Simple Pleasures

April 1, 2013 by

Morning all! Happy Easter Monday! The weekend is still continuing over here, which is a nice treat!

Hopefully everyone had a marvelous weekend. It’s been a little while since we chatted, but I simply needed a little mini vacay from the blog. Instead, I had a weekend filled with some simple pleasures to occupy my time.

baked banana oatmeal

I may or may not have started each morning with baked banana oats. They taste so dang delicious after hanging out in the fridge overnight.

My weekend ended up pretty low key. With lots of friends taking finals soon, along with a delightful migraine and sore throat, things remained pretty quiet around here. Although I wasn’t doing anything too memorable, it was still rather enjoyable.

Especially when the days entail workouts, delicious eats, puppies, family time, coffee, and more simple pleasures like… [Read more...]

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Vegan Banana Bread

March 12, 2013 by

Morning friends! After a few nights of after midnight bedtimes plus 5:20 wakeup calls don’t make the best combination in the world. Even so, it feels good to be back on a somewhat normal schedule. I mean, that’s what extra cups of coffee is for, right?

Besides coffee being a crutch for sleepless nights, I crave comfort foods when this happens. Banana bread, soups, anything of those sorts. I’ve had a few unsuccessful trials with the banana bread route. It’s tough to make a banana bread allergen free and have it come out both tasty and in tact. Finally, after much patience and practice I have the perfect recipe.

vegan buckwheat bake

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Coffee Talk

March 8, 2013 by

Finally it’s Friday, this week seemed to last forever. It’s weird how weeks either pass by fast or slow, never at normal speed. Does that even make sense? Probably not…anyways.

Sometimes life likes to get hectic on us. This has been one of those weeks. They happen, maybe I’ll get into it more later, but for now let’s end the week on a light note in the form of another round of coffee talk. So grab a cup and let’s get to it.

1. For some reason I’m completely obsessed with smoothies.

vegan green smoothie

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What I Ate Wednesday

March 6, 2013 by

Hello and good morning!!

The day started off with a lovely morning spin ride while catching up on Downton Abbey, of course. I look forward to morning rides where I can indulge in this show, almost finished with season 2 now!

Another thing making me smile today, the fact that it’s What I Ate Wednesday. The day where we all get a peek behind the scenes and share the delicious things we’re eating. Getting recipe inspiration from others is something I totally need right now. I’ve been neglecting spending much time in the kitchen, especially since my appetite seems to be missing today.

Moving on to the food portion for today…

Breakfast:

buckwheat bake

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What I Ate Wednesday

February 20, 2013 by

Good Morning! Hope everyone is having a beautiful day so far! Thanks for all the love filled comments on yesterdays post.

Things are going well and dandy over here, besides my stomach still having issues. I’m feeling better, but constantly feel nauseous. It’s quite literally constant so that’s no fun to deal with. Now, I dislike to fuss about how I’m feeling, so just had to get that out of my system before continuing.

Enough chit-chat let’s get the What I Ate Wednesday party started.

mint tea

Harney & Sons Organic Green Tea with Mint.

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Three Things

February 14, 2013 by

Where oh where has the week gone! It doesn’t feel like Thursday! I could’ve sworn it was just Monday, and now it’s already Thursday. I’m guessing it must have been the holiday on Monday that made things pass by rather quickly. I can’t find any other explanation.

Oh yah, I guess I should wish everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day! Don’t laugh, but I still get presents from my parents. Ha. I’m assuming they will continue to do this until I get a boyfriend…which doesn’t seem likely that it will happen anytime soon;) but I’m a-okay with this fact. No stressing for me this Valentine’s Day.

Three Things I’m Eating:

1. In celebration of Valentine’s Day, I had to add a little red coloring and chocolate to my Breakfast. It was just a must.

chocolate buckwheat

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Random Acts of Kindness

February 9, 2013 by

It’s the weekend! I’m excited for the weekend to finally be here, it’s been a busy few days and now we’re here with a three day weekend! Finally, B.C. decided to catch up with the other parts of Canada who celebrate Family Day! I’m thankful that we get Monday off.

