What's this blog about?

First of all - granola what?! Granola is a term used to describe 'modern day hippie'. I love being a "granola"! I first heard the term when my little sister and her friends would whisper it behind my back, using it to describe why I was the way I was. Now, I embrace the term!

This blog will focus on all us hippie-at-heart woman who blend in with the rest of the work force 9-5. By day you will find us in our blazers and high heels in our office usually on conference calls or attending meetings; after work we are either trying to find the best deal on organic laundry detergent or whipping up our own detergent in the kitchen. I work full time and attend school part time, and my husband usually puts in 70 hours a week at work; therefore I solely run the household. I take care of the finances, cooking, cleaning, laundry - all while trying to find the most cost-effective and less-harmful-to-the-environment way to accomplish it all!

I write about budgeting, DIY crafts, organizing, cooking, and fashion.

I hope to bring out the inner hippie in all of you! As always, share me tweet me pin me!

Until next time,
Polly

Recipes

Potato Salad

6 boiled potatoes, diced
2 hard boiled eggs, diced
1 cup diced veggies (I use celery and radish!)
1/8 cup diced red onion
3 dill pickles, diced
1tbsp sweet relish
Mayonnaise and mustard to your taste (I prefer to use low/no fat mayonnaise)

Tips
1) Add  dill and parsley to make your potato salad a little more delicious
2) Modify the veggies, we like A LOT of vegetables in ours, our potato salad tends to be 50% potatoes 50% other veggies

Smoothie-on-the-go

1 handful of spinach
4 tbsp of yogurt (I used vanilla)
1/4 cup of oats
1/4 tsp of chia seeds
Half a banana, sliced
3/4 cup of fruit, fresh or frozen (feel free to add more!)

Add the above ingredients to a Ziploc bag and freeze. Thaw overnight in the fridge, empty into a blender and add 1 cup of water (or juice).
Tips
1) Blend the oats on their own before adding them to the Ziploc bag. By blending the oats, it will cut down on the graininess
2) Add flax!
3) Sub water for coconut water

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