Friday Favorites from Drizzle & Dip, I Am Baker, Life Tastes Good and More

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Happy Friday morning to you, today is Good Friday for Christians, the holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death. It has been strange watching Holy Week masses on the computer but also comforting and interesting to see masses from around the world; a reminder that we are all celebrating and all inside.

Sunday is Easter, what will you be doing? I know that many of us will be without our family and friends but I hope that it does not mean that you won’t be celebrating. Now more than ever we have to be good to ourselves, and to me that means celebrating, celebrate Easter, celebrate making it through another week at home, celebrate life.

Food

The Best Ever Banana Cake

Chocolate Lasagna! from OMG Chocolate Desserts

Lemon Crumb Cake from Life Tastes Good

Chocolate Milkshake from Little Sugar Snaps, make with leftover Easter candy.

Chocolate Chunk Hot Cross Buns from Simply Delicious

Stout Hot Cross Bun Bread from Drizzle & Dip

Simple White Bread from I Am Baker

If you want to make sourdough bread here is a great recipe for making your own started from I am Homesteader

20 Easy Weeknight Meal to Make While Staying at Home from Say Yes

50 Brunch Recipes (All Vegetarian)

Articles

DIY Face Mask Tutorial

How To Channel Your Stress Into Creativity

The Discomfort that You Are Feeling is Grief

Encouraging Instagram Accounts to Follow In A Time of Stress

Italian Women Encourage American Women to Find Inner Peace in a Life Interrupted

Free Trials, Classes, Movies, Music and More While Staying at Home

When We Rebuild Our Broken World We Can Choose a Life Less Hurried

Isolation Advice

See the World Without Leaving Your House

Love This Video

Feel Good Story

Books

Listening to My Body(Free with Kindle Unlimited)

Children learn what they practice!

This engaging and interactive book guides children through the practice of naming their feelings and the physical sensations that accompany them.

From wiggly and squirmy to rested and still, Listening to My Body helps children develop a sensations vocabulary so that they can express what they are experiencing.

Easy, kid-friendly mindfulness activities are woven throughout to reinforce the teachings.

Big emotions can be overwhelming! Help your child build on their capacity to engage more mindfully, self-regulate, and develop emotional resilience.

Listening to My Body is a wonderful tool for parents, counselors and teachers! Free resources to accompany this book can be found at http://bit.ly/gabigarciabooks.

Story Boat

When a little girl and her younger brother are forced along with their family to flee the home they’ve always known, they must learn to make a new home for themselves — wherever they are. And sometimes the smallest things — a cup, a blanket, a lamp, a flower, a story — can become a port of hope in a terrible storm. As the refugees travel onward toward an uncertain future, they are buoyed up by their hopes, dreams and the stories they tell — a story that will carry them perpetually forward.

All Along You Were Blooming

A celebration of hope. An encounter with grace. A restoration of the heart. A healing of wounds. An anthem of freedom. All Along You Were Blooming is the ultimate love letter from the pen of popular Instagram poet Morgan Harper Nichols to your mind, to your heart, to your soul, and to your body.

Morgan Harper Nichols delivers a striking collection of illustrated poetry and prose, inviting you to “stumble into the sunlight” and delight in the wild and boundless grace you’ve been given. There is a purpose in every season, and no matter how you want to race through this day or run away from this place, rest assured that you are invited to live fully—right here, right now. Light will always find you, and even when the sun sets and you sit awaiting the dawn, know you are still blooming in the way you were meant to. And in each small moment, whether in the light or the dark, you can make room for becoming, for breathing, for stumbling, and for simply being—for there is Grace, today and every day.

At Home in the English Countryside: Designers in Their Dogs

An intimate celebration of British country life with all the hallmarks of how design and dogs are as intertwined as roses and Wellingtons. This dreamy look into some of the most beautiful country homes and gardens in England, lived in by many of Britain’s brightest design stars and their dogs, is brimming with inspirations.

Peach Truck Bakery

From first bites to easy lunches to mouth-watering dinner dishes and sumptuous desserts, The Peach Truck Cookbook captures the Southern cooking renaissance with fresh, delectable, farm-to-table recipes that are easy to follow and feature peaches in every form. Whether you’re craving peach pecan sticky buns, peach jalapeno cornbread, white pizza with peach, pancetta, and chile, or minty peach lemonade—or have always wanted to try your hand at making a classic peach pie—Stephen and Jessica have you covered. Many of Nashville’s most celebrated hotspots and chefs, including Sean Brock, Lisa Donovan, and Tandy Wilson, have contributed recipes, so you’ll also get a how-to on cult menu items such as Sean Brock’s Double Cheeseburger with Peach Ketchup, Mas Tacos Peach Tamales, and Burger Up’s Peach Truck Margarita. Also included are beautiful photographs illustrating each recipe and a pocket peach education—as Jessica and Stephen take you through peach varieties, best harvesting practices, and everything you need to know to have a peach-stocked pantry.

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