How to make Watermelon "Candy!"

Greetings wellness lovers!

Today I wanted to share with you one of my favorite summer treats! I "accidently" made this last year, just by randomly dehydrating some extra water melon I had on hand.

To my surprise, dehydrated water melon is a heavenly sweet treat, and is even reminiscent of Starburst and Jolly Rancher candy!  

Did anyone else roll Starburst candy into a giant "Starburst ball" when they were a kid? Or was that just my sister and I...

Here are the steps:

1. Slice water melon 1 inch thick and cut into 2 inch (or so) pieces. As long as the thickness of the pieces is the same, the length/width doesn't have to be exact. (This makes them dry evenly.)
2. Arrange the water melon pieces on the dehydrator trays.
3. Dehydrate at 135 degrees, or the "fruit setting" for 6-8 hours.
4. Let cool, then store in an airtight container.

Simple!

*Bonus: Your house will have the lovely summery scent of watermelon!

In case you are wondering what type of dehydrator I use, it's the Excalibur 3900B Tray Deluxe Dehydrator from Amazon.

Oh, and check out the lovely nutrients that you will be treating your body to when you indulge in this pretty pink fruit!

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I hope you have a wonderful day! P.S. I'm excited to hear if you plan on trying this!

xoxo,

Ashley

Simple Honey-Coconut Glazed Carrots

Greetings wellness lovers!

I hope you had an excellent weekend!

Jon and I celebrated the Easter holiday by spending the day relaxing at home with family over, enjoying delicious spring-time cuisine, and enjoying the perfect weather!

Since I know most busy, health-minded individuals are always looking for easy ways to sneak more veggies into their diets without a lot of time + ingredients, I wanted to share an easy recipe with you from this past weekend!

Simple Honey-Coconut Glazed Carrots

Serves: about 4


Ingredients:

• 1 lb. organic, whole carrots
• 2 tablespoons organic unrefined coconut oil
• 2 tablespoons local honey
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme

Directions:
Wash and peel carrots, and slice into pieces of similar sizes. Fill a large pot with water, and bring to a boil. Add carrots to pot, boil until slightly tender... usually about 13-15 minutes. Drain carrots in colander. Add coconut oil and honey to pot, then add carrots back in. Cook, stirring occasionally for several minutes, mainly to just coat all of the carrots evenly with the coconut oil and honey. Add thyme. Serve and enjoy immediately.

*Holistic health bonus point: As you likely already know... enjoying local honey can be useful in remedying seasonal allergies!

Have an excellent rest of the day!

xoxo,
Ashley

Cleaning-out-the-Fridge Vegetable Curry!

Greetings! I hope you are doing well on this November day!
















This morning, I was on a mission to clean out the fridge, and also wanted to make something that was easy, simple, warming, and (of course) delicious.

Any combination of vegetables can be used. (Save $ by using what you already have!)

Cleaning-out-the-Fridge Vegetable Curry

Ingredients:

• 3 cups green beans
• 2 cups sliced carrots
• 1 cup chickpeas
• 1 onion, chopped
• 16 ounces vegetable broth
• 1 14-oz can coconut milk
• 3 teaspoons curry powder
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• brown rice (optional... to serve over)

Directions:
In a slow cooker, combine green beans, carrots, chickpeas, and onion. Stir in broth, coconut milk, curry powder, and basil.

*note: I used light coconut milk.