Treebark and Berry Girl

26/11/2025

Broccoli…has a question for you. 🥦😃

24/11/2025

It’s pomegranate season! If you’ve never tasted one of these babies, you’re missing out. They do have a teeny tiny seed in the inside of them, but the burst of goodness when you bite into these is just amazing!
High in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties, fiber, and essential vitamins (C, K, folate, and potassium) and minerals.
Sure hope you’ll give one a try. And if you do…add it to a date with some peanut butter, a tiny bit of dark 80% chocolate.
Oh my goodness, such a delight!! 😋🤤❤️

21/11/2025

Part of a healthy journey is MOVEMENT!
I am not a gym rat. I have never really liked the “gym”, but I have always enjoyed working out in my own home. With patience and perseverance, I have conditioned myself to be able to do it every day.
My encouragement to you is find something you enjoy that includes movement every day.
Walking, running, bicycling, swimming, resistance training, lifting weights, you find your niche.
Currently I am doing resistance training and in home walking. The app I use is Grow With Jo. (She’s on YouTube you can check her out.)
God designed us to move. ❤️ Just get up and move!
Your body will thank you for it.

13/11/2025

Wanted something “lite” for dinner. Was craving Chickpea sald, but only had red kidney beans on hand. So… let’s experiment I say. 😃

I made some Cashew Caesar Dressing (this was my binder-mayo.)
Mashed the kidney beans.
Added raw onion, celery, and dill pickles, and whipped it together.
Served it on raw zucchini wheels, topped with yellow bell pepper and a bit of avocado, with a side of crunchy dehydrated cherry tomatoes.
Quite satisfying. 👍

Cashew Caesar Dressing
(From Dr. Joel Fuhrman “Eat to Live”)
4 cloves of garlic
2/3 c unsweetened almond, soy, or h**p milk
1/3 cup raw cashew butter or 2/3 cup of raw cashews
1 1/2 tablespoons of nutritional yeast
1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Black pepper, dill, or other seasoning to taste

Preheat oven to 350. Break garlic cloves apart leaving on the paper skins. Roast for approximately 12 to 20 minutes until soft. When cool remove the skins and blend with the remaining ingredients in a high-powered blender.

13/11/2025

Butternut Blueberry Breakfast
(Dr. Joel Fuhrman “Eat to Live”)

This is a great breakfast as the temps are dropping and the Holiday season is coming. This could also be used as a side dish at Thanksgiving dinner.
1 butternut squash
2 apples (peeled & cored)
2 cups blueberries (frozen in fine)
2 oz raisins or currants
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp pumpkin pie seasoning
1/2 cup pomegranate seeds

Slice the butternut in half and take out the seeds. Dice the apples and add them to the hollowed out area.
Place face down on a baking sheet and add some water to the bottom of the pan.
Cover to keep the steam in.
Bake at 400 for 30 minutes, pierce to see if soft. Continue baking until fork comes out easily. Turn over and add blueberries and raisins and cook for 10 more minutes. (During last 10 minutes, roast the walnuts/pecans in another pan.)
Once done, dump all into a bowl (scraping the butternut out from the skin, discard the skin) mix well, add pomegranates and nuts.
Serve and enjoy!
I added a small amount of granola to the top before eating.

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27/12/2024

As we round out 2024, I look back on the year and am grateful for how God has moved in our lives.
He guided me to pursue my love of teaching plant based/whole foods cooking classes, and then proceeded to open doors for this to happen. (This required me to leave a comfortable job of 17 years and step out in FAITH to what I felt HIM calling me to.) Obedience was/is my word.
After 23 months of being in constant pain, He directed Paul to have a total hip replacement. This was to remove a rod and pin that was placed in his leg in January of 2023, after he took a fall. He now has almost no pain on most days. Just needs to strengthen that weak leg. Praise God!
We both are looking forward to what GOD has in store for us in 2025. Paul building up his strength so we can attend more Eight Days of Hope mission trips, along with our local Love in Action days.
My first cooking class of 2025 will be on Saturday, January 11, 10am-2pm, at Hanover First Church of God. I will be going back to "Foundations of a Plant Based Lifestyle". This is for anyone who is not familiar with this Lifestyle and would like to know more.
Cost is $75 and includes:
*Conversation that God is invited in to.
*All “hands on” class.
*A teaching segment.
*Making a main meal, breakfast, and a snack that you will take
home.
*Cookbook that has a lot of Kay’s “go to” recipes.
*Binder that has a layout of the class, and recipes made that day.
*Promised FUN time of fellowship and learning.

Hoping you’ll join us as we learn how “Great health begins in the garden”.
Payment due at registration. Non-refundable. Class is limited to 6 participants.
You will be asked to sign an allergen waiver and disclaimer upon coming to class.
Please comment below if interested.

For those who have been to the Foundations class and would like more, as soon as I have the dates confirmed, will post those dates.
Blessings as you ALL consider what you can do to improve your health. It starts with YOU...noone can do it for you.