Put some Sass in your water

We've almost made it through April!! If your month has been anything like mine May is a welcome sight! It's been an especially stressful few weeks for me and it was starting to affect my health, and I wasn't gonna stand for that!
One quick fix I knew I could make without much effort, DRINK MORE WATER!!! With my allergies threatening to take over at every turn I set out to defeat them. The answer sassy water!
It's simple, grab your best pitcher, fill with water. Chop up some fruit maybe a cucumber, maybe throw in some mint.
My first batch, strawberries and lemons. I needed those antioxidants to go to war for me!

Whatever you choose to add to your water let it sit about 30 min, your water will have a delicious kick after that. Just keep adding water to the pitcher, the fruit keeps for about 3 days.
Having water with a little extra kick helped me to not only keep my allergies at bay but brought me back to life. That is not an over statement, I promise. When you get at least 48 ounces of water a day you start to feel more awake, your skin feels better, and at least for me my brain isn't as foggy! All those benefits and its calorie free!!
It's the simplest, cheapest way to improve your health!
Cheers!

Spring Has Sprung

Happy Spring Everyone!
Amazing how life fills up so quickly for me when there is extra daylight to soak up. It has been a very busy March and April. I've been very busy out in my garden getting things ready for the season. My cousin talked me into starting my garden from seed this year. I couldn't say no to a challenge so I took his advice, and his seeds and started planting. I've got 7 tomato plants that are looking very good. The joy I had when those little seedlings popped up was quite unexpected. I feel even more connected to my plants this year. My little plant babies that I have to take care of!

These seeds are still working on finding the surface. Much less success in this batch, I have already re-seeded some kale and basil since I only have 4 seedlings. But I will NOT give up

I spruced up this little corner of the yard, right next to my planter. I have dreams of tomatoes, basil and cucumbers going in here.  There is still one more batch of crazy spring weather I want to get thorough before I put those in the ground. 

Perhaps the most unexpected surprise in my garden this spring was my asparagus popping up. I had covered it all winter hoping for the best and low and behold I still have sprigs of asparagus popping up today! I ate one of them straight out of the ground, tasted just right in the one bite I got. After some garden research I was happy to find that next year my little sprigs should be a much more respectable size.

Inspired by my own asparagus I headed out to get some that I could make a meal of. Oven roasted asparagus is what I decided on. Set the oven to 425 degrees. Wash the asparagus and dry it out as much as possible, you don't want soggy asparagus, or maybe you do.
Drizzle some oil of your choosing, I used sesame, but olive or any other would do. Make sure they all get an even share of the oil. Then sprinkle some salt, pepper what ever other spices that get your juices flowing.  Let them cook for 15-20 minutes, you know they are done when the tops get crispy and brown.

I served mine up with some brown jasmine rice but I know it is delicious with an egg too. 















I am also running a special for the month of April. 2 sessions for the price of one. The first session is a lifestyle and eating review. The second session is a you pick! It can be a workout with me, an exploration of a topic you have always been curious about, info on a cleanse, cooking help, you get the idea, it can be anything!! Email me sassycassy@gmail.com to schedule a time!