
For my second post for You.Propelled, I decided to write about how important it is to take care of yourself, particularly when traveling as I am taking a number of trips this fall, including 3 trips to the west coast. I love to travel, but all I could think about was how exhausted I would [...]

Check out this cool product: Stainless Steel Drinking Straws from cheftools.com. I had no clue these even existed! A reader recently suggest these to me as a more environmentally-friendly option to my daily iced coffee habit. Who knew they made stainless steal straw? Neat, right? I also tried a new flavor of coffee this morning: Java Jampit [...]

I’ve wanted to recreate this Mediterranean Salad all week– ever since I first tasted it at the Market Lunch & Walking Tour event. It’s that delicious! It’s super easy to make, too! Love that!
The original recipe makes 10 servings, and since it’s just Mal and me, I halved the recipe. Here’s a quick [...]

Expectedly, after the Move from Hell, I’m behind with all of my Carrots ‘N’ Cake-related tasks (blogging, freelance writing, emails, replying to comments, etc.), so I’m spending part of the day playing catch-up and the rest of the day organizing our apartment. I’m actually really looking forward to organizing the disaster zone because it’s stressing me [...]