The Blender Girl by Tess Masters

The Blender Girl by Tess Masters has 100 gluten free, vegan recipes. The Blender Girl is so much more than just recipes though. In the first couple of chapters, she explains a little bit about blenders and how to use them to their fullest. Chapter 2 has lots of really great information on live enzymes, cleansing, the importance of raw foods, super foods that are packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. She also talks about how soaking improves digestion. She speaks to sprouting and milking. Some of these techniques I have already incorporated in my diet but some are new to me. I  have not tried making my own milks. I really want to have the time and energy to do so but it also seems so much easier to by almond milk from the store. 

I love her information and explanations. Many of her recipes are wonderfully easy but some of them are fairly involved. I want to get to the point where I find eating the way she speaks about easy --- sometimes it seems like alot of work. That is when I just opt for a simple salad that incorporates all the raw vegetables, seeds and nuts. It seems easier then blending it all up. I want to be a blender girl more often than I am. I am hoping these recipes will inspire me to pull out my blender every day.

I received this book from Blogging for Books for free in exchange for an honest review. 

What odd looking lettuce!

We have had a very cool spring and start to the summer. Cooler than normal. And my lettuce seems to love it. I grow lettuce in a pot on a table on the back porch. This way the bunnies don't get to enjoy all my lettuce. This year I just can't eat it fast enough --- it keeps growing and growing.

It looks like a small bush - doesn't it. It is extremely tasty. Kids keep teasing me that my lettuce is out of control. They say it is starting to look like a small tree - I think it looks more like a small bush. Odd for lettuce, don't you think?

Hand Vacuum for pet hair

We have a dog - a wonderful beautiful Siberia Husky - tan in color with some black. We also have a darker green couch and love seat. The cream color hair shows up so well. When the dog is in full shed as he is now - my couches just get covered in hair -- it is so bad that people don't really want to sit on them. And yes I know - we could try to get the dog to not be on the couches but my animals are part of the family. I love when they cuddle up next to me. I love the dog and cat far more than I care about furniture. 

Still there are times when I like to clean up the furniture and make it presentable. We have really struggled for years with various different vacuum cleaners. They really do the floors well but have an inability to get the dog hair off the furniture. Plus they always seem cumbersome and difficult to use on furniture. My husband (when I was complaining that the new vacuum we just bought being the absolute worst at getting the dog hair off) suggested getting one of these ---

All I can say is WOW! Love it! I am totally sold. It was not expensive at all. We got it Walmart. And WOW - it works wonderfully. It is easy to use and more importantly it actually gets the hair up. I am sooooooo impressed. Why didn't anyone tell me about these before! So I am blogging about it. If you have issues with pet hair on your furniture --- I highly recommend one of these bad boys - a Shark Hand Vacuum Model #V15Z. Works amazingly well.