Summer has seemed to whiz by hasn’t it! One of my traditions is to head back to the Okanagan to get my fill of wine, fruit and sun. This time the weather was hot and smoky due to all those darn forest fires burning. But we still managed to get some early morning hikes in…
Just recently I was motivated to get back in the kitchen and test drive some recipes. I love cookbooks and often am drawn to buying them with the bad habit of never opening it again once it arrives home. A trip a few years back to Island Lake Lodge for a friends wedding had me…
A trip to Europe this summer was not conceivable to me let alone a last minute trip to Switzerland at the beginning of July. But as luck would have it, my brother invited me over to join him on a quick tour in-between work trips. Although we had a short window of time we packed…
Fish & Chips is one of those heavy meals that I always avoid ordering when out or making at home. I generally have a policy that the only thing I’ll deep fry is ice cream (which reminds me, I should share that recipe)… But since we’ve been trying to incorporate more fish into our weekly…
I’ve admitted before I have tendency to be a weekend warrior. With long hours at a desk during the week, I have been having a hard time finding a proper schedule to fit in routine fitness. This has become a vicious circle because once at home, after dinner has been made and all other chores…
Coconut Oil has so many benefits for skincare. One of my favourite DIY scrubs is a tightening and toning coffee coconut scrub. Combining the benefits of caffeine from coffee, moisturizing coconut oil with additional exfoliation from coconut palm sugar creates a firming and smoothing body scrub. Adding cinnamon helps clear skin of bacteria and can smooth out fine…
