What I'm Lovin' This Summer

This makes my already scrumptious Coffee Frappes even more awesome...

NOW Stevia Liquid Extract French Vanilla 2 fl.oz

This makes the most amazing, creamy peanut butter frosting, and is also great added to baked goods. I don't like it as a spread, however, I'll stick with regular nut and seed butter for sandwiches.

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BETTY LOU'S Just Great Stuff - Powdered Organic Peanut Butter Protein Plus 180 grams

Live Clean's Keratin Oil shampoo and conditioner is helping to keep my hair from being a frizzy freak show...

The following shows we've been watching in re-run are making us laugh:

Brooklyn 99
Modern Family
Blackish
Schitt's Creek (we're actually still on the fence about this one, but we always give Canadian shows more of a chance)

There was an Essentrics sale a few weeks ago, so I grabbed another DVD set for myself, and one for my mom too. This program is the best for keeping me pain and injury free so I can stay fit until I'm 98! This one is a bit different from my other set (Season 9) format-wise. Each session is entirely mat, standing or bar, instead of a combination. Either way, I love having variety as I try to do it every day after my workout, or when I have 20 minutes to fit it in.

Yes, my obsession with cats has returned. Adam may be allergic, but that doesn't have to stop my from gushing over adorable kitties (and the girls love this too!)...check out The Cats of Instagram:

Its the little things, ya know? Have a happy, healthy weekend!!

On a more somber note, I have to mention the tragic death of Canadian television personality, Chris Hyndman. He was found death beneath his apartment Monday night and it sounds like it was a tragic accident. I often watched the Steven & Chris show, and have even been to see it live twice (I found the pic below on my phone from the last time).

I never actually met him, but by all accounts he was an incredibly nice, down-to-earth, and funny guy, exactly like he appears on television. My condolences to his partner Steven Sabatos and to their families, what a terrible loss!

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Japanese 7-Spice Kelp Noodles

I love trying new spices and seasonings, so I am very excited that the President's Choice Black Label line now has a bunch of new spice blends available. My most recent find: Shichimi Togarashi, or Japanese 7-Spice blend. It's a combination of crushed red chili flakes, sea salt, Szechiuan peppercorns, black and white sesame seeds, poppy seeds, orange zest, wasabi powder and nori seaweed flakes. I make Japanese-inspired dishes all the time, but resort to the same old flavours most of the time: miso, soy, sesame, ginger and garlic. I was so excited to be able to liven things up a bit. This dish is easy and tasty, although be warned that this seasoning packs punch. I used 1 tsp, which ended up being too spicy for me, and I have a high tolerance for heat! I recommend 1/4-1/2 tsp, or, if you don't like heat at all, make your own at home and omit the red chili flakes. You'll get all the flavour without the heat. I served these noodles with a mix of seafood (

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Hey there, welcome to Monday! We had a delightful, relatively quiet weekend. How was yours? Hopefully no one in your home was sick...there is a lot of nasty stuff going around these days. If you're a parent, than you have probably spent far more time that you would like to desperately searching Google and/or parenting books trying to figure out if your child's rash, cough or fever warrants a trip to the doctor or if there is something that can be done to treat it. It's hard not to worry that it could be something more ominous that just an every day infection and while you'd make yourself (and everyone around you) nuts if you panicked every time your kid has the sniffles, as a parent, you naturally want to do everything in your power to prevent your child from harm. Recently I was sent The A to Z of Children's Health , written by doctors Jeremy Friedman, Natasha Saunders, and Norman Saunders, of Toronto's very own Hospital for Sick Children . One of th

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