Haha! It’s TRUE!  You may or may not know that we have been steadily creating a gorgeous new belgian block walking path around the pool and gardens, so as I strolled along checking it out, I discovered last year’s compost pile had three beautiful cantaloupe growing on top of it! Perfectly ripe too! When produce grows from the seeds that are inside things that have been composted, these are called “volunteers”. In other words, we did not actually plan on planting and harvesting cantaloup this year, but what a delicious surprise!

I plucked one up, and on the way to the kitchen scooped up some nastursium blossoms and some little lemon verbena tips and created this breakfast salad.

Who would have guessed how delicious and “friendly” they would be all together in a bowl?

WOW the lemon verbena was so bright, the nastursium a spicy snap for the sweet soft cantaloupe just LOVELY!

"volunteer" in a bowl

Nasturtium  Lemon Verbena Cantaloupe Breakfast Bowl

1. 1/2 cantaloup cubed
2. lemon verbena, use tiny tips or chop finely
3. nastursium petals, torn if very large

Simple simple simple and nothing in all the world could be bettter.

Wish you were here

Here’s a favorite summer recipe from Hohm:

American Yogini Hohm Cleanse Pops

Cleanse Pops

Juice 4 apples,

1/2 lime

1 inch ginger

1 med cucumber

3 stalks celery

10 mint leaves

pour into molds freeze and CLEANSE cool!

So much so fast so wonderful so perfect! Just got the first great photos of our new place here for American Yogini, and we are calling it HOHM! Trademark in place, organic drapes, zero voc paints, sustainable cork floors….we even did a salt water swimming pool! It was like one of those tv shows where they build a house in a week. Only we did it in 5 months between July and December. Raw juice fast retreats have continued, the online store is still getting polished up, and exciting products ready to roll out.
This kitchen will be the site of many raw food, juicing, and natural yet modern hohm keeping videos.

What is true in your hohm, in your life and your surroundings is true in your body too. That is what and how we teach yoga here at American Yogini Juice Fast retreats, and I am so excited to share all this.  We are just brimming with action here! Our retreats have been full or nearly full every week even as new furniture is delivered and we find optimal places for our fantastic new products. We are so GRATEFUL for all this! In February video production should be well underway.

In the mean time, post a comment in our blog here to let us know what you most would like to learn and see in our vegan and raw kitchen.