“To the woman who possesses a life giving heart, broken wide-open for the child she loves.”
For all mommy-hearts, whether you hold, miss, or long for your children, whether your kids were born from your womb, your heart, your friendships, or your occupations.
14 years ago tonight, a teenage girl danced for the first time with the boy who would become her great love. Happy prom-a-versary to my husby.
Here’s a version of infused water that uses about a quarter of a mini seedless watermelon, about 12 organic mint leaves, and about 1/2 to 2/3 cup of frozen wild organic blueberries.
I cleaned the watermelon rind with orange peel vinegar (I’ll share that soon) then rinsed with water and just washed the mint leaves in water.
This one tasted amazing after letting the flavors marry overnight in the fridge. I enjoyed eating the watermelon pieces, which took on a nice note of blueberry (unlike the grapple—does anyone remember that?!—which I think is disgustingly medicinal!).
Because Charlie started giving daddy lots of kisses after Louie let him drink some.
Posted in Bumble Bee, Family, Food, Health, Louie, Photos
Tagged blueberry, fancy water, mint, Spa water, watermelon
We’ve been experiencing record high temperatures lately, and I’ve noticed that my thirst has definitely picked up. So I decided to put together this refreshing minty lemony rosemary cucumber water to help me stay hydrated and get some mild springtime detoxing going. Not only is this water fancy and yummy, it’s also much better for you than sodas or juice.
Put some cold water in a bowl. Swish the rosemary and mint leaves around in the water, then let just let them sit there for a bit.
Wash the lemon and the cucumber under cool running water for at least a minute each.
Thinly slice half the lemon and 1/3 to 1/2 of the cucumber, depending on how long it is. (Save the rest for something else, maybe tzatziki?) Then toss into the pitcher.
Give the rosemary and mint a final rinse. Carefully bend a few of the rosemary leaves (be careful of poking yourself!) and crush the mint a bit to release some of the herby goodness. Then toss in the pitcher with the lemon and cucumber.
Fill the pitcher up with water. Depending on how hot a day it is, you can either let the water sit on the counter for a bit or pop the pitcher in the fridge to let the flavors infuse the water. Then enjoy!
If you keep it refrigerated, you can continue to refill the pitcher for about 2-3 days before needing to replace the herbs and fruit (yes, cucumber is a fruit!).
Organic is always good if you can afford or find it, especially since you aren’t cooking the food. You can also just wash really well and even soak your produce in water and a little vinegar OR baking soda for 15 minutes.
You can vary things up by mixing and matching other citrus like blood orange or grapefruit, other herbs like basil or bay leaves, adding in (slightly macerated) berries or melon or frozen grapes, or even dropping in a couple cinnamon sticks or a little ginger root.
Do you glam up your water? What’s your favorite infusions?
Posted in Food, Health, Photos
Tagged cucumber, detox water, flavored water, lemon, mint, rosemary, Spa water
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