Continuing with my recap of last weekend, I spent Canada Day (July 1st) and the next day on a boat in the 1000 Islands. My friend Sheona's parent's have a boat (her dad built it 20 years ago) and we arrived in the morning and spent the day swimming, eating and relaxing.
That evening, there was a firework show across the river which we watched while roasting marshmellows. We slept on the boat and went cruising the next day and got to see all the million-dollar mansions along the water (I'll share those photos later).
This was my first overnight boat adventure and I'd love to share some photos with you:
Outfit deets: F21 top, Lisa Curran bikini top, Star shorts (via TJ Maxx) & Promise sandals 
Outfit deets: American Apparel Le Sac dress (won this), Gap bikini, Walmart (g21)
sunnies & Rampage hat (via TJ Maxx in Florida)
...more (camera) photos to come.
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Last Friday my girl friends and I took the day off work (rendering us with an extra long weekend) and my bff hosted us at her place with her amazing pool. The weather was perfect (about 35 degrees C) and we spent the day lounging and swimming, gossiping and enjoying each others' company.
We decided to make it a potluck brunch to ensure we were fed, hydrated and happy. I brought that breakfast pizza I'm getting so good at making (and used tomato sauce on it this time; it's good!) and there was a ton of fruit, salads, dips and more. ...And of course several cold-cooler-spritzer-liquid beverage varieties.
I would love to share some photos with you:
Fun story: one of the girls uploaded the first photo of all of us to Facebook and we ended up getting a radio shout-out on the air! They even named us all, wishing us a great day. Cute!
My girl friend and I like to get together for attempted bi-weekly meals. We live close to each other so it's great for impromptu dinners or a planned one like last night.
We decided to have fajitas and split up the ingredients to pre-shop. I was in charge of some toppings (I made guacamole for the first time and it turned out amazing!) and the drinks. We sat on the patio, drank, ate and talked. She read my tarot cards and I made some distressed denim shorts for her out of her old jeans. Then we decided to take her adorable pup for a walk and ended up getting into some crazy shee-nans at the park (check out that video below). Aren't summer evenings the best?
Happy weekend!
Outfit deets: A.Co Designs top, Vanilla Star shorts & Promise gladiator sandals
Sometimes I get a craving for something sweet, even though I'm not hungry.
Okay, who am I kidding? I frequently get sweet cravings.
Tonight was no different but I knew if I tore open the bag of mini-eggs I have stashed in my purse, imense guilt would set in immediately after especially since I induldged enough this weekend. So, the alternative? A make-shift 'healthy' apple crisp.
It's has fruit, that's healthy, right?
It's simple. Go!
You will need:
* 1 apple
* 1 tsp. butter
* 1 heaping spoon of whole wheat flour
* cinnamon
* vanilla frozen yoghurt (optional and personally, I like the option)
With a fork, mix your melted butter and flour together until it forms a pebble-like consistency. Peel the apple (remove the skin) and slice into flat-ish pieces into a bowl. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Sprinkle with flour/butter mixture. Add more apple pieces, repeat & microwave for about four minutes (or until it looks cooked). Enjoy.
I never had nor heard of onion bahjis until someone introduced us in the fall.
They are a traditional Indian....meatball? If I can get a lil' Italian on you.
They are made up of onion, cilantro, curry and other delicious stuff and were quite simple to make. As fate would have it, we got to use a deep fryer (versus using a pan with oil) to cook them which is how they are authentically done and they were to. die. for. Seriously delish.
Pssst, I used whole wheat flour.
1. Rolled oats with dried cranberries, milk & ground flax seed
2. 'Healthy' Grilled Cheese (made in the oven on 12-grain bread, no butter and real marble cheese)
3. Honey-garlic grilled chicken, kidney bean salad with feta & boiled cauliflower
1. Scrambled egg (whites) with broccoli, onion & cheese
2. Baked salmon, quinoa & broccoli/carrots
3. Chicken Kiev (from a box!) and a spring mix salad
4. Grilled chicken, quinoa topped with black beans & a spring mix salad
1. Mini Eggs &vanilla frozen yoghurt
2. Yoghurt, Kashi GoLean Crunch & raspberries
3. Cottage cheese with mixed frozen berries
4. Vanilla yoghurt with crushed Crispy Crunch chocolate bar on top
1. Avocado
2. Grilled chicken, black bean salad with feta & mashed sweet potato
3. Raw almonds
4. Home made felafel
1. 12-grain bagel with low-fat peanut butter (Kraft is my fave) & ground flax sprinkled on top
2. Breakfast at the Hilton (buffet): Scrambled eggs, bacon, home fries, grilled veggies & milk (my fave!)
3. Easy microwave egg-white omelet with a peppermint tea (frequently my daily Monday-Friday breakfast)
4. 12-grain bagel with peanut butter and a steeped tea (two milk, one sugar)
1. Fried egg 12-grain bagel sandwich with grape tomatoes, marble cheese & spinach
2. Low-fat cottage cheese with cinnamon
3. Tuna melts with avocado on top
1. Spring mix salad with grape tomatoes, feta and whatever else I threw in there
2. Carrots & hummus
1. 'Healthy Fish & Chips': baked salmon with garlic & cilantro with home made sweet potato baked fries
2. Bacon, eggs & grilled potatoes
3. Tuna, mayo & cubed cheese (what!? I didn't feel like cooking)
4. Meatloaf & baby carrots
1. Purchased roast beef salad with tomato, hard boiled egg, mayo & lettuce
2. Breakfast wrap from the caf at my work (eggs, bacon, a hashbrown, lettuce & tomato in a whole wheat wrap. Oh. Ya.)
3. Spring mix salad with dried cranberries, unsalted sunflower seats, feta cheese, grape tomatoes and ground flax (no dressing)
4. 'Gourmet' hot dogs (wrapped in a flax seed pita with mustard, swiss cheese & then I added spinach) with veggies 'n dip
I whipped up some Chicken Parmigiana tonight on a whim...
