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Fresh Every Day of the Year.

December 5, 2009 2

A lot of you have been asking me for more fab vegetarian and vegan dishes. Well, meet my newest blog obession fresh365. Fresh365 is an amazing blog devoted to seasonal, organic and local vegetarian and vegan meals. The creator Erin is from Boston and is inspired by food, photography, travel and style. She hopes you will find inspiration at fresh365 to taste new foods, explore unique places and share simple recipes and laughs with family and friends. Make the most out of every day and take life for what it has to offer. {How lovely is that?} Erin has been so lovely to allow me to feature some of her fab recipes here on Sweet Greens. Visit fresh365, the photography alone will have you drooling. Here is something yummy for the weekend.

Tomato Panzanella

Ingredients::

Croutons::
3 c Italian bread cut or torn into 1” pieces
olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Salad::

4 large tomatoes cut into wedges
14-oz can artichoke hearts, drained and coarsely chopped
*1 c pitted kalamata olives, coarsely chopped
1/2 c coarsely chopped fresh basil leaves
3 T coarsely chopped fresh mint

Dressing::
1/3 c olive oil
1/4 c white wine vinegar
1 large garlic clove, minced
1/2 t salt
1/4 t pepper

Directions::

Place the bread on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Broil 2-4 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from oven, and transfer to a large bowl. Add the tomatoes, artichokes, olives and basil. Toss to combine.In a small bowl, combine all dressing ingredients. Stir well, and drizzle over the salad. Toss, and season to taste with salt and pepper. (Dish can be prepared ahead of time, with croutons added just before serving).
*substitution: 15.5-oz can cannelloni beans, drained and rinsed

Serves 4.

What do you think of fresh365?
What are your favorite fall dishes?

Sustainable Jewelry From The Pretty Peacock Giveaway

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I love when jewelry is more than just a beautiful bauble that looks fabulous when I am wearing it. I find jewelry that is attached to a memory of a particular event or person to be even more fantastic. I have a nesting necklace that the mister and Eben bought me one year for Mother’s Day. It has two swirls of metals, one yellow gold and one white gold that fit perfectly together. The large white gold swirl symbolizes the mother and snuggling in to it is another swirl of yellow gold that symbolizes the child. This is a piece of jewelry that I cherish and every time I wear it reminds me of my beautiful son.

The Pretty Peacock is a jewelry design company created by Ana Talukder Simpson that focuses on this deep connection. Ana started designing the type of jewelry that she does because of her need to have special poems that her husband wrote to her while they were dating with her at all times. She wanted to immortalize his words onto something that she could carry with her, a tangible memory of that time in their lives, a little treasure that was deeply personal to her.

The Pretty Peacock’s Good Karma Collection is fun and personalized jewelry made from eco-friendly fine silver that has been reclaimmed from the tech industry. Since most precious metals require harmful mining to procure, reclaimed fine silver does not which saves the environment from several ailments such as surface scars, element depletion and by keeping toxic by-products that leach into our water and soil from doing so. The Good Karma Collection consists of several different types of jewelry, my favorite being The Dream Woven Sculpture pendant.

Now that you have seen this great line of jewelry, don’t you feel like you deserve some good karma?

Ana has been so lovely to offer ONE of my lovely readers a Good Karma Sparklettes.

You can also shop at The Pretty Peacock and enter coupon code GREEN to receive 10% off your purchase, now through August 20th.

How to Enter

1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens (if you haven’t already) and click confirm in the email confirmation that you receive from FeedBurner.

2. Visit The Pretty Peacock and tell me which Good Karma Sparklettes you will choose if you win.

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    You can tweet this giveaway daily, just leave a separate comment.}
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Rules for Entry

  • Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win.
  • Contest ends August 21st @ 12am EST. Winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator and will be announced the following day. (I will announce the winner, if I do not hear from you within 72 business hours, I will pick another winner.)
  • You must leave a comment telling me which item you love in order to qualify.
Good Luck.
*UPDATE: WINNER:: Bella #11 Congratulations! Thanks again to everyone who entered.

