Just 13 Wholesome Things Jennifer Garner Has Been Up To Lately

Jennifer Garner, queen of chickens and bees.

1. Hanging out with some bees.

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Bees?! Bees!!!!! Garner got to chill with some flying friends at Once Upon A Farm, the organic baby food company where she serves as Chief Brand Officer.

2. And thanking them for making some sweet, sweet honey for us to enjoy.

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Turns out, watching honeycomb get separated and strained is ridiculously satisfying, even more so when Garner is doing it with “Oh Yeah” by Yello playing in the background.

3. Having — and hanging out with, of course — her brood of chickens.

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Chicken's, y'all! Garner basically lives in a fresh food wonderland — she grows a lot of her own vegetables, and apparently, keeps live chickens in a coop for eggs. Sadly, her chicken Regina George died recently, but the rest of them are still roosting around the Garner household.

4. Finding a random geode in her backpack, because she truly is one of us.

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Garner's Instagram videos are truly a joy to behold, and this one, where she drank some wine and then played "What's In My Bag?," aka pulled items out of her bag, deserves an Oscar. There was an empty box of pens and some heart stickers in there too, but the beautiful (I want to say amethyst?!) geode was the definite highlight.

5. Wearing a 12-foot-long scarf that her daughter wove for just for her, because it's actually really cute and impressive.

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"When your nine year old weaves a 12ft long scarf on a peg loom for your birthday present, you’d better #werk. #fashionfriday #thecarpoollineismyrunway #proudmom." Amen to that, Jennifer.

6. Emulating Ina Garten with a pretend cooking show.

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Who among us doesn't pretend they're on a cooking show when they're cooking in their kitchen? Garner made some "pass it back" snacks, aka things to pass to your kids in the back of the car when you're driving, in this video, which is honestly a genius idea that I will use even when I'm not in the car.

7. Oh, and reminiscing about the time she actually got to cook with her BFF Ina.

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Name a more iconic duo. I'll wait.

8. But also making a famous Martha Stewart chicken soup recipe, because there is enough room in her heart for two cooking queens.

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Welp, guess I'll be roasting a whole chicken this weekend.

9. Using her felt board to create and share inspiring quotes.

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If this doesn't solidify your obsession with felt boards, I'm not sure what will.

10. Cooking some delicious-looking beet chips with beets straight from her garden, of course.

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Here are her instructions, if you're now dying to make them like I am:

1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.

2. Wash your beets really well.

3. Lop off the tops and slice the beets into very thin slivers. Use a mandolin if you’re so inclined. Mind your fingers!

4. Lightly coat the beets in olive oil and lay them out on a greased baking sheet.

5. Sprinkle them with salt.

6. Put in the oven for one hour.

7. Remove and be careful, they’re hot.

8. Enjoy! Yum!

11. Getting her adorable dog ready for a marathon?!

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Ok, it's a virtual marathon for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, but still! Look how cute!

12. Picking some oranges from her apparently perfect garden for some blood orange juice.

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If she doesn't start sharing her gardening and farming tips soon, I'm going to throw a fit!

13. And hilariously trying and failing a hot pepper eating challenge in her garden.

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"What do you think, is it going to be hot?" she asks before taking a big bite out of a pepper in her garden, and then immediately realizing that it was way hotter than she expected. She then chants, "Regret, regret, regret!" and drinks water straight from the garden hose. Regret has never been funnier, honestly.