Once the aroma of freshly brewed roasted barley tea hits your senses, you’ll be drinking this intoxicating tea daily. Making a cup of roasted barley tea a part of your daily ritual not only smells great – you’ll get some added health benefits too! Keep Reading!
H2O: Do You Drink Enough?
You hear it all the time from, “you should drink more water,” to “eight glasses a day!” but do you actually drink enough water?
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Beat the Dreaded Bloat With This SUPERPOWER Tea
There’s nothing worse than feeling bloated and uncomfortable amiright!? It’s often the cause of what we are eating and drinking along with lack of sleep. To get back on track and beat the dreaded bloat I’ve got just the trick!
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Avocado Salad
Buttery avocado, zesty lime, the warm earthiness of cumin, and refreshing cilantro combine in this fresh salad, pairing nicely with spicy foods.
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Spaghetti in a Caper Cream Sauce with Parmigiano
A rich, homestyle creation that will have you coming back again and again.
Think comfort food—Italian style.
Creamy bèchamel, a hint of toasted nutmeg, nutty Parmigiano Reggiano, and a salty-acidic bite of caper.
Buon Appetito!
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Dates Decked Out with Blue Cheese, Pomegranate, Walnut & Mint
Looking for an easy, appetizer that says, gourmet?
Try this date dish out on your guests this Christmas.
Elegant, bite sized, and delicious they are sure to send guest rockin’ around the Christmas tree!
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Stuffed Collard Greens with Quinoa and Legumes
Roll into the New Year with a healthy twist on the traditional cabbage roll!
Let the economical collard green shine in the limelight as it’s typically downplayed by its similar leaf, kale. Although kale bodes more popular, collards are nutritionally up to par. Both greens are exceptionally rich in vitamins A, C, and K, along with beta-carotene, iron, calcium, and potassium. Collards are infamous in the Southern United States and are typically served with a salted or preserved meat.
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Black Beans with Sweet Potatoes
Warm up a fall night with Black Beans and Sweet Potatoes!
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Gomen and Lentils
The familiar collard green stars in the Ethiopian dish, Gomen:
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Fried Eggs in a Spicy Tomato and Harissa Sauce with Crusty Bread
A quintessential meal to satisfy the appetite for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Healthy, quick and the perfect blend of spice to warm the chilly onset of Fall and Winter.
Fried Eggs with Spicy Tomato Harissa Sauce may become your new go-to comfort food!
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Home Sweet Home
…and that is the richness of travel,
sense of home broadens.
A melding with places sought,
people met,
challenges faced,
memories made,
conversations over meals shared,
and looks exchanged.
Sense of place fades
as your world expands.
…the richness of travel,
your heart no longer belongs
to just one place or one face.
Florence
Romanticalism at it’s finest.
Yes, I say romanticalism—not really a word you say?
Well, it’s describing romanticism in a heightened sense—a strengthening of language.
Florence.
Ah Florence.
Where one can simply stand, enamored in it all.
The Medici’s, Leonardo, Botticelli, Giotto, Raphael.
Approaching Brunelleschi’s Duomo, an unfathomable sight, causing one to feel insignificant in size.
Sauntering across the Ponte Vecchio, pausing in view, the River Arno, outstretched.
Lunching in a quaint, corner shop, crumbs dusting the floor.
Cobbled streets, marble statues and colored facades.
Strolling hand in hand—step by step—breath by breath.
History—rebirth—Florence.
Pisa
That utter sense of satisfaction.
Not wanting, not needing, simply being.
Traversing by foot, crossing the River Arno,
flanked by brightly, painted buildings.
Sunshine warming one’s cheeks.
Gelato in hand,
the memory of Pisa, leaning.
Love in Silence.
Love in Silence. {Video} | elephant journal.
“If you aren’t quite sure what love looks like anymore, but still believe in it;
If you believe that love isn’t about making anyone stay;
If you believe that love is hearing each other’s song, yet resting contented in each other’s silence;
This story is for you:
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Tellaro
Narrow, winding roads.
Volcanic, black rock dotted with sunbathers,
extending outward to the sea.
A slow pace.
Lardo and fresh figs, upturning the ends of one’s mouth.
Lost and found in Tellaro.
Moneglia by Moonlight
A rocky beach and salty sea, lulling ashore.
Constellations alight the night sky.
A shooting star—pause—in reverence of.
Frizzante, shared between two glasses,
and a friend whose greatness is immeasurable.
A talk of life.
Table Without Borders 