10 Year Anniversary

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Mr. Sweet Greens and myself are celebrating our 10 year wedding Anniversary today. I can not believe that we have been married for this long, it seems just like yesterday that we said, “I do.” I have been very fortunate to not only find a loving and wonderful husband and father, but my best friend. It is lovely to be married to someone who shares your ideals, dreams, challenges and accomplishments. Our marriage is simply, the most fun that I have ever had in my life and I look forward to many, many more wedding Anniversaries together.

We have a lovely evening in planned, Jayson is doing all the cooking {naturally} and I will be in charge of the ambiance.

Happy 10 years Mr. Sweet Greens.

Are you married?
How long have you been married or with your partner?
xo.

Have a Lovely Green Weekend + The 12 Days Of Etsy

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Hello all my lovelies. Hasn’t it been a fabulous week? Did you get a chance to enter all 25 of my Green Holiday Giveaways? If not, don’t worry you have until December 11th to enter. What did you think of the sponsors and the giveaway prizes? What were your favorites?

This weekend is stocked full of fun stuff at The Sweet Greens Home. This afternoon I am having lunch with the fabulous Mr. Sweet Greens, followed by an evening of make your own pizzas with Eben and his best friend. Tomorrow afternoon, we are taking Eben to do his holiday shopping, see the holiday lights and for a stroll around our little old town. Sunday is going to start with a lovely hike and warm lunch in the mountains. We are going to our favorite sustainable mountain farm to hike and pick a holiday tree. {It turned out to be too snowy for a hike so we decided to purchase a potted tree this year that can be planted in our yard.} Sunday evening will be spent holiday decorating, listening to holiday music, sipping hot cocoa by the fire, present wrapping and since it is snowing, sleigh riding. We start to celebrate our holiday festivities on the 11th.


***P.S. Monday starts the 12 days of Etsy here at Sweet Greens. Visit everyday and enter to win fabulous handmade items that are perfect for the holidays. There are handmade things for your home, your garden and your holiday tree. There are handmade skincare goodies, earrings, apparel and much, much more. There is something for everyone on your holiday list. Are you excited?

What are your weekend plans?

Green Holiday Giveaway #25:: Elroy Dress {CLOSED}

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Giveaway number twenty five is going to blow you away. This is a fabulous, fabulous giveaway from Elroy Apparel. Have you heard of Elroy? Believe me, this has nothing to do with The Jetson’s. Elroy Apparel is a women’s designer clothing line made of sustainable, socially responsible fabrics. Elroy’s designs use Eco friendly fabrics without sacrificing style. Elroy designs their collection with a certain amount of freedom embodied in each piece. This allow you the freedom to wear it high, wear it low, but most importantly, to be able to mix it into your life and your wardrobe as they evolve. How fab is that?

Elroy’s collection is made using sustainable, socially responsible materials and the designs are adorable. I love that the collection consists of pieces that can be worn everyday and incorporated into existing wardrobe. Elroy is giving this adorable Ryssa Dress to one of my lovely readers. You choose the color and the size. Fab, fab, fab. {$120 Value} The Ryssa Dress is a tank dress with pleats at center front bust and gathering at back. It comes in 9 lovely colours. Wouldn’t this be fantastic to wear to your holiday party? Or, imagine the look on your lovely lady’s face when she opens this holiday gift. Wow!

Right now I am also drooling over these lovely finds at Elroy::

Ryssa Top $78

Akala Coat $298

A lovely thank you to Elroy Apparel for hosting this fantastic giveaway.
*UPDATE: WINNER:: #9 Joyful Girl Naturals. Congrats and enjoy adding this fab dress to your wardrobe. I am jealous.

{How to Win}

* You have until December 11th at 12 pm EST to enter this giveaway.
* Visit Elroy and answer this question, “What story does your clothing carry?”

Additional Entries*** Please help me spread the word about Sweet Greens Giveaway Week by sharing it twitter, facebook, kirtsy, your blog or any other social website that you use. I would greatly appreciate it! {Please leave a separate comment for each that you do.}

Are you wondering what my Green Holiday Giveaway Week is, read about it here. I hope you have enjoyed Sweet Greens Green Holiday Giveaway Week as much as I have. Remember you have until December 11th to enter all 25 giveaways. {They are all listed on the leftside of the blog} Good Luck.

XO.
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