This morning, it was nice to have the whole day to myself, appreciate the beauty in the silence over the house, get in a little workout, and take my time preparing Breakfast. Which I’m sure we all know by now what that looks like, well for the most part…

breakfast cookie

{ Breakfast cookie, made with my new obsession coconut milk. Much better. }

Performing random acts of kindness is a great way to show the world that we have the power to bring kindness to other people, and have the opportunity to make someones day a little bit brighter.

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11 Fun Facts

January 26, 2013 by

It’s finally Saturday! Hallelujah for the weekend time. I think this was possibly the longest week ever.

This week, I’m suffering with a little illness and have been complaining to anyone who will listen. I’m a real gem. Hopefully, I’ll be able to get out of the house and get together with friends…

Remember how you all asked me to post random facts about myself? Fine, no one did but it’s Saturday and I wanted to finally write this post.

I’ve been nominated a few times for this Liebster award, but I figured I’d finally get to posting it!

liebster award

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What I Ate Wednesday

January 23, 2013 by

It’s a miracle. I actually got to bed a bit before 10 last night! That may be the lamest statement I could ever make, but coming from an insomniac, I’d say that’s progress.

The fact that’s WIAW helped put a smile on my face.

Anyways, since it’s Tuesday morning it meant I had to be up early to attend spin, so the early bedtime hour was a blessing in disguise.

When the alarm went off at 4:51 (yes, I set my alarm for weird times) I kind of wanted to punch it, but figured that energy would be better spent at spin class. Plus I always feel better after getting my butt moving a little bit.

When I arrived home I was ready to eat.

Breakfast -

baked buckwheat

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Foodie Finds + Work It Out

January 17, 2013 by

Today was a lovely day, the sun was shining and no rain was in sight! I felt the love and energy all around me.

This morning, I woke up early before a day full of appointments to get in a sweet pilates session. It’s good to feel that burn again, but it made me realize how I have a love for training certain body parts, and despise working other parts of my body.

Like I literally cringe while going through some of the movements, and just beg in my head for the routine to finish.

pilates

I love working out my…

triceps, shoulders, abs, chest, glutes

I hate working out my…

quads, back, biceps, calves

Most likely, I hate working out these specific body parts because I find them the hardest and they’re probably the types of moves I should be doing more.

blogging+starbucks

It’s more mental than anything, but to make things more pleasant in the morning I make sure to have everything set up the night before.

This definitely makes things more manageable, that way I just roll out of bed, throw on some clothes, and my equipment is already been set up from the night before.

Plus, I always know that I’ll feel much better if I get my workout done first thing. It gives me positive vibes and keeps my energy up throughout the rest of the day.

buckwheat bowl 3

Post workout, I enjoyed my new love; the buckwheat bowl.

For some reason, I find the middle of the week the hardest days to wake up early.

Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s feel pretty brutal, but other days are perfectly fine. I’m super duper excited since my new order from iherb came in, I ordered a new protein powder to try out. Well two actually…

warrior blend

I ordered a pea protein powder as well as the warrior blend from sun warrior (it’s a blend of cranberry, hemp, and pea instead of their usual brown rice).

After a few weeks without brown rice, I tried reintroducing my old sun warrior protein into my diet, but it was unsuccessful. Hello, stomach issues.

I’m going to try the new protein out tomorrow morning, so I’ll let you know how that experiment goes!

almond butter

A little later, I took some shots…of almond butter that is.

For some reason, it’s so much more satisfying to freeze the nut butter ahead of time. It’s like fudge. I had an unpictured apple on the side. I’m pretty sure you all know what apples look like.

Now, I’m on the couch enjoying sipping a cup of my new favorite tea.

cinnamon and spice tea

Yes, after I loved the initial taste, I went and ordered myself a tin of it! Delicious, spicy, and slightly sweet. Plus, I’m a cinnamon addict, so it was a guaranteed win.

Between this tea, my David’s supply, and now the Teavana I have, I’m slowly turning into a tea lover.

Just earlier this year I was saying how I hated tea because it tasted like dirty water. Well no longer do I feel that way.

pretty little liars

Time to catch up on Pretty Little Liars. This is winning over the Bachelor.

What’s your favorite body part to train? 

Least favourite?

Favorite protein powder?

Have a splendid day!!

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