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It took me twice as long usual to get to the gym after work today. After a brief and somewhat frightening thunderstorm half of the traffic lights were blacked out and cars were bumper to bumper. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t function well in traffic congestion. Actually that’s an understatement. I read on ..

Sometimes you wake up on a Saturday morning craving pancakes. . . But instead you wind up eating French toast with peach jam. . . . . .because your pancake dreams made you forget about the cinnamon raisin bread that you baked the night before for the BBA Challenge. Sometimes you wake up on a read on ..

Have you ever taken an 86 year old woman shopping for clothes? Let me tell you, it is a nearly impossible task. My sister and I took my Nonna to the mall on Saturday morning to go shopping for a shirt to wear to an upcoming wedding. We always dread taking her shopping for clothes, read on ..

I might have gained 10lbs this weekend with all the amazing eats I had. I don’t know for sure because my scale and I broke up, but by Sunday night I was undoing the button of my pants. THAT’s saying something. It was a bad weekend… but oh so good! Between celebrating my cousin’s wedding read on ..

I’m a sucker for a good wine tasting and lucky enough to live in a great wine-making region of Ontario. The wineries often host open houses (like the Icewine festival this past winter). This event involved food tastings too, showcasing local produce. I’m already stoked for any event that involves some tasty vino, give me read on ..

So, today I managed to get in almost all of the 150g of protein that I’m aiming for. I calculated 138g of protein from: eggs (breakfast), some leftover Indian beef dish (early lunch), canned tuna (late lunch), and a turkey thigh (dinner- food porn to follow). Today was Camp Day at Tim Hortons so the read on ..

Today was a beautiful Victoria Day. … and by beautiful I mean 88 degrees and muggy. But at least the sun was shining! Matt and I decided to take advantage of the warm weather and the day off of work to have a picnic in the park — Euro style. When we were in Europe read on ..

. . . and speaking of bizarre chemicals found in our “food” . . . This is why you’re unhealthy: Williams Sonoma Maple Pecan Waffle & Pancake Mix A sweet celebration of American flavors Because nothing says “American flavors”  like dextrose, sodium aluminum phosphate, and 36 other factory produced, difficult to pronounce ingredients. Yum.

Kisses On Thursday on my way in the door at work I grabbed a Hershey’s Kiss out of the candy dish, unwrapped it, and popped it in my mouth. … and then I said, “what the fuck?! this tastes good.” I don’t like Hershey’s chocolate. It tastes inferior. I call it “fake chocolate”, but these read on ..

I had been eating a can of tuna before my workouts for a bit of a protein boost. While canned tuna is nearly 100% protein, I’m getting bored of it. It’s bland, dry, and boring. Enter my new favourite seafood snack: Sardines. I think Sesame Street gave sardines a bad rap. Seriously. Oscar the Grouch read on ..