging!), changing lifestyles and much more.  I’ve been trying to figure out how to incorporate all that here with the things I still love like gardening, voluntary simplicity, canning, etc.  I’ll hope you’ll stick with me as I navigate incorporating all of me into this blog so that I can share it with you in the coming weeks and months.

In the meantime, care to share your favorite vegan recipe?  Any exciting, small changes going on in your life?

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buttonThe summer session of the Homespun Season Living Online Course is set to start in about a month. Registration is open and for this week only you can sign up at a special two for one deal. Each registration will allow 2 folks to join our class. Split the $35 registration with a friend or gift the registration entirely to someone you’d like to have join you in class.

All the details for this 6 week course can be found here.

Register through paypal and I’ll be in touch to make sure I get e-mail addresses for the two folks the one registration covers.

I can’t wait for the next session to begin and look forward to living seasonally in the summer with a new group of students!

You can see what participants have said about the course on the main page but here’s a snippet of what folks have said:

I have thoroughly enjoyed your Homespun Seasonal Living classes. I like that they are open to interpretation and not one-size-fits-all. I also appreciate being able to answer the questions and do the projects on my own time. The one message that has resonated with me since taking the winter course is slow down. I am appreciating the seasons more, even if it’s not my favorite time of the year. And by having a seasonal focus, I’ve been able to delegate projects to a specific time of year that are more fitting. Keep ‘em coming. I can’t wait for summer. ~ Monica

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Friday Favorites and Announcements

May 17, 2013

A couple recent favorites for this Friday: Patti Smith’s Advice to the Young (really advice for humans in my opinion) Blackened Salmon Tacos with Avocado Corn Salsa & Cilantro Ranch Dressing A few announcements: I’m in need of a little graphic design help.  Anyone interested in doing a trade?  I could trade for a class [...]

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Care Package Giveaway

May 15, 2013

Giveaway closed and we have a winner! Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 7 Timestamp: 2013-05-18 12:09:40 UTC That would be Barbara! I’ve done a little crafting and creating in recent weeks and months that I’d like to share.  I’ve sent some care packages to friends and family and today I’d like to [...]

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Making Do

May 13, 2013

So often, we talk about ‘making do’ as if it’s this giant hardship, as if it’s something of a burden, a reminder that we’re making do instead of having the latest and greatest gadget.  I don’t think any of that’s true, I think making do is an exercise in creativity, a blessing to my life, [...]

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Seasonal Eating

May 8, 2013

As a gardener and avid food preservationist, it’s fun for me to see how far our produce get us.  We’re out of peas for instance but new seed has already been planted.  We still have a goodly amount of salsa and that’s awesome considering I don’t expect to be making any more until late September. [...]

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From Greenhouse to Garden

May 7, 2013

Our weather does seem to be changing, finally, into a  proper spring.  We were able to move cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower starts from the greenhouse into the garden over the weekend. It was a busy weekend of planting seeds in the garden and starting more seeds like cucumbers and squash in the greenhouse.  It was [...]

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Yogurt Cheese Cakes

May 1, 2013

Last week, while talking to my friend Joseph, the conversation turned to cheesecake.  Now, I love cheesecake but I haven’t had any since learning of my allergy to cow’s milk a few years back.  In the conversation, I mentioned making my own cheese and yogurt from goat’s milk and inspiration hit me.  I could make [...]

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The First Planting

April 30, 2013

Saturday morning we planted the first bit of veggies in the garden soil.  We’re two weeks behind last year simply based on weather.  It was an exciting for me to pack my basket full of planting essentials and head out to the garden with Jeff. Planting essentials being seeds, garden markers, twine, gloves (which never [...]

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Yellow Star Bursts

April 29, 2013

A wonderful thing happened over the weekend, bits of the yard exploded with yellow star bursts.  Dandelions.  Oh sweet dandelions.  I know so many folks do everything imaginable to get rid of them, chemicals and digging and more chemicals and more digging and on it goes.  I on, the other hand, celebrate the return of [...]

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