A Husband’s perspective on a Vegan / Plant-based lifestyle

A Husband’s perspective on a Vegan / Plant-based lifestyle

Hello everyone! My name is Joel and I’m Kristin’s husband. I thought I’d join onto her blog as a contributing author. I’m not much of a cook so I probably won’t post any recipes unless I am really ambitious and give one a shot. I leave the cooking up to my wife. I wanted to
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Christmas Advent Calendar

Christmas Advent Calendar

Oh ouch. I had just finished typing up this entire post.. and somehow it didn’t save and I lost it. Sad day! Hopefully I can type it all up again and not miss anything! Let me know if anything doesn’t make sense. I am so excited that I finally have an advent calendar for my
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Installing (and Making) a Floating Mantle for our Stone Fireplace

Installing (and Making) a Floating Mantle for our Stone Fireplace

Ok, I know this has nothing to do with plant-based eating, but I just had to post this fun tutorial. When my husband and I started researching how to attach a wood mantle onto a stone fireplace we had a hard time finding a tutorial that would work for us (considering the lack of tools
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Plant-based NO Chicken Noodle Soup

Plant-based NO Chicken Noodle Soup

About 15 minutes ago it was hailing outside here. I even raked my leaves earlier today. Fall is officially here. I don’t know about you but I am excited! There are so many fun things to look forward to when fall sets in. I love the holiday season and all the great traditions that come
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Plant-based Thanksgiving Gravy

Plant-based Thanksgiving Gravy

Life is good. Life can get crazy sometimes, but life is good! I have been so busy with projects around the house and projects for the kids and such that posting got put on the back burner. We also had our computer completely poop out on us last week. This was slightly terrifying since the
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Fun New Additions

Fun New Additions

Well, we have been super busy over here! Our home is in complete disarray at the moment while we are waiting for our “wood” floors (laminate flooring) to go in. They were supposed to install it yesterday but when they arrived they informed me that we couldn’t install an island on top of the floating
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Homemade Granola with Almonds, Craisins and Chocolate

Homemade Granola with Almonds, Craisins and Chocolate

On Sunday someone from my church brought some homemade granola for everyone, and it was so tasty that I decided that little amount wasn’t enough. So I researched some granola recipes and made some of my own! I found the recipe on Chow.com. Here is the link for that recipe: http://www.chow.com/recipes/30062-basic-granola It calls for honey,
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3 Steps to Having a Healthy, Happy and Inexpensive Easter

3 Steps to Having a Healthy, Happy and Inexpensive Easter

   Easter is this weekend! I can’t believe how time has flown. Things have been super busy for us here since we moved, and I just barely went shopping on Saturday for our Easter basket treats. I realize that most of you have probably already gone shopping for your Easter this year, but maybe this
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