Made an awesome salad the other night. I’m just calling it “Summer Salad”. Posting the recipe in case anyone wants to also make it. #grownostr #foodporn #summersaladinspring #nostrfood Summer salad Dressing/marinade 1/4-1/2 cup fresh squeezed lime juice 2-3 tbsp fish sauce 1 Jalapeño diced 5-6 cloves Garlic chopped Fresh chopped cilantro (1/4 of a bunch) Fresh chopped dill (2-3 tbsp) Fresh chopped mint (2-3 tbsp) Salad Cucumber Radish Cabbage 1 Shallot 1 bell pepper 1 tomato 1-2 avocados Green onion 1-2 carrots sliced 3 small honey Mangos or 2 large mangos chopped Fresh dill (3 tbsp or more to taste) Fresh chopped cilantro (rest of the bunch) Fresh chopped mint (1/2 cup) Toasted rice powder (sprinkled on top) Meat Shrimp or fish or chicken Combine all ingredients for marinade together in jar/bowl, pour enough on top of fish for marinade, put the rest in the fridge and reserve for dressing. Marinade for 1-2 hours, longer if desired. In a hot pan, add some fat (butter, olive oil etc per preference) pan sear fish/chicken/shrimp until cooked (for fish or chicken try to get a nice crisp crust created), once all the meat is cooked, take the remaining marinade and deglaze the pan with it. Simmer for a couple minutes to get all the bits from the pan. Transfer to dressing container in the fridge. Let chill until ready to serve. To make toasted rice powder take 1/4c rice and toast in a frying pan (dry) until rice turns a golden/toasty brown color. Grind mixture in spice grinder/coffee grinder until powdery consistency is reached. Chop up all desired salad ingredients in a large bowl. Mix well. Pour on desired amount of dressing and mix again. Top with toasted rice powder and serve! Reserve some green onion for garnish on top if desired!

Day 7 #grownostr initiative Had a beautiful rainbow show up this evening. A real rainbow. Natural, beautiful and glorious! #nature #getoutside

Day 6 of #grownostr initiative Today has been a “relax day” for us. Started with doing dishes and cleaning the house, working on the bunny enclosure, picking up more bunnies, grocery shopping, meeting up with the leader of a north Idaho homestead group and sushi for dinner. #[1]​ and I are grateful for the opportunity to relax 🤣

Day 6 #grownostr initiative @moglibare and I experienced another successful freedom exchange in north Idaho. Had a successful day! Around 70 people showed up. A lot of new faces even! Lots of solid #community building took place today. #NIFE

Day 5 #grownostr initiative Time for a little pizza planning Friday night. Working on ideas for the #NIFE tomorrow. We plan on having Kids Korner involving painting some rocks and playing some games!

Day 4 of #grownostr initiative Big day trying to brainstorm and prep for the North Idaho Freedom Exchange on Saturday #nife. Hoping to actually get a chance to take pictures this time lol!

Homemade butter chicken with some homemade naan! 🤤😋 #foodstr #grownostr #whatsfordinner

Welp… my day is off to a good start… I guess the dash isn’t the best spot for a drink after all 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ #fail #grownostr

Anyone have a weird dog? We do… he sat like this for a solid 5 minutes while we were driving… so embarrassing 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ #grownostr #smalldoglife #animals

Day 3 of #grownostr initiative Listened to #[1]​ in his chat about growing in person communities today. I feel this is very important for the evolution of the local economies. I have been noticing with some of the “friends” we have met since uprooting our lives and moving away from our known and established lives, it feels like there is a lack of connection/substance to our new relationships. Actions I have taken to alleviate these feelings have been getting involved with creating the freedom exchange and it’s funny how few of our current “friends” find ways to make excuses why they can’t make the 30+/- minute drive out “oh I’m just so busy (even though neither work a full time job)” or “if only the exchange was on Fridays since I’m traveling up there anyways it would be super convenient for me”… well this movement is not about personal convenience, it’s about connecting with the people who made a 2+ hour drive on their only day off to participate. Just sharing inside thoughts about what I think will create a parallel revolution. I think we need to start doing things together with the people we share the same ideologies with. I feel like there are those that “want” and those that “do”. Moving forward I plan on aligning myself more closely with those that do because I try to be a doer. We are stronger as a tribe! My two cents for whatever it’s worth 🤪

Rescued a litter of kittens plus the mom this past weekend. Named the mom Lexi and plan to keep one of the babies. Nothing like a little troop of snuggle buddies in the house! ❤️ 😻