by Leanne Vogel (Healthful Pursuit) on January 21, 2013
Oh my gosh I have so many nuts, seeds and random little baggies of dried fruit in my pantry. I thought that building the spice rack of my dreams would help control my habit of randomly purchasing things from bulk bins but it hasn’t (although it has made finding spices in our new home a whole…
by Leanne Vogel (Healthful Pursuit) on October 1, 2012
Happy October, everyone! Can you believe we’re into the 10th month of the year? Jeez Louise! This October I plan to… eat my weight in pumpkin find myself cuddled up on my chaise reading the afternoons away prepare a couple of recipes for Halloween I suck at posting recipes for upcoming holidays. I had to…
by Leanne Vogel (Healthful Pursuit) on August 15, 2012
Our recent trip to Montreal was filled with food. It was the first, and only, trip I’ve ever been on where I ate out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and still felt good about the food choices I was making. In fact, more often than not, I was having cleaner food than I do at…
by Leanne Vogel (Healthful Pursuit) on May 14, 2012
I’ve turned into a chai monster. Cold almond milk, chocolate protein cakes, hot rice, pancakes, porridge, muffins, doughnuts… all perfect opportunities to liven things up with a bit of chai spice, wouldn’t you say? It doesn’t end there. Since returning from India, I’ve gotten in the habit of adding generous amounts of chaat masala, cumin,…
by Leanne Vogel (Healthful Pursuit) on April 27, 2012
I’ve never been able to handle stimulants very well. Caffeine, sugar, tobacco, even too much cacao can send me over the moon! How I managed to get through adolescence addicted to espresso, coke zero, cigarettes, and jujube’s is beyond me. I was in a constant state of energy highs and lows. I found it hard…