Month: May 2012

Sunday Scenes

Sunday Scenes

How’s your weekend coming along? I couldn’t be happier that we have the day off tomorrow, I feel like I’m a day behind on everything! Weekends seem to fly by when Kevin has a business trip to prepare for. Yesterday was filled with a mishmash of  activities – laundry, packing, last minute deodorant shopping, dry…

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Key Lime Pie Green Smoothie

Key Lime Pie Green Smoothie

Who doesn’t like pie, smoothies and graham crackers? Or, limes, frothy toppings and sweet breakfasts? Big mugs, green things, and meals packed with goodness? All of these things? Can be your next green smoothie. Because green smoothies don’t have to be a “pinch your nose to scarf it down” experience. They can taste like pie…

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Traveling Through India: The Streets

Traveling Through India: The Streets

For more on my backpacking trip through India, check out Mumbai experience, Kallikadu, Sivananda ashram introduction, India,  the basics, Sivananda ashram I, Sivananda ashram II, waterfalls and temples, the streets, and varkala posts. One of my first India experiences was having to cross the road at the Mumbai airport to find my shuttle. There were…

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Crispy Oven Fries + Kitchen Gadget Giveaway

Crispy Oven Fries + Kitchen Gadget Giveaway

Congratulations, Anna, you’ve won! I’ll send you an email in a few minutes. Thanks everyone for entering :) I went through a phase about 4 years ago where all I ever wanted for supper was homemade potato or yam fries baked in coconut oil. Even writing about it has me salivating. Did you know that…

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No bake Frosty Chocolate Banana Cream Cups

No bake Frosty Chocolate Banana Cream Cups

Remember the Dole recipe contest I mentioned last week? I got started my entry on Sunday morning with the full intention of grilling bananas, pineapple and tempeh, but the hot weather distracted me and I ended up with cups of ice cream. I didn’t even get as far as preheating the grill! Darn you bananas…

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Chai Spice Doughnuts with Almond Frosting

Chai Spice Doughnuts with Almond Frosting

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,…

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Welcoming My 26th Year

Welcoming My 26th Year

Kevin and I headed out to the mountains yesterday morning for a hike and lunch at our favorite restaurant in Canmore to officially celebrate my birthday. We were supposed to go out for a wine tasting and visit to the new Science Center in Calgary on my actual birthday this week, but Kevin ended up…

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Citrus Summer Lentil Granola + $50 Amazon Giveaway!

Citrus Summer Lentil Granola + $50 Amazon Giveaway!

Congratulations, Megan for winning the $50 Amazon gift card! Your feedback has already been used to make changes on the blog and will help me in future updates, too. Thanks for participating! Adding lentils to trail mix was a little out there. Adding lentils to granola is even more so. Oh ya, I went there….

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Grilled

Grilled

Our family’s pretty passionate about their grilling. Come rain, sleet, snow or blizzard, my Dad will brave temperatures below -30C for a slab of charred meat. Crazy Canadian. While I love my grilled meals, I’m not too keen on being cold. Thankfully, the weather’s just starting to heat up, neighbors are out on their patios…

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Gluten-free Cinnamon Buns 2.0

Gluten-free Cinnamon Buns 2.0

They say good things come in threes. Over the course of last 6 days, I’ve developed two different cinnamon bun recipes yielding over 65 individual cinnamon buns, a stuffed freezer, and a very, very happy cinnamon bun loving boyfriend. I think it’s safe to say that good things can come in twos as well and…

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