I've never made the real deal before.
And by real deal, I mean coating it in an egg & bread crumb mixture, frying it in oil, and then baking it to perfection.
I always take the half-assed route: put chicken in baking dish, pour tomato sauce over, sprinkle grated cheese & bake.
BOR-ing.
This time was gourmet though.
I coated and fried that chicken up 'till it was nice and golden and fatty, and then I baked. Big hit. Biiig hit.
And of course to keep things healthy, I threw in some broccoli on the side (and whole wheat pasta).
It seems lately (or at least when I'm uninspired) my favourite question to my friends is, 'What are you having for dinner?' aka what am I having for dinner.
See how clever that is?
Anywho. A friend suggested meatloaf tonight and sent me the recipe.
I like easy, healthy stuff, and this fit the bill.
I made it and devoured it at 10pm... because I got home late, then had to make it, then it took an hour to cook... then I ate it. And I have a (hot) lunch for tomorrow. Woo.
Meatloaf:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F
* 1 chopped onion
* 4 minced garlic cloves
* 1 pack of lean ground beef
* 1 cup of bread crumbs
* 1/2 cup of milk
* 1/2 cup of tomato sauce
* 1 egg
* 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Mix everything together with your hands. Line a loaf pan with tinfoil and 'fill' with your meatloaf mixture. Bake for an hour. Let cool 15 minutes before cutting.
I topped mine with a ketchup based sauce (1/3 cup ketchup, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp dried mustard).
You know when you're eating something really, really yummy and (as I like to say) you don't want it to be over? That's how I felt while eating this delicious bean salad. A friend sparked the idea, I came up with the recipe.
It's easy. And healthy. And filling. And delicious.
Don't like beans?
You could use quinoa.
Hate tomatoes?
Avocados can be your friend.
Not a fan of feta?
Look, I'm not going to hold your hand.
See what I just did there? I gave you options. And that's what eating is all about.
It's easy. And healthy. And filling. And delicious.
Don't like beans?
You could use quinoa.
Hate tomatoes?
Avocados can be your friend.
Not a fan of feta?
Look, I'm not going to hold your hand.
See what I just did there? I gave you options. And that's what eating is all about.
Black Bean Salad
* 1 can of black beans
* 1/2 onion chopped
* 1/2 pint grape tomatoes
* Crumbled feta (as much as you like)
* Splash of lime juice
* Pepper to taste
Just finished making and eating this. It was a total improv of a meal and it turned out quite good. I was looking for something healthy, filling and tasty after my sweat session at the gym tonight and this did the trick. Here's how it goes:
You need:
* Turkey breast (sliced into strips)
* Broccoli, red pepper & onion (or whatever veggies you like)
* Curry paste
* Plain Yoghurt
* Quinoa
Saute your onions in a little olive oil, while cooking your turkey in a separate pan. Add the other veggies to your onions. Once turkey is cooked, add that to the mix. Prepare the quinoa. Mix up two big spoonfuls of curry paste with three big spoonfuls (or more) of the yoghurt. Poor over turkey/veg mix. Simmer. Poor over quinoa & enjoy.
I'm rushing around today in preparation for tonight's girls Christmas party at a friend's house. We are having a potluck and a Chinese Gift Exchange and I'm suppose to be there around 6pm. So far I've done six loads of laundry and drank the shake above and still no idea what I'm bringing for food, nor what I'm wearing. Ack.
Since coming across the shake recipe last week, I've made it at least three times. This time I substituted Nutella (since I'm clearly obsessed) instead of honey, turning this into a peanut butter Nutella oatmeal milkshake (what a mouthful). Whaaat. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Have a great Saturday night!
Yes.
Those are soda crackers.
With Nutella.
So?
Desperate times* call for desperate measures.
* Desperate times sure taste delicious. And I might have to be desperate more often as I think I've found a new favourite (slightly ghetto) snack.
I ate this tonight. Pulled Chicken Salad. A off-the-top-of-my-head recipe from an old friend that never fails. It's clean, healthy, filling and delicious (and quick, easy-peasy).
I was leaving Zumba tonight and hit up the grocery store as I needed two things: (i) groceries, and (ii) dinner. After picking up various produce and planning my meal for tomorrow night (I'm making a Greek chicken crock pot dish I've never attempted before) I started to feel hungry. I hit up the magazine/cookbook aisle for inspiration and I didn't even need to open a book! I saw a magazine entitled, 'Clean Eating' and my mind jumped to this salad and back to the produce aisle I went. Within 15 minutes of arriving home I was chowing down.
Ingredients:
* Whole BBQ chicken
* Spinach
* Veggies you like (I like: grape tomatoes, avocados)
* Canned mandarin oranges
* Optional: dried cranberries
Make it:
Pull all the chicken off your BBQ chicken and put in a bowl off to the side. Put heaping handful of spinach on plate. Chop veggies & add to the mix. Throw in whatever else you want (walnuts are awesome. As are hard boiled eggs). Toss some chicken on top. Enjoy.
Told ya it was easy.
Sometimes I make my own dressing (not tonight, thanks Kraft) and to do so I squeeze a lime (you could use lemon), chop a couple cloves of garlic, and pour in some olive oil. Shake it up and pour over your salad.
Have you ever had a red pear before? I hadn't until my sister gave me hers and it was delicious. I'm not sure how I'll go back to green/yellow. Unlike other pears, this kind is less grainy and smoother with a sweet taste. Yum.
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