on consumption and mindfulness

On my retreat last summer, a fellow attendee (hey Alex!) taught us about mindful eating: Mindful eating (i.e., paying attention to our food, on purpose, moment by moment, without judgment) is an approach to food that focuses on individuals’ sensual awareness of the food and their experience of the food. It has little to do […]

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Black Sunday

I cannot lie, I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with fam last week on that one day. My dad surprised us by flying into town and we kept dinner small and intimate with my mom, sis, nephew, cousins and a couple family friends. I was invited to a “Feast of Gratitude” [basically a vegan potluck dinner to […]

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Two Dough Girls Debut

We didn’t get anywhere near our kickstarter goal, but when you’re a bawse, you make things happen! Things work out in the end and we’ll still be debuting our all natural desserts at this year’s Simmer Down Picnic in Atlanta! Whoop! I’m geeked. It goes down this Sunday, September 13th at The Arts Exchange from 3-8p. […]

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Holiday Cheer

I kinda hate egg nog. Always have. But as I was complaining about it in a Facebook group, a nice young lady inboxes me a recipe for something similar ..only better! I whipped some up this weekend for a New Year’s party and it came out yummamazing! It was really simple with inexpensive, easy-to-find ingredients. […]

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