Eat and Learn Flemish – Pannenkoeken
I'm studying Flemish again. I'll admit that I have struggled to stay focused on my goal to learn and speak Flemish over the past two years. I'm happy to report that today marks my fourth week of dedicating 90 minutes/week to my studies. Billy also suggested that on Mondays we will only speak Flemish in the house. So tonight ...
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Iron Skillet Cornbread with Goat Milk Feta
I'm a baker. My partner doesn't like cake, cookies, or even pie most times. Lately, my baking has been limited to bread and bagels. On a whim, I decided to make cornbread to pair with his homemade lobster bisque earlier this week. Imagine my surprise seeing him gobble up cornbread like it was ... cheese. He's a cheesemonger ...
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Healthy Living Myths Busted by Timothy Caulfield
The Cure for Everything by Timothy Caulfield is written for those who are tired of the weight loss and fitness mumbo jumbo that floats around the internet and who are eager to know the science behind healthy. As a woman who grew up in image overload years of the 1990s and '00s, I have experienced the body pressure that is ...
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Homemade Raspberry-Blueberry Jam
There is a perk/downside to having a blog and that is the ability of viewing and analyzing my website statistics. When I first started my blog, I was completely obsessed. Then, I gave up looking at them because it was time consuming and drove me mad. It was like participating in a popularity contest that I could never win. ...
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Valuable Work Lessons from an Astronaut
I don't like audiobooks. Here's why. The first audiobook I ever borrowed from the library was Bossypants by Tina Fey. I was pumped to hear Tina narrate her own book because I loved her in 30 Rock. However, I had to throw in the towel when she started talking about her first menstruation by chapter three (why do so many ...
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Hiking Trip: Ha Ling Peak and Raven’s End in Canmore
Canmore is a wonderland of outdoor adventure. It has a perfect balance of characteristics to create a relaxing and rejuvenating weekend trip. What are these qualities? Well, let me give you the 4-1-1 (Ya, it's still the 1990's for my casual-slang language): A wide variety of outdoor activities: hiking trails, mountain ...
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Hitchhiking Women: Courageous or Crazyness?
I just returned from a week in the Rocky Mountains and I noticed there were quite a few hitch hikers. The majority were men but there was one woman, outside of Jasper, Alberta, with two large suitcases, looking put together, clean, and glamourous with oversized, round, Lady Gaga-esque sunglasses. There is no doubt in my mind ...
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