As a Jew I make Mu Shu with Chinese pancakes not because it is a traditional New Years’ food but just because it is so delicious! Best wishes to our Chinese friends around the world celebrating the start of the 2026 Year of the Fire Horse! “Horses arrive and Success follows.”
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How Radical Acceptance Transforms Our Lives
Radical Acceptance helped me to gain perspective in a very dark period and supports now me through these challenging times. Of course past injuries run deep and leave scars. Still we can build better relationships with love, faith, trust and open communication.
DIY Mosquito Repellent: Essential Oils for Skin Safety
Like daily sunscreen, it is important to protect your skin with mosquito repellent on a daily basis to protect against mosquito borne viruses. You can make your own herbal mosquito repellent at home. They are easy to make using safe and effective essential oils with research behind them.
Skincare Essentials for 2nd Middle Age: Sunscreen, Hats & Vit C Serum (Updated!)
Consistency is key: Daily use of daily sunscreen, hats and vitamin C serum will protect your skin and may even reverse photoaging.
Fresh Orange “Creamsicle” Ice Cream
While the temperatures here are moderating as we reach the end of August, it is still great weather for (non-dairy) ice cream. It is easy to make and one of my all time favorites, bringing back for me memories of childhood creamsicles.
Your 2024 Microbiome Diet Resolution
The New Year is almost here – and so are all the crazy, restricted 30-day diets promising miraculous weight loss and a return to youth. While the details vary, these New Year’s resolutions diets have one thing in common: they all prey on our very human desire to look and feel our best at everyContinue reading “Your 2024 Microbiome Diet Resolution”
Getting to No: Thinking (a bit) like a Cat
“No” is one of the most important words in our vocabulary, and we should not be afraid to use it.
Vegan Caramel Sauce
This recipe started out as a way to solve the problem of how to make caramel without butter, ie to make parve or vegan caramel for Vegan Chocolate Matzah Bark. It ended up tasting too good to be just a means to an end.
Tangerine Fishballs
No tangerines were harmed in making of this dish. Tangerine Fishballs makes an excellent, easy Seder alternative to the ubiquitous gefilte-fish starter (appetizer).
Leaving Washington DC
Washington DC can be a cold and indifferent place …if you felt claustrophobic during COVID-19 lock-downs imagine how it would feel if that was all you had, all the time, with nothing to look forward to, adding in the necessity of drugging your son to help him get through the reality of his daily life and his very real feelings of being in his words ‘left behind.’