Simple Meals + Honest Book Reviews + Practical Living
Audiobooks are the best, especially since listening gives you the freedom to pair up with other tasks like cleaning, cooking, and walking. And having a wonderful narrator can truly turn listening to a book into somewhat of a magical experience.
Weekly meal planning doesn’t have to be a headache, especially if you keep things simple. Below is an easy 4-step guide to help you get started!
Hello and welcome to the raw and the cooked’s very first episode. Today I’m reviewing each of the six books that I read last month, May 2021.
I immediately bought Miranda Anderson’s book More Than Enough: How One Family Cultivated A More Abundant Life Through A Year Of Practical Minimalism after listening to a podcast that promoted it. I was floored by the concept and knew it was a challenge I wanted to embark on as well.
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I don’t have strong opinions on anything I read this month. Maybe because this month, my book choices bounced all over the map? It went from scandalous love-triangle to non-fiction cadaver research to a 1950’s sci-fi, back to death cleaning and closing out the month with a relatively dull historical fiction.
After I finished The Lost Apothecary I ended up taking a mini reading break. I dedicated free time to catching up / bingeing on my favorite podcasts — which is exactly what my soul needed, and I don’t regret swapping out my reading time for podcast listening. Whatever reinvigorates you, you know? And for me, I was approximately 572 podcast episodes in the last week of April.
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The first half of the week we were in Florida, visiting my family for Passover. My grandmother got to spend quality time with two of her great-grandchildren, which was so lovely. It was great seeing my family, but I’m so glad we’re back home.