Category Archives: Lifestyle

Looking for delicious healthy meal ingredients delivered to your door? || @HelloFreshCA #partner

I’ve mentioned on my Instagram stories how convenient this food delivery service really is but honestly, it’s been a life saver this past month. We’ve been so busy with the holidays and the thought of dragging the kids to the grocery store throughout the week makes me anxious. Hello Fresh has saved the day. We like to cook and eat fresh meals… that’s why we have an ALL Frigde. That’s right folks we don’t have a freezer in our kitchen, just a fridge so we have tons of room for fresh ingredients to cook meals. With that being said, we grocery shop constantly to have fresh ingredient’s and this becomes difficult in the winter with the little ones. If you haven’t heard of Hello Fresh here’s the 411:

Hello Fresh creates amazing recipes for you! 

Every week our chefs create amazing recipes for you with photos of every step for you to cook quick, delicious, nutritious meals at home. And yes, they are easy as they say they are! Fast and more importantly healthy and balanced. We are loving the meals as a family. 

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They supply everything you need to cook that recipe. And they even start the prep work by pre-measuring and pre-cutting the ingredients for you! They then deliver everything straight to your door at no extra cost.

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Want to try it? Use my promo code Northern40 for 40% off your first box to see for yourself!  Continue reading

A Natural Beauty Gift Guide & Giveaway || @RockyMNTSoap #AD

As you saw on my IG stories this week, I went into Rocky Mountain Soap Co. to pick my product favourites to create the ultimate natural beauty gift! They have the cutest boxes in store: pick a box, give it with natural goodies, and they wrap it up! Simply as that. As you know. this year I’ve he’d the pleasure of being a Rocky Mountain Soap Co. Ambassador. Naturally I’ve tried a lot of their products, so I thought I’d share with you my favourites for this holiday season.

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Lip Butter || Bubble Bath || Foot File || Bath Bomb || Heat Rub

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I love their limited edition Vanilla Candy Cane box that I’m giving one away on my IG! Head over to this photo to enter and for more details.  Continue reading

Our Livingroom || Festive Touches with @TheBrick #AD #homedecor #mybrickhome

I love this time of year! But I’ll be the first to admit, it can feel overwhelming with the excessive amount of “things” I feel I may need. So this year, I took a far more minimal approach to our holiday decor and let me be the first to say I’m loving it. When you have great furniture to begin with, I don’t feel the need to get put up an excessive amount of decorations to get that festive feel. I love how comfortable and cozy our living room is with ample seating with two Designed2B Dez 3-Piece Sectionals from The Brick. Soft, cozy and inviting. It’s the perfect spot to relax and unwind. We added pre-lite garland to my favourite Black Arch lamps with Gold Shades to get a holiday feel. Added a few ornaments, greenery and signage throughout the room to add just enough festive flair. How are you decorating this year?

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 Sectional || Rug || Cabinet || TV Stand 

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Holiday Dining || Simple Decor Ideas with @Thebrick #AD

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Lastly, I added a sparse garland to the picture and some geo shaped decorations to the light fixture. It only took me a few minutes to get so much visual impact with just a handful of seasonal decorations.

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#PCOrganicsBaby Nutritious organic ingredients that taste great too? My Secret to a Success Self-feeder #AD @Preschoice #PCO

B32785D9-7684-4746-853E-24B7EAB7E305Since Alastair was born over 4 years ago, I’ve trusted in President’s Choice