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Exploration of Enjoyment…
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Purim
Starting sundown 3/23/24 – 3/24/24 Purim is a lively Jewish holiday full of costumes, pageants, and as mentioned in an earlier post cookies called “Hamantaschen”. This holiday revolves around a story of an interfaith marriage. The heroine Esther of this interfaith marriage uncovers a plot and causes the down fall of the villain – Haman.…
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Winter Flowers Anticipatory Sign of Spring
Helleborus orientalis is one of the earliest flowering perennials. It blooms in February or March and is seen as a true early sign of spring. Because it usually blooms during Lent, Helleborus orientalis is called Lenten Rose. Caution the plant name Helleborus is derived from the Greek words helein meaning ‘to injure’ and bora meaning ‘food’, a direct reference…
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Last of the Winter Squash…
https://www.flowandnourish.com
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Happy St Patrick’s Day
Quote (Blessing), St Patrick’s Day Wallpaper, Internet
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Bees & Honey
https://sneakybeebackyardhoney.com “…suit up in protective bee suits…and get up close to look at how honeybees team up to turn nectar to honey…” Once the suit is removed participants can taste a number of different types of honey including wildflower sneaky bee honey. Honey can be purchased online possibly enticing a future in-person bee colony visit.
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Hamantaschen…
Purim 3/23/24 Purim begins at sundown on 3/23/24 and involves cookies called “Hamantaschen”. The villain in the story told during Purim is Haman and taschen translated is pouches or pockets. So the cookies refer to Haman’s pockets.
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Soup – Warm Bliss
Recipe “It is so rich and creamy and love how roasting the squash makes the soup taste so different from how I normally start with sautéing the vegetables and pureeing to make creamy.” Quote from Flow and Nourish commenting on Mikaela ReubeN’s (instagram) creamy cashew butternut squash Soup Recipe Ingredients – Roast butternut squash at…
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A Little Spring Joy with Batch Chocolate
Fine & Raw https://www.fineandraw.com Highlight Dark chocolate Dr. Florence Comite, founder of the Comite Center for Precision Medicine and Healthy Longevity in New York. Dr. Florence Comite states the following about the benefits of dark chocolate – Not only is dark chocolate a delicious treat, but it has many health benefits. Dark chocolate is associated…
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Ramadan
Most of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims observe the holy month of Ramadan each year. Ramadan is the most important month on the Islamic calendar. It’s the month in which the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. During Ramadan, Muslims around the world fast from sunrise to sunset. Also, Ramadan…
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Books 4
Physician Author, Hindu Castes, Wife of Jesus?, and Moses Books about Afghanistan, India, and the Middle East. One autobiography describing visits to various sites in the Old Testament of the Bible. Highlight – Winter and Root Vegetables https://www.flowandnourish.com Recipe: Beet Hummus Ingredients – Roast the beets, let them cool, peel, and blend. Then add remaining…