Water Kefir Recipe – How To Make Water Kefir
Today I’d like to share with you a water kefir recipe. It’s a delicious lacto-fermented drink that I discovered just two months ago and have been making ever since. If you follow this blog you may know that our family loves kombucha and we’ve been brewing it for several years. Well, it’s hard to believe but… read more
My Big WHY Question – Sauk Prairie Portrait and Wedding Photographer
At a recent photography workshop we were all inspired to figure out answers to our big WHY question. I’ve been thinking about it before but never put anything in writing to share with the world. This time we were encouraged to dig deeper and to share our discoveries openly. Why am I doing photography? Why… read more
Hiking in Wisconsin – Devil’s Lake, Sauk Prairie Photographer
Hiking in Wisconsin is one of our favorite family activities and with the spring coming late this year we were getting quite restless to finally go out and discover new hiking treasures. Yesterday the weather was gorgeous so we headed out for our first serious hike this year. We chose Devil’s Lake SP and decided… read more
What I Love – Quick and Easy Ciabatta Bread Recipe – Sauk Prairie, WI Photographer
Both of my kids just LOVE ciabatta bread. It’s a delicious type of Italian bread made from wheat flour and yeast, probably not the healthiest choice of bread but tastes sooo good. It is especially good with soups or as a sandwich. I used to buy pre-baked frozen ciabatta in a store and just put… read more
Easter Egg Decorating Ideas – How To Make Pisanki
Growing up in Poland one of my favorite Easter traditions was decorating eggs. There are a lot of different techniques but the end result is always called “pisanki”. I introduced my kids to this tradition and almost every year we make our own pisanki. Yesterday we felt quite creative and spent our afternoon trying some… read more
Juice Fast and Other Crazy Ideas – Prairie du Sac Photographer
Last month we finally subscribed to Netflix. With it came a list of great documentaries about food, environment, chemicals, health and happiness. All very interesting stuff, some was eye opening, other things we already knew. One of the movies – “Sick, Fat and Nearly Dead” inspired us to go on a juice fast. The guys in the… read more
How to Create Your Own Photo Wall Display – Prairie du Sac, WI Photographer
Winter officially arrived with a huge storm and we are now beautifully covered in deep snow here in Wisconsin. Yesterday was the first snow day and we spent the day shoveling, warming up by our pellet stove and snuggling on the sofa watching movies. This last spot (our sofa) has recently become one of my… read more
What I Love – Lacto-Fermented Vegetables
Fall in Wisconsin always brings an abundance of colorful, fresh, healthy produce. We are members of a wonderful organic and local CSA farm (Roots and Shoots in North Freedom WI) and every Tuesday throughout summer and fall we receive a huge bag of beautiful vegetables. Right now these shares are quite big and even though… read more
What I Love – Beet Kvass Recipe – Nourishing Drink From Eastern Europe
You might already know that I just LOVE lacto-fermented foods and drinks. Sauerkraut and pickles in salt brine is what I grew up with in Poland and now I’m just expanding my fermented repertoire. I am a regular reader of Dr. Mercola’s newsletter and yesterday he shared a very interesting article about how our gut… read more
What I Love – Our Neighbors, Sauk Prairie WI Photographer
I used to be a big city girl back in Poland. I loved it and didn’t even consider changing it and moving somewhere else. And then life happened and several years ago we bought a house in a small town Wisconsin. And it turns out that I LOVE our life here. So much so that when… read more
