yes. it IS as good as it sounds. i found the recipe here via my sweet friend sarah who dabbles in these types of things and shares all her finds with me.
preheat oven to 325
mix 1 c organic almonds with 2.5 T real maple syrup
spread onto baking sheet covered with paper
bake 15 minutes stirring 3 times to avoid burning
let cool 2-5 minutes (if the cool too much it'll be hard to cream them)
stick them in the cusineart and let it do its thing for at least 15 minutes, scraping the sides when you need it.
add 1/4 t salt and 1/2 t cinnamon (and drizzle in a tiny bit of olive oil if its too dry).
viola!
other things on my radar:
-finding organic strawberries for a huge jam-making session with mom
-finally making my homemade deoderant
-remembering to water and care for our little wildflower patch and garden (carrots, lettuce, beans). its something pete and i really enjoy doing each morning together, although truth be told he much prefers watering the house or fence to watering the little plants that actually need it.
-figuring out the exact perfect ratio of cool rinses and soap and stripping and elastic positioning to get get my cloth diapers whipped back into shape. i'm hoping that line drying them again now that the hot weather is here will help. little lady bug may be potty training earlier than pete if this keeps up!
-scouring to the ends of the internet to find new, non-toxic, safe for everybody to touch and breath personal care products. am excited for my shampoo/conditioner samples to arrive as well as my new water based nail polish (acquarella). if the shampoo/conditioner is a no go, i am going to try no 'poo method. either way, washing my hair every 2-4 days has actually been awesome - i had no idea it was possible (well i did, my grandma can go for a whole week! something about wrapping your head in toilet paper at night, hehe-i think that's only for special occasions though, right?). i always thought it would be greasy if i didn't wash it every. single. day. but like most things with our amazing bodies, the oil production from your scalp is a supply and demand thing - strip it away less with harsh shampoos and hair color treatments and it will produce less oil. washing it less frequently and really massaging the scalp when you DO wash it also seems to grow your hair a lot faster. all good things....all things i wish i would have known y-e-a-r-s ago.
-really getting dressed each day instead of changing out of pajamas into work out clothes and back into pajamas at the end of the day. i need to pay a little more attention to me (for my husband's sake!) in the midst of all the business of my day.
-constantly looking for an "elefuff" (elephant) with pete. his latest obsession. at the park yesterday he pointed to a trail and told me he saw an elefuff so we went in search but never did find him. today twice we heard a squeaky truck that really did sound like an elephant and pete said "hear elefuff???" - once i told him bumpah knew where it was, he talked the rest of the afternoon about going to bumpah's house to look for the elefuff. i told him when deedee arrived (TOMORROW!!!) we'd go to the zoo and look for him there. :)
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