I started using the NutriBullet over 5 years ago when I bought it to use as a smoothie maker, juicer, food processor, and blender. Now, don’t tell NutriBullet that I said that, because it’s obviously not supposed to be all of those things! But I really got to know this device over the last 5+ years so I thought I would share its pros and cons with you. Maybe you are trying to decide whether to invest in a blender, smoothie maker, juicer, or food processor. All of these are a decent investment, so this should help you understand exactly what a NutriBullet does and how I use it. I am also sharing one of our favorite cleansing smoothie recipes. This recipe is detoxifying and an anti-inflammatory, and it just tastes great! Enjoy!
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How to Use Your 31 Days of Healthy Living FREE EBook
I just finished writing this EBook that I am so excited about, 31 Days of Healthy Living. In this EBook you’ll find one healthy living tip per day – and that’s not all. I jam-packed this EBook with healthy recipes, housekeeping and cleaning tips, organization ideas, a monthly budgeting template, lifestyle planning techniques, yoga, and more! I can’t wait for you to get your hands on this FREE 31 Days of Healthy Living EBook!
EBook Table of Contents
Whether you’re a foodie like I am, a yoga enthusiast, a housekeeper, or a busy professional, there is something in this EBook for you! I wrote about one healthy living tip per day to try for 31 days. Personally, I think it’s exciting to try something new each day. Or maybe I just thought of that because it’s January and I was missing the whole Christmas Advent calendar idea!
Here’s whats covered in the book:
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This is our go to recipe for when temperatures drop into the low 20s, we go for that walk in the cool crisp fall air, and we come home and need warming up. I make a lot of soup during the fall time, and this has been a favorite since I was a kid and my mom used to make it. Learn how to make instant pot beef stew from scratch, a meal that will keep you happy for all the cold days to come.
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Hi! I’m Alexa. Welcome to the Homestead!
About Me
10 years ago I started cooking from scratch and gardening in my little city apartment. Now I live on a small homestead with my husband and our first baby, Allison. I started this blog to share my love for farm to table recipes and homemade natural living with others.
We live in a little modern day homestead in the Pacific Northwest. My husband John and I have learned how to keep chickens, make sourdough bread, and build our own furniture all from this little farmhouse.
I am passionate about sharing with others the fact that they don’t need to live on land, or come from a farming background, to be a homesteader. It sounds corny to say homesteading is a “state of mind”, but it kind of is! If you live in a city apartment but you make your own sourdough, ferment vegetables and kefir, and grow herbs on your windowsill, I totally think that’s homesteading.
I would have been scared of the idea of owning chickens or having more land simply because it was always foreign to me. Growing up my mom and dad “homesteaded” the best they could in the suburbs. That meant me and my brother were always playing outside, we baked and cooked from scratch, and we were a tight knit family.
But we never owned livestock or ran a farm. And neither did my husband’s family, so it’s all new to us!
But it turns out you can build your dream home, and life, no matter what stage of homesteading you’re in. Sometimes it just takes seeing one person do something and explain it to you, to make you say, “I can totally do that”.
Fun Facts about Me
I just had my first baby, and it was a natural home birth. I was prepared for a 12 or more hour labor, but to my shock I woke up at 7am in labor and delivered her by 11:30am. At noon, I was in bed eating breakfast and I looked at my husband and said, “what just happened”? I share the whole story here.
I used to be an NFL cheerleader! Growing up I was always in gymnastic and dance class, and I put that to good use with 3 years on an NFL dance team. I will never forget the feeling of tight shorts and high boots, dancing all day (sometimes in the rain or snow) on Sundays. Every time I hear the song “Bittersweet Symphony” I start moving my hands like I am holding pom-poms, and I can’t hear a good beat without doing a little hip shake.
I’m an organic nerd who is always double checking ingredients and going the extra mile to eat good food. Also if I can make it myself I usually do, which sometimes leaves me in the kitchen late at night wishing I would have just bought boxed pasta instead of deciding to make it myself.
Keep Following Along
Follow along as I share farm to table recipes and homemade, natural living every week here on the blog.
Simple Natural Farmhouse Christmas Home Tour
Top 9 Books to Start Your Homesteading Journey
My Most Popular Recipe: Rustic Sourdough Bread
Getting Started with Sourdough Starter
How to Winterize a Chicken Coop
Simple Homemade Bone Broth Tutorial
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Easy and Healthy Pumpkin Protein Einkorn Muffins
Pumpkin protein muffins are the perfect snack for a crisp fall day. Moist, rich, and packed with nutrients, these muffins use einkorn flour, maple syrup, pumpkin, and coconut oil.
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It’s easy to forget about winter after all the Christmas decorations get taken down. So today I am cleaning up the pine needles and taking you along for a winter farmhouse home tour.
[Read more…] about How to Decorate the House for Winter after Christmas + Winter Farmhouse Home TourHow to Make Butter
Learn how to make homemade butter that is easily spreadable, farm fresh, and so much better than store bought. You can make this with just a mixer and some fresh cream. Be careful though, you may find yourself eating it all by itself!
[Read more…] about How to Make ButterHow I learned Simple Living with these Top 9 Homesteading Books
I always knew that a simple life with hand cooked food and a heart for the home was what I wanted one day. Even when I was working a full time corporate job and living in a city apartment by myself. I would sit at my computer and dreamed of one day owning farm animals and spending my whole day in kitchen. It wasn’t until my late 20s that John and I were able to save up enough for me to go part time, and focus more on working from the home. But where to start? In this post I share with you my favorite homesteading books to start living that simple homestead life.
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