The Lean Green Bean

April Foodie Penpals Reveal!

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It’s the last day of the month! You know what that means….

April Foodie Penpals Reveal!!

Interested in becoming a foodie penpal? Here’s the deets:

-On theĀ 5th of the month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other [...]

Settling In

Miranda

This is my second post about moving to London, On. You can read the first one here.

Now that we’ve been in London for a few days, Bartek and I have been able to more or less settle in!

My t-shirt says: Peace, Love, & Pyrohy. So yes, those are perogies (pyrohy) with [...]

Welcome to London!

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Hello from London, Ontario (also known as 3300 km from home)!

After months of planning and preparations, Bartek and I finally made the big move! I needed to move to London for school, since I’ll be doing my Master’s of Library Information Sciences (MLIS) at UWO! This was a huge decision since the move involved [...]

Flourless Raspberry Chocolate Cake Recipe

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I’ve probably mentioned this before, but to those of you who don’t know, my sister and I both have problematic stomach issues. Unfortunately for my sis, her’s are much worse than mine. However, both of us have learned to more or less combat our issues in adulthood. We’ve learned to identify foods that hurt [...]

Mind Munchies: Book Review of the Hunger Games Trilogy

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

I’ve been doing some thinking lately and I’ve decided that I’d like to expand my blog from a focus on healthy lifestyle (as it pertains to food and fitness) to include healthy mind. After all, I’m sure that we can all agree that happiness doesn’t come from eating well and taking care [...]

Quinoa Good, Soda Bad

Quinoa Salad

Hi Everyone! I hope you’re having a great April so far! We are still covered in snow here in Alberta; it seems like every time the snow melts, we get a huge dump of the white stuff right back! My feet are beginning their protest against socks, which means that spring is on the horizon [...]

My First Attempt at Granola

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Remember yesterday when I shared my story about my granola mishap? Well I’m still not quite over it. I still feel a bit mad at myself. But I have plans to make a new and improved nut-free version as soon as I find time to go to the store! I’m thinking probably next week sometime [...]

Three Things Thursday #2

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So how is everyone doing this fine Thursday? Things are crazy here, as per usual. Moving and packing is becoming more stressful than I anticipated, but it’s nothing I can’t handle! I thought I’d check in with you all and share what I’ve been up to (OBVS aside from what I already mentioned!)

1. Today [...]