Mountain Yoga

Finding balance in the Poconos Mountains. 

Here Comes Spring-Building Your Raised Bed Gardens

Here Cometh Spring – The Next Steps in Prepping your Garden Now that spring is finally showing it’s flowery face, it’s time for us to prepare for the big day(the day when we move all the seedlings we’ve started inside to the great outdoors). Outside, we prepared our version of a raised bed garden. We…

Margaritas Reál

Quick yummy goodness on a Friday night! Looking at the mixes in the liquor store we were not too enthused … High fructose corn syrup, xantham gum, etc., so we decided to make out own! Simple syrup Reposado tequila Triple sec Juice of 10 fresh limes Ground cayanne pepper Salt for the rim Start by…

Instant, Easy Curb Appeal

There are many labor-of-love projects to beautify or increase the value of your home. These projects are awesome once they are done, but the process can be exhausting (and leave you without a kitchen!). So sometimes, simple, quick projects leave you swelling with a sense of accomplishment and your house looking fab quick! We did…

Inspired Farmhouse Chicken & Rosemary Bread

Inspired Farmhouse Chicken and Bread using Rosemary Roasted chicken with bread may sound like a winter-y feast but with lemon, olive oil and sea salt zest this recipe is a classic farmhouse meal to lead you into spring. It’s also a great meal to cook when you’re hanging around the house for a few hours…

Southwestern Sweet Potato Hash

Homemade Sweet Potato Hash This skillet hash recipe is a ton of fun to make and chock full of color, veggies and flavor. It’s perfect to bring to a potluck and makes a ton. It is an all-in-one meal which means you don’t need to fuss around with sides and timing a bunch of different…

Surf & Turf Dinner Pairing

Last week we attended a wine tasting seminar put on by a local liquor store. The “New World Whites” seminar focused completely on white wines, which is rare. The wines came from Australia, Africa, South America and the U.S. “New World” is anything that isn’t “Old World,” meaning Europe, where wines have been grown for…

Giving Seeds the Best Start

With a region where the climate is constantly in flux, we needed a way to ensure our seed’s safety but still start the seeds early enough so we can see some good production soon. We decided to start them indoors in a grow dome. We also picked up some soil pods and azos, a root…

Wine Flavor Pairing

One of my favorite things is sitting down to a time-intensive homemade meal with friends and family, tasting the results together and having fun with the critique. Last night, we went to a wine pairing party where our hosts upped it a notch and specifically chose some local wines to go with each course. They…

New Kitchen Floor!

Last weekend, we tore out our old linoleum kitchen floor and this this weekend the materials for our new floor have arrived! We will be laying down this colorful peacock slate. Stay tuned for updates!      

The Year of the Garden

This is the year of our first garden, and we are not easing into it as you ease into the cool, glacial waters of the nearby lake for an early summer dip. Corey has a lot of gardening experience  from his 5 years working in the hydroponics industry. We are going big and hope to have a bountiful…

Rainy Day Playlist

It is a cold and rainy day here on the shore of Lake Ontario. I am stuck at work looking at the drops freeze before they crash against the ground. My office is warm enough but, the feeling of artificial heat is making me restless-and itchy. I am missing my warm house and loving wife….