This post is sponsored by Bob’s Red Mill. Ah, summer… It’s *this* close – just a few more sleeps before school is out for the year. But with that, as a teacher, comes possibly the busiest four weeks of the school year. Report cards, culminating projects, marking… it feels like it’s never going to end […]

Chocolate raspberry smoothie
Welcome to the first in a series of five posts where I’ll be putting a spin on some of Jamie Oliver’s healthy breakfast recipes, along with a group of Food Revolution Ambassadors around the world. This month, we were tasked with switching up Jamie’s Mini Super Fruit Breakfast Wrap, a multigrain wrap with a yoghurt-cocoa […]

Top tips for awesome smoothies!
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you might already know how much I love KitchenAid Torrent Blender. For years I’ve wanted a juicer for vegetables and harder fruits but couldn’t justify the extra cupboard space but the Torrent does such a great job with hard produce that I don’t need two machines. […]

Kale, spinach, pear, banana and celery green smoothie
Ah… summer – it’s finally here. And with that, a different way of eating – lighter meals, more fruits and vegetables. Though I’ve been pretty good about incorporating fruits and veggies into my diet over the colder months, thanks to the KitchenAid Torrent Blender, I’m excited for the warmer months when there’s more variety to […]

Review: KitchenAid Torrent Blender
I’ve been using my KitchenAid Torrent Blender for a few weeks now and can safely say it’s become a part of my daily routine. One of the reasons I really wanted to try it out was because I was interested in seeing how well it did with “juicing” – well, blending hard fruits and vegetables […]

What’s cooking? Chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie
This month’s Kraft Canada #whatscooking assignment was to check out some back to school recipes which, reluctantly I will admit, it’s time to do. I’m doing some training courses this week and next week we are back at school for professional development week and then classes resume after Labour Day. Yikes! Where did the summer […]
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