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Fall House Cleaning Part: 1

Lighting my fall scented candles…

Listening to my favorite music…

 

Cleaning the doors and windows, dusting my favorite wreath…

Organizing and rearranging…

Mopping and vacuuming…

And you’ll know I’m my mother’s daughter when I tell you I want to put a garland of fall leaves on my white table. I love that most of the items in these photos are thrifted, handmade from etsy or made locally. I treasure that dress form. Oh my, we’re good friends.

What does fall cleaning look like for you?

 

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A Clean Kitchen and Dining Space

I’ve been spending a lot of time doing some pre-spring cleaning and things are feeling really good in our home. Cleaning + daily exercise makes me feel like I’m on the right track. I started with the kitchen and dining room which needed a good scrub down and reorganization. Things got really out of control during the holidays and I am always motivated to cook more when everything is clean and in order. Behold:

After taking these photos I realized that it looks more cluttered than it feels in the photos. An empty and clean sink!

Cutting boards, mixer, fruit stand, bento box, one of my many salts, and a photo of Simon (the cat).

Cook books and cooking magazines.

And the dining area (right beside the kitchen):

And there you have it. Our small, but mighty (that’s what she said!) kitchen and dining area. I love our home so much, this space was one of the reasons why I fell in love with our house. It feels like us in here.

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Token Fat Girl Cook Along

I’ve been wanting to do some sort of a cook along for a very long time, and just never knew how to go about doing it. Basically, I think cooking is fun and hope you do too (at least a little!) and I would love to get in the kitchen with you guys a couple times a month.

Here’s my idea: I will pick a recipe to start (down the road I am happy to take suggestions!) as an assignment. We will have one week to complete the recipe and then post (with photos) our results on the same day.

To make the recipe a little more fun I will post a challenge for the recipe such as: you must use an artichoke in your recipe, or use one local ingredient, or it must be made bento-box style. I encourage us all to make the recipe your own and find ways to make it work individually. For example: making it vegan, gluten-free, made with whole wheat pasta, make it miniature, deconstructed, change the filling, make it low calorie etc.

All you have to do is leave a comment in this post letting me know you’re in and I will link to your blog on reveal day!

Our first assignment begins Thursday January 20th, making the following Thursday (the 27th) reveal day! You can make the recipe at any time during the week, just make sure you schedule your post for Thursday.

Here is our first recipe:

Bosnian Pita with Spinach Filling

Challenge: You must use at least one locally sourced or organic ingredient in the recipe.

Time to fire up those ovens!

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