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Recipe to try: Le Pain Quotidien Chia & Coconut Pudding
A couple of weeks ago I was in the mood for chia seed pudding, something I had tried in Denver with my youngest daughter (shout out to Molly!) and loved so much that it took on a mythical quality…especially since I could never recreate it at home. But this day was different. I found a recipe in the Le Pain Quotidien cookbook by Alain Coumont and Jean-Pierre Gabriel (2013) that was topped with a beautiful passion fruit sauce. With only four ingredients total, this recipe seemed easy, doable, and delicious. If it came out anywhere near as yummy as the pudding I’d had in Denver, it would be a keeper!…
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Hope: Today a New Sun Rises for Me…
“Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.” –Anne de Lenclos in Chicken Soup for the Women’s Soul This is one of my favorite quotes on the power of hope. One thing I love about collecting quotes is that when I don’t have just the right words for something, someone else usually does. Today I ran across this quote and these words captured the good mood I was in. I began my day with the energy and freshness of a beautiful spring day. It feels good to be alive! But these…