FatMan’s Perfect Pico
Pico de gallo is a fresh and vibrant Mexican salsa that's perfect for topping tacos, wraps, taters, or enjoying as a side dish. Made with just a handful of simple ingredients, including tomatoes, onion, jalapeño peppers, cilantro, and lime juice, pico de gallo is low in calories and packed with flavor. With its bold, zesty […]
Hearty Lentil Lasagna
Vegan Lasagna
This One Is For The Underdogs
This one is for the underdogs! Why does everything have to be so tough, ever ask yourself this question? Everyone loves a good Hollywood underdog story. The proverbial conflict of someone defying the odds to overcome a monumental obstacle with a less-than-perfect set of circumstances. It’s great for Hollywood and inspires many people, but what […]
The Ugly Part of a Life Transformation
“You’re famous in Alden lol.” This morning a Facebook Memory came up in my feed. “On This Day 6 Years Ago” Heather shared a photo with the words “You’re famous in Alden lol.” It was the first time I had ever been in any sort of media. I had been through hell. I was tossed […]
The Base of the Mountain
We pulled up to the base of the mountain and I had a very uneasy feeling. Fear, along with anxiety had set in. As the door of the Jeep slammed the feelings of fear were quickly taken over by excitement and confidence.
Rise and Give Thanks
A while ago I wrote a post that was about one of the dearest concepts that I hold in my heart. I couldn’t find a way to put into words how I felt so I used the analogy of stamping gratitude with my shoes as I move across the Earth. A dance of gratitude […]
Slivers
Where is this all going to end? A friend asked me that once. It seemed like such a simple question and you would think that I would have spent time considering the trajectory of the path that I was on. Maybe I didn’t want to think about it because I knew how things were escalating […]
My before and after photos are a scam- sorry :(
It had been an entire year of planning and not a day went by where I hadn’t thought about it at one point or another. I had played this day out in my head for an entire year. Anticipating it to be one of the most memorable days in my life and it did not […]
Plant-Stock 2016
Traveling back home from Plantstock 2016 I had the idea to jot down some thoughts and feelings about the amazing event we had just taken in. A sort of “post Plantstock report”, if you will. I also wanted to give the Esselstyn family a proper thank you for opening up their property to perfect strangers […]
Ain’t nobody got time for that…
When I was young my mom once told me that if you needed something done to ask the busiest person you know. Of course, I had no clue what that meant but somehow that has stuck in my mind for over 30 years. As I type the first few lines and start to gather thoughts […]