No. 08 Ellipse In The Wild-GIVEAWAY

No. 08 Ellipse in the wild 🌿

Just imagine this limited edition beauty accompanying you in all of your life’s adventures— decadent picnics, hiking adventures, cutting fresh herbs from the community garden, sharpening a set of artist's pencils for a mild afternoon of plein air sketching, helping you slice and peel apples, cube avocado , shave off a piece of citrus zest, open letters, and so on.

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Full Moon Pet For Les Chiens

Henry was an absolute dream for a fall photo shoot thanks to his new human grade chicken bites.

We partnered up with Full. Moon Pet again to try their essentials chicken bites and essentials chicken sticks and they are already a favorite. We really love Full Moon Pet because they are USA made and have all natural quality ingredients.

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Lemon, Garlic & Herb Grilled Yellowtail Snapper Recipe Featuring Opinel

Filleting and grilling a whole fish can seem intimidating, but it’s actually quite simple to do! While testing this delicious Yellowtail Recipe I couldn’t find snapper fillets, but I could find whole snappers.

No problem—filleting a snapper (or any other similar fish) is easy if you follow these steps.

Just be sure to use your sharpest knife, whether it’s a fillet knife or a chef’s knife. I highly recommend the Opinel FORGED 1890 7" FILLET KNIFE for all of your fish recipes.

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Tea Drops Giveaway

G I V E A W A Y TIME!

Could this morning view be any sweeter?! Sipping a lovely Rose Earl Grey while daydreaming of France .

And I am so excited because I have partnered with my very favorite tea companies today to give one of you an ultimate tea sampler so you too can have a magical tea experience just like this! This sampler box will allow you to enjoy all the varieties of the Tea Drops line. Each Tea Drop is individually wrapped in a recyclable newly redesigned gift box.

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Perfect Peach Hotcakes Featuring Cristel

Since I intermittent fast on the weekdays..I really look forward to a pancake breakfast for dinner or as I like to say “BRINNER”.

Eggs or toast can be equally satisfying, but there’s something inherently special about pancakes. And these summery peach hotcakes are super flavorful, especially when you have good peaches from The Farmer’s Market.

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Brisket Enchiladas Featuring Opinel

Brisket Enchiladas are a spicy comfort food meal that is easy to prepare. Brisket Enchiladas are made with spicy shredded slow-cooked brisket that is rolled up in tortillas with cheese and onions and then topped with red chile sauce and more cheese. Simply irresistible!! Of course you can make them with chicken or ground beef but I find brisket is a little more creative and tasty.

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Baked Pork Tenderloin With A French Country Salad Featuring Opinel

This garlic baked pork tenderloin with italian seasonings and a nice French country salad is one of my favorite summertime dinners! First off, everyone loves pork tenderloin, and this one has just enough interesting and surprising flavors to make it feel dinner party-worthy. I roast mine in the oven but this is a recipe you can throw on the grill too! Pork tenderloin is one of those cuts of meat that is made for serving a crowd too so you could easily scale this recipe up (buy a larger tenderloin) depending on your guest count, then slice it up and arrange on a big gorgeous family-style platter.

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Must Have Knives For The Carnivore + Pescatarian- Opinel Les Forges 1890

As you know, food is a big thing in my life – it is practically my life. One of the undeniably best places to eat in the world is right at home. And for ‘just a home cook like me’ knives hold a special mystery when it comes to chefs and the art of cooking. Knives are the most important and personal part of a chef”s tool kit. So much so that chefs take their knives with them from job-to-job like a photographer would their camera.

With fascination, I’ve watched chefs carefully, lovingly and with respect unwrap their knives from their knife rolls. So captivated by this…always.

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Vodka Berry Spritz Featuring Steel Dust Vodka

Celebrating small wins lately by unplugging at a normal hour and doing the things that I love most ! Relaxing in the cool AC escaping the heat listening to my favorite albums with a nice refreshing Vodka Berry Spritz ( the berries are frozen in the ice cubes) in hand .

Steel Dust Vodka is made in Texas and distilled 6x for an impeccably smooth taste . This handcrafted vodka is also gluten free and 100% legendary just like this Smashing Pumpkins album. ( If you know GISH, you know )

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Mesa De Vida Recipe Starters

I introduced you to Mesa de Vida in November! But let’s recap!!!

Chef Kirsten Helle Sandoval has such an inspiring story which you should read in detail here. She creates delicious blender sauces that combine fruits, vegetables, whole spices and herbs to use as flavor bases that had no added sugar, and that are low in sodium. And for someone who eats a Whole30 diet 80% of the time..it is so nice to have something quick, healthy, and flavorful on hand to make dinner! I love Whole30 but I must admit I get so tired some days of all the food prepping. Mesa de Vida really saves me some time and energy and that is so important to me! I just love that Mesa de Vida is a woman + family owned small business that values equity and inclusion too!

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