I picked these up today at the Whole Foods Market on Magazine Street in New Orleans! Wow! They are a such a rare find and so special.  As I was working on a new recipe, I looked up and noticed how beautiful these Peonies were and how our health and happiness isn’t all about nutrition, but also about taking care of ourselves in so many other ways too.

It’s about surrounding ourselves with people we love and who love us back, treating oneself to an occasional perfectly pink bouquet of Peonies (if you can find them) or granting yourself permission to go on a quiet run in the park right at the break of dawn and hearing so many little birds chirping about the promise of a new day. Whatever it is that takes care of you, it is critical to build those things into your day to provide balance and happiness in your life!