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Sen­sa­tional Sum­mer Coleslaw

Hi everyone,

Hope you’re all enjoy­ing this won­der­ful weather! I love the sum­mer, espe­cially when it includes loads of casual out­door bbq’s. Who doesn’t enjoy kick­ing back and dig­ging into some­thing won­der­fully deli­cious, hot off the grill? My favourite is prob­a­bly a per­fectly cooked salmon filet although I do love chicken cooked a mil­lion dif­fer­ent ways too! And who can resist grilled veg­gies??? I throw just about every kind of veg­etable on the grill and use the left­overs in my sal­ads through­out the week. Some of my faves include, vidalia onions, egg­plant, zuc­chini and pep­pers. All they need is a gen­er­ous splash of a good qual­ity bal­samic vine­gar before serv­ing, and they’re ready to go. So yummy.

The other night, I made a really tasty coleslaw that I thought you might like to try. It’s sim­ple, healthy and really good. The per­fect addi­tion to any out­door meal. Enjoy!

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Grilled Asian Salmon with Mango Straw­berry Salsa

Hi everyone,

Hope you’re enjoy­ing your sum­mer and this nice, hot weather! Let’s hope it doesn’t rain AGAIN!

Just thought I’d share a yummy recipe with you that I made the other night. It’s dead sim­ple, healthy and of course, delicious!

Try it and let me know what you think.

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Aspara­gus has sprung!

Happy Queen Vic­to­ria Day every­one! Hope you’re all enjoy­ing this beau­ti­ful weekend!

I wish I could say that I was able to get out and run and bike but unfor­tu­nately, I’m still nurs­ing this pesky injury and thought it best to take the entire sec­ond week off just to be on the safe side. My chiro, who I pray to daily, sug­gested that I let it heal before I go back to my usual train­ing sched­ule. So, that being said, I was resigned to the hot, stinky gym and the lovely step­mill. I actu­ally enjoy that machine and find it nice and chal­leng­ing but on a beau­ti­ful sunny morn­ing, who really wants be work­ing out indoors?

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Muf­fin in a Mug!

Hi everyone,

Happy belated Mother’s Day! Hope all you moms enjoyed lots of pam­per­ing and love all day long. I spent a relax­ing day at home with my kids which was a real treat, since they’re both teenagers and are always run­ning some­where or mak­ing plans to go out. Yes­ter­day though, I had them all to myself which was really nice. The hockey game was the icing on the cake; my son was over­joyed as I’m sure most 14 year old boys were, last night.

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Grilled Chipo­tle Chicken

Hi everyone,

Sorry it’s taken me awhile to blog but I guess you could say I’ve still been in vaca­tion mode since return­ing from sunny California.

What a won­der­ful hol­i­day! If you’ve never been to Sonoma and Napa and enjoyed the incred­i­ble food and wine out there, then you absolutely must. We also enjoyed some great cycling out there, specif­i­cally in the Russ­ian River Val­ley area, where there are some lovely rolling hills and mag­nif­i­cent land­scapes. It took me a few days to get back to East Coast time (I hate jet lag!) but was it ever worth it. Can’t wait to return!

Last night, I made a yummy Mexican-​inspired meal (a nod to Cal­i­for­nia) and thought I’d share it with all of you. I love the flavours of fresh lime and cilantro.…

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Pizza Any­one?

Hi everyone,

How’s every­one enjoy­ing this crazy weather? Do you think maybe one of these days it will feel like spring? I don’t know about you but I’ve had just about enough. So glad that come Sat­ur­day, my hubby and I will be on a plane bound for sunny Cal­i­for­nia. We’re head­ing out to one of our favourite cities in the world — San Fran­cisco, as well as the glo­ri­ous wine coun­try of Napa and Sonoma. We’re going to be doing some cycling there while sam­pling deli­cious wines and farm-​fresh foods. I’m also plan­ning on going for some nice long runs there which I’m cer­tain will be heav­enly. Not sure I’ll want to come back, espe­cially if the weather doesn’t get any better!

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