Join the Our One Heart contest for a chance to win a $350 Romantic Package for 2: A little bird told me that the Avalon Hotel & Spa is apparently the greenest hotel in the Pacific Northwest – so this is perfect for tree hugging folks.
Choose green cleaners over conventional store bought toxic cleaners.
Recycle some household items.
Do something smart for your heart (it is American Heart Month) and the planet and join the nature gym.
Get the whole family outside into nature during winter.
Hug a tree.
Enjoy some solar made music!
Make some Organic & Natural Homemade Chocolate Covered Cherries.
Whip up some organic …read more

In the last post we looked at Ingredients for Organic & Natural Homemade Chocolate Covered Cherries. Now let’s make some!
The night before: Place a cookie cooling rack on top of a regular cookie sheet. Place your cherries single file onto the cooling rack and let them sit in the fridge overnight. This helps to drain excess juice, which helps during the rolling and dipping process.
Rolling your cherries: The following day, grab a large mixing bowl and combine your butter, inverted sugar, condensed milk, extract, and powdered sugar. Mix and then knead this combo. It should be thick, and it may …read more

One year I got all ambitious and made homemade chocolate covered cherries as gifts for folks for the holidays. It was nuts. Mainly, I was upset because my cherries looked funky. It’s harder than it looks to dip them and have them turn out all pretty. My cherries looked nothing like this image above. Plus, I don’t even like eating them.
Still my family and friends thought they were a huge success. I guess they tasted great, in spite of their bizarre look.
If you need something to do this weekend, you can make your own organic chocolate covered cherries. I’m going …read more