Blue Windows

My adven­ture begins…

The first night I arrived in Paris I received my room key…40!
Coincidence?

I unpacked my suit­case and went straight to Notre Dame. I couldn’t believe how beau­ti­ful the sky was. I com­pletely felt out of my ele­ment and was feel­ing a bit of “what were you think­ing’? But the minute I saw Notre Dame I knew I had made the right decision.

I lit a can­dle to begin my journey..

Today is my 40th Birthday…

Birthday break­fast at Cafe de Flore scram­bled eggs with ham and a cafe americano.

on my way to the Opera Garnier…

Good to see you again.

The last time I was here I was 23 years old and dream­ing of per­form­ing here one day.
Life took me in a dif­fer­ent direc­tion but no mat­ter the age a girl can still dream!

A room full of Operas!

Found some music I have sung!

A bit of shop­ping which led me straight to lunch on the 6th floor…

Stew on a cold rainy birthday.

First glimpse of the Eiffel Tower…

Mid-afternoon snack at Eric Kayser.

Walk back to the Hotel to get ready for tonight’s con­cert at Notre Dame.

Ending the day with French Onion soup at the Luxembourg Cafe near my hotel.

My 40th Birthday is complete!

 My sis­ter gave me a beau­ti­ful green blouse for my Birthday before I left for Paris.
She told me she was hav­ing the hard­est time decid­ing what to get me that had
some mean­ing and that would always remind me of turn­ing 40.
Her idea was a beau­ti­ful green blouse but was hav­ing no luck in find­ing one.
Then, she walked into Anthroplogie and right in the front was this blouse on a
dress form. What was even more crazy was the label…HD in Paris! My ini­tials!
She searched the store for any other cloth­ing by this designer and found
this was the only blouse! I couldn’t believe this story when she told me.
Needless to say I love my green Paris blouse from my amaz­ing sis­ter,
Laura, and will cher­ish it always!

40 in Paris,

Heather

A day in the kitchen with Judita!
The event is this Saturday so we decided to prep the treats early.
We made the Superfood Seed Bars on page 145 and the Chocolate Haystacks on page 149.
Come by on Saturday to try some.

RAW AND SIMPLE EVENT

SATURDAY APRIL 6TH

11–2 pm

COME AND MEET JUDITA.

 My favorites from Raw and Simple…

HEIRLOOM TOMATO STACKS…PAGE 115

This was so pretty to look at I almost didn’t want to eat it. I lit­er­ally sat and stared at the glo­ri­ous stack for a few min­utes before I even attempted a bite. I fore­see myself mak­ing this all sum­mer long. The best way to describe the flavor…fresh!

RED BELL PEPPER HUMMUS…PAGE 85
The per­fect snack. 

CAULIFLOWER COUSCOUS…PAGE 9o
A per­fect light lunch with many dif­fer­ent fla­vors. Even bet­ter the next day! Make a big batch and you are set for lunch for the week!

try it with avocado…

NACHO CHEESE DIP…PAGE 86
On the side with cau­li­flower cous­cous and whole foods chips (not raw). 

EASY APPLE PIE WITH SALTED CARAMEL SAUCE…PAGE 161
Seriously so good! You have to try it to believe it! 

These par­tic­u­lar recipes have been my favorite so far! I say so far because I have yet to try every recipe in the book. I am sure there will be many more added to this list but for now I can pretty much guar­an­tee you will not be dis­ap­pointed with any of these recipes. In fact, I think if you try these first you may be sur­prised on how good raw can taste.

RAW AND SIMPLE EVENT

SATURDAY APRIL 6TH 11-2PM

MEET AUTHOR JUDITA WIGNALL

Hope to see you there and share more insider tips.

Heather