Colourful Palate

You all know I’m trying to take in more protein, less carbs, blah, blah, blah…and I’m proud to announce I’m doing much better at it. My nutritionist would be proud. She has told me that Continue reading »

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians! This day is not just special because I’m Canadian, but because it’s also my Dad’s birthday! We have big plans going on for today, but first…I have to introduce to you my new-found love…Vanilla Milkshakes! Who knew you could have something SO creamy, indulgent, and Continue reading »

I think I’ve discovered a secret. It concerns my dreadful mid-afternoon cravings for something sweet. Come on, don’t make me feel alone and pretend that your sweet tooth doesn’t ever kick in. If we all just admit that the four-year old in all of us likes sweet things, we’ll all come out of denial and be so much the happier Continue reading »

Most of our family tries to avoid drinking cow’s milk. Sometimes we use it for baking or use a splash in our tea, or we’ll use it when we’ve ran out of our nut milk, but generally I try to boycott it. I still eat dairy Continue reading »

I have heard of the benefits of aloe vera for a long time, but I never was inspired to use it. It seemed since we had a small plant the effort to extract the gel wasn’t worth the time…perhaps if I had one of those giant aloe plants all the health Continue reading »

So my holiday with my sisters has been awesome…I apologize for not posting according to my usual schedule, but I don’t get to spend much time with my one sister because of the distance factor and that’s more important to me right now.

But I’ve still been having fun in the kitchen Continue reading »

Slushies are kinda disgusting…completely gross. They’re loaded with so much sugar and artificial colouring. But you know…some people like them. They’re too sweet for me, but on a warm day I can see how they’d be remotely appealing. So I decided to upgrade Continue reading »