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If you ordered our shelter in place box this past week - THANK YOU!  Here are some ideas and suggestions and recipes for you for the box.  In the kale salad you will find a dressing that is made with the orange marmalade.  marmalade is great for making sauces and dressings and we included some jars for you to try out!  Get adventurous!  You can also get creative with the chili and use it in many different ways....in a wrap, on top of a baked potato.  Here are some recipes for the rice and beans to try.  We hope you...

 I am known to get a little emo at times like this. Mostly because I am so grateful that I am surrounded by so much love and calm and health and knowledge. I have always had the perspective that in times like this we need to band together (keeping our distance) and support each other with love and kindness and nourishment. And that is what Happy Girl is going to try and do. I had to put on ALL my thinking caps this weekend!!! GRAB AND GO AND PICK UP ONLY ORDER ON OUR WEBSITE NOW!  These are uncertain times...

Part 3 of 4 – getting the book deal - Photo of "Population" friends salon in SFContinued from part 2 of 4 where I explain getting my dream agent, Kitty Cowles!...   The project is mostly now in Kitty's hands.  She is pitching the book to different publishers that she thinks would be a good fit.  She gives me the details of how this publisher already has a preserves book coming out in summer of 2019 and that publisher is talking to so and so…It all seems so strategic.  I just pray at my altar in the mornings that Kitty is going...

Big Sur Marmalade The one thing that was missing in my life was local citrus. I had heard rumors of a ranch in Big Sur that had a lot of different citrus trees that were planted 40 years ago. Somehow, I didn’t investigate assuming it would be more Meyer Lemons. Then, one day I was doing a delivery at the Big Sur Bakery and I saw a friend with a bunch of different citrus boxes in the back of her pick up truck. I got so excited as I saw a mandarins, clementines and small oranges. We began to talk...

Honeyed Mandarins These honeyed mandarins really are an often overlooked treasure. If you are ever feeling a little down in the winter, it can completely transform your day to have a pot of these mandarins bubbling away on the stove. The orange oil can lift the spirits and combined with the other aromatic spices, it will be the best pot pouri for your house and your soul! The same affect happens when you open the jar. You preserve the entire citrus fruit in this recipe and the fruit can be strained from the juices and used in all sorts of...