Just finished this book by Russel Simmons who is super rich, but not just financially. This book focuses on yoga principles like finding patience, generosity and doing what you love to find wealth in all facets of your life. As you can see from this photo you can get it at your local library.

Our new cards are coming out next week and here’s one of them!! Also, I’m thrilled because we are going to have little notepads too. I’ll post a photo of those next week. PS that’s a french bull dog not a pig.

This is my favorite Valentine’s/every day card. Give it to a loved one–even if it’s not entirely true.

Tangelo Blueberry Crumble Recipe
One round of my pie crust, pushed into pie pan, let chill in fridge. (Recipe on previous post).
Crumble:
1 stick cold salted butter
1 cup flour
1 cup sweetened coconut
3/4 brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cinnamon

Date Pie:
This is kind of like a minced meat pie except it’s not disgusting. Dates are always available during the holidays and it’s a super easy pie to put together.

Two rounds of pie dough.

Filling:
2 cups finely chopped dates
1 cup raw coconut (It must be raw and not sweetened or it will be too sweet)
1/2 cup chopped pecans
A quarter of a peeled and very finely chopped Granny Smith apple (It must be Granny Smith or it will be too sweet)
2 tbsp molasses
1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
3/4 tsp fresh orange zest
pinch of salt

Tip: A little salt goes a long way and once it’s in you can’t take it out so add it, literally, a few granules at a time. Salt and tast, salt and taste. You know it’s salted properly when all the flavors come shining through and at the very end of the taste a bit of saltiness will appear on the tip of your tongue and fade right out quietly.

Combine ingredients in the order listed above. Mix well to combine everything. Add salt last. Press down the mixture into bottom pie crust so the it is flat and evenly distributed in shell. Put on top crust and flatten it to the date mixture with your hands. Poke every inch of the crust with a fork and sprinkle liberally with sugar.

Bake for 10 minutes at 425 degrees then reduce temperature to 350 and bake for about another 30 minutes until it’s golden brown.

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I know the snow is nicknamed “Sierra Cement” here but I can’t help it, I love Tahoe! There are no other views like it, standing on top of a mountain with the view of the lake.

Here’s a couple of our new holiday cards available next year.
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It’s my sister’s birthday month so here is a card in her honor. She speaks fluent spanish and french so she’ll definitely know what it means.
Adios Muchachos!

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Chocolate Crust:
2 1/2 cups chocolate cookie crumbs
11tbsp salted butter, melted
6 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl, adding melted butter last slowly until the crumbs are moist and stick to the side of the bowl when pushed. Depending on the type of cookies you use you may need more or less butter so add it carefully.

This crust recipe is a little too big for one pay so reserve about a third of a cup to make a mini pie crust, bake it and put a scoop of icecream in it if you like. Put the rest of the crumbs in a pile in the center of the pie pan and start flattening in the center and working outward. Flatten up the sides of the pan then lightly flattening the edge. Crust should be about 3/8″ thick. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.

Pie Filling: