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July 19, 2019 In Recipes

Vegan Strawberry Shortcake

Every so often I think it’s healthy to challenge oneself, and not eat the things you think you need. Six days ago I started a 60-day plant-based diet. Today is the first day I was craving something sweeter than fruit and was pretty short on time. So I came up with this pretty satisfying vegan version of strawberry shortcake.

As long as you don’t mind calling store-bought donut holes an ingredient, this recipe has just 4 ingredients! By my standards this doesn’t actually qualify as a recipe, but my social media team has been encouraging me to share what’s happening behind the scenes and what I do to make life easier and more enjoyable. So here’s my non-recipe recipe.

July 16, 2019 In Organizing

Organizing a Dorm Room

There are two basic organizing rules to keep in mind when preparing to send your kid off to college:

Take as little as possible: they will accumulate more stuff.
Create more storage: dorm rooms are small, so space must be used efficiently.

Here are some ideas for helping your student set up an organized dorm room that is comfortable and can be maintained with minimal work:

July 11, 2019 In Recipes

Refreshing Summer Vegetable Chilled Soup

I don’t know about you, but when I walk around farmers markets this time of year the produce looks so fantastic, that even vegetables I don’t usually think to use as main ingredients start to find their way into my market bag.

July 9, 2019 In Organizing

The Five Things I Often See in Teen Rooms

Parents are often at their wits’ end over the state of their teenagers’ bedrooms. How can they live like that? They could find things so much more easily if they’d stay organized! Often they call me to help find solutions. Here’s what I see when I go into teen spaces.