Between fatigue, nerve pain and sleepless nights, I’ve learned to celebrate little victories. This easy, bright tomatillo salsa is one of them!
Tag: Seasonal Ingredients
When Managing Becomes a Full Time Job: Living with Chronic Illness Burnout
Living with a chronic illness can feel like working overtime without a day off. Between managing symptoms, appointments, and emotions, burnout is bound to happen. Here’s how I’ve learned to recognize it, cope with it, and remind myself that grace and gratitude matter just as much as grit. Because even when life gets heavy, there’s still room for grace, grit, and a little Jalapeño Jelly.
Diet? What Diet?
Fighting my way to the best me I can be while living with a chronic illness!
Good or Not Good – that is the question & Garden Fresh Salsa
I was reading a blog today where the writer was talking about things she is good at and it got me thinking, is there anything I am good at? I will tell you I am good at one or 2 things but other than that, I had a hard time coming up with anything. It…
My Patriotic Dad and Avocado Prawn Cholula Salad
Let me start by saying that this is NOT a political post, so lets don’t go there. I WILL say that I believe you can be patriotic without being political and vice versa – that’s all I’m going to say! As you know, since I lost my dad over a year ago, I decided the…
Becoming Comfortable with the Uncomfortable. Red Pepper Jelly anyone?
As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.” ~Eckhart Tolle Over the years, I’ve slowly and painfully come to realize that if I’m going to live happily, I would need to come to terms with this illness that isn’t going anywhere…..ever! It has taken me…
Organizing Pinterest boards & some favorite recipes from April
Over 3900 recipe pins are making me a little cuckoo, especially if I am looking for one specific recipe or ingredient. Yes, I do use the search function but I know I need to organize them if I am going to be using Pinterest to its fullest for what I like to do! Where do…