There’s a lot of hoopla (that’s a technical term these days) going around about the Super Bowl right now. I admit it, I’m not much of a spectator when it comes to sports- never ask me if I know any names of players or even names of teams, because I guarantee you I will only [...]
Eating lots of vegetables isn’t a big problem for me in the summer months. There’s so much variety that munching on them raw or having gloriously huge salads is a delight. But come winter? Forget about the veggies, I’m all about the grains. Between oatmeal, popcorn, and grilled sandwiches, I get more grains than is [...]
I was excited to recently receive a package of books from Penguin Group to review, among them Barry Popkin’s The World Is Fat: The fads, trends, policies, and products that are fattening the human race. The subject of the book is one which I personally find incredibly intriguing, as it discusses the universal issues of [...]
I wish I could take the credit for coining that term, but “Ba(rac)king” is all Bag Lady! Cammy was lamenting that I had no cake recipe when I was guest chef. So I figured that the inauguration was the perfect time to try out one of the recipes from my grandmother’s recipe book. It’s called [...]
I’m currently taking an evening class on Monday’s called Issues in Health. While it’s an interesting class, after working all morning and then being in class all afternoon, it’s exhausting to have that three hour class at the end of the day! It’s also difficult to plan and fit everything in that I need to [...]
Skater’s High It really warmed up considerably this past weekend, which led to me participating in one of my favorite winter activities: ice skating! Here in Winnipeg we’ve become “famous” for our exceptionally long skating trail on the river, and I’m fortunate enough to live right on the river. There’s a bridge less than five [...]
Because we can’t just live and eat these days- nope, everything has to be trendy. It’s cropping up everywhere now. The “new fad diet” is to not diet! It’s to eat local and real and whole foods. While I’m super happy that this is coming to the foreground and there’s a lot of interest in [...]
Today I am guest blogging for MizFit- go check it out for a tasty split pea soup recipe!
Last night I watched the first part of the film Thin, a documentary following several women struggling with anorexia. They are all being treated for it but each of them has varying degrees of wanting to get better. As someone who has never been anorexic nor had such an extreme case of disordered eating, it [...]
Along with my pedometer, I also got a few other goodies last weekend… an oil mister and an elephant teapot! This is my first ever teapot. Isn’t it the cutest? The oil mister is basically a spray bottle contraption. Pour the oil (I like olive oil) into the bottle, pump it a few times, and [...]
