We rounded up some recipes and highly recommend you get making some deliciousness this Canada Day, or sooner! Celebrate Canada Day with an outdoor summer picnic that includes classic outdoor eats. An added avocado twist to these picnic perfect dishes is sure to delight your guests without compromising the waistline after a food-filled day of…
Category: Health & Beauty
Avocado Face Mask For Glowing Skin
Your friends will be green with envy, but you’ll have washed away the green with this incredibly nourishing Avocados From Mexico face mask. Avocados aren’t just for eating, although it’s hard to resist not noshing on this mask instead of applying it. This fruit is moisturizing and contain Vitamin C, which brightens your skin. We’ve added…
Joannie Rochette’s Cilantro Avocado Dressing
It turns out that when I met with six-time Canadian Champion and World Silver Medalist Joannie Rochette that one of her favourite recipes includes Avocados from Mexico. She’s currently an ambassador for Almond Breeze, so she suggests using their almond milk in the recipe, and why not! Here’s her salad dressing, why not whip some up…
Health Tips with Joannie Rochette
We met with six-time Canadian Champion and World Silver Medalist Joannie Rochette as she was visiting Vancouver this week for Stars on Ice. With a schedule of intense training and travel, Rochette knows more than a thing of two about good eating and meal planning and shared some tips and recipes with us. What’s for breakfast…
Selfology Spa Salon Medi-Spa Package
Selfology Spa is a modern spa and salon at Granville and 16th in Vancouver who’s primary goal is to nurture you towards better health. Their treatments range from skin care to massage and makeup, as well as hair cuts and styling. This is my second very excellent visit to this spot! There is an awesome SocialShopper deal on now too!…
Avocado Salad Dressing
This easy recipe is perfect for using up your ripe avocados. Best served fresh. I also like to cut out some of the water and use as a dip for carrots, pita bread, etc. Great with noodle salads too! 2 large, ripe avocados, peeled pitted and diced 1 large garlic clove, minced Handful of fresh…
London Drugs Make-Up Counter Finds
One needn’t spend a fortune on makeup. A quick trip to London Drugs Make Up Counter proves that makeup can be put on, and taken off, at an super reasonable price, all without compromising quality. Check out our latest beauty finds. I blend the Marcelle CC Cream in with my foundation as it’s full of nourishing…
Fitness Friday – Jawbone Fitness Tracker UP24
If you are a bit of a tech geek like me, you’ll get addicted to the Jawbone Fitness and Sleep Tracker. This attractive looking wristband tracks not only exercise, but calories burned, and hours slept and can even track your food intake should you care to enter it, which I actually don’t. It also has a…
Chocolate Avocado Peanut Butter Banana Pudding – They’re Not Just For Guac
Our avocado adventures in the kitchen continue and we’ve discovered that they are also AWESOME as a substitute for some of the less healthy fats when crafting tasty chilled desserts. When you use Avocados from Mexico you will increase the nutritional value of your sweet treat by contributing nearly 20 vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients (plant compounds that promote good…
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Avocado and Tilapia Fish Tacos
Today we are celebrating Cinco de Mayo here with perhaps a margarita or two, some fish tacos and of course Avocados from Mexico are in the mix. They are on sale at IGA at the moment for 99 cents as a bonus, and you’ll find this Ocean Wise Tilapia we use there too! While many think…
Grand Opening Dailey Cycle Kitsilano
GLV is helping spread the word about the free classes on Grand Opening Day April 11! Take a studio tour and try a complimentary new Dailey Cycle class. I’m book for 2:30 pm so see you there! Dailey Method Vancouver owners Jey and Karen Wyder warmly invite you to the Grand Opening of their second Vancouver…
ClassPass Debuts in Vancouver
Fitness phenomenon allows Vancouverites to enjoy unlimited access to top-notch boutique studios throughout Vancouver for 99 CAD per month! We’re giving it a try this month and will report back on the best classes in the city. ClassPass, a monthly subscription to Vancouver’s most coveted boutique fitness studios, has expanded into Vancouver, granting users unparalleled…
Aging Gracefully
Now that I’m in my 40’s, I have other issues than when I was I was oh so fresh and young. My skin was pretty good to me growing up, however, now if I stare too long in the mirror, I notice the skin on my face is a little, or perhaps, a lot less tight….
Spring Into Spring and Nail Your Nails
This spring the CND™ Garden Muse Collection has arrived colours reminiscent of floral spring gardens. I dropped my usually very nude nails and went a little bolder with some sparkly pink. I even got some fish net-like stamps done. I’m not usually a fancy pants nail person, but it’s been fun living on the wild side these past…
Aveda Spruce Up
Once in a while Aveda offers a promo and I jumped quickly on the complimentary Aveda Facial ($40 value) and stress fix ritual of renewal, makeup touch up, and a customized skincare consultation they offered last month. They’re always available for a consultation and if you haven’t met Spencer, at the South Granville location, I highly…
Selfology Spa Salon
SocialShopper Selfology Spa Deal here. Should you not be feeling quite yourself, it may be time to treat yourself to Selfology, a spa and salon at Granville and 16th in Vancouver. Peter Tu and Jessica Yu, the owners of this unique spot take self-care a step further and believe and practice with healing first in mind. By visiting…
Fitness Fridays Get Down(ward) to Semperviva
When there is any mention of yoga in Vancouver, Lululemon Yoga Clothes might come first to mind, but it would be quickly followed with Semperviva. Semperviva is an amazing place to practice all kids of yoga; I started the year with an excellent workshop “Detox Now – A Kundalini Yoga Workshop with Gloria Latham” and danced,…
Fitness Fridays – Putting a Spin On It
It’s time for another Fitness Friday, a little overdue, as though I haven’t missed a SINGLE DAY of exercise this year, I’ve been a bit of a procrastinator on the writing side of things. This week I’m going to tell you a little about spinning classes at Spin Society. Yes, I’ve been spinning around physically,…
Fitness Fridays Long Walks and Blue Sky
Not sure how you did with your fitness goals over the holidays, but I am going to give myself a C+ in the category. I ended up pulling a muscle in my back, and got a throat infection, but I still got out for long walks almost everyday. Now that I am not hacking up…
Fitness Fridays Steve Nash Fitness And Diane’s Lingerie
Yes, you did read that headline correctly. We will be doing Fitness Fridays and Steve Nash Fitness World AND Diane’s Lingerie are an important part of this first post. Each week I’ll be featuring something fun that will help me, and therefore possibly you, achieve my/your fitness goals. The first week I had to get myself…
