tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32739047154641365272024-03-13T09:35:04.610-07:00Lavende and LemonadeLavende & Lemonadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17347628533384470733noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273904715464136527.post-70352070829426020742021-04-14T16:17:00.001-07:002021-04-14T16:51:08.508-07:00Provencial Tomato Tarte<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: georgia;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This quick summer treat is so easy and elegant! With just a few basic ingredients you'll be ready for a decadent brunch dish. Or, it pair with a green salad for a refreshing dinner. Its the perfect way to showcase your homegrown tomatoes, or the beautiful seasonal tomatoes on display at your local market.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><a href="https://www.lavendeandlemonade.com/2016/04/provencial-tomato-tarte.html#more">READ MORE >></a>Lavende & Lemonadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17347628533384470733noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273904715464136527.post-50621104554078895062021-04-11T22:54:00.006-07:002021-04-12T13:44:17.301-07:00Monarch Butterfly MATH Activities<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pdPfb0-HVqM/YHSv__ill4I/AAAAAAAACkw/2Bxxt87ixiEbrV242kDingCVakXQmox3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1640/Monarch%2Bpasta%2BSTEM%2Bshapes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Monarch craft using pasta" border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pdPfb0-HVqM/YHSv__ill4I/AAAAAAAACkw/2Bxxt87ixiEbrV242kDingCVakXQmox3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Monarch%2Bpasta%2BSTEM%2Bshapes.png" title="Make Monarch butterflies in minutes!" width="640"></a></div><br></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br>It's that beautiful time of year...when bright orange wings are starting to flutter across our backyard again as the majestic Monarchs migrate north. Such an exciting springtime tradition to watch them, and find inspiration for our learning!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.lavendeandlemonade.com/2021/04/monarch-butterfly-math-activities.html#more">READ MORE >></a>Lavende & Lemonadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17347628533384470733noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273904715464136527.post-34428550514798378502018-11-14T20:35:00.000-08:002018-11-14T20:35:14.766-08:00Happy America Recycles Day<div class="details shadowbox" style="animation: none 0.2s ease-out 0s 1 normal none running; background-color: white; border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.28) 0px 2px 5px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: none; padding: 25px 20px;">
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<span style="color: #444444;">November 15 is America Recycles Day...so let's take a look at what you're recycling! <i>Nearly everything? A few cans and jars here and there? Nothing at all? </i>No matter where you are on the recycling spectrum there is always room for improvement. I like to set goals for being a better recycler, because its so important for the planet! It helps us conserve the planet's resources, reduce landfill waste, and save energy...all are big WINS. Let's make some goals.</span><br>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none !important;">As I finished a refreshing cube of coconut water I stared, perplexed, at the packaging. A cute rectangle cube made out of what looks like a mix of paper and some sort of lining, a plastic spout, and a plastic lid. Can that be recycled?? With a feeling of guilt, I tossed the plastic lid into recyclables and the cube into the trash. Surely a complex blend of materials like that can't be recycled...right??</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">After the delicious joy of extra-sweet, slightly tart, perfectly ripe mango season has come and gone, there are still plenty of ways to enjoy the bright flavor of mango. This recipe is perfect when mango is in its prime, but is also a nice way to bring not-quite-there mango into the spotlight it deserves.</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Its a wonderfully light dessert, that is extremely simple...just right for after a mid-summer meal.</span></span><br>
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Bringing home a baby opens up a whole new world, in so many ways! Their little minds, and bodies, absorb so much of what is around them as they quickly grow. </span><br>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">In France, they say that you tell exactly where a cow is from, based on the flavor of its milk. Depending on the climate and grazing pastures, each region's cows are influenced by the environment and give the milk its own variation on flavors. I love that attention to the origin of foods, and the connection between the earth and our own bodies.</span><br>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Life gets busy. But that doesn't mean its time to give up health eating habits and trade them in for a drive-thru meal. There are plenty of ways to eat healthy in a hurry!</span><br>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every day is a great day to go meatless...and Meatless Monday is a fun way to build meat-free options into our weekly routines. Meatless habits we make on Mondays carry through the week, and before long our whole dining style evolves into something much more healthy - all week long!</span><br>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes we're so busy looking far, far away from home that we don't notice what is right on our doorstep. Food from Thailand, recipes from France...but what about the regional and ethnic specialties right here in our backyard?</span></div>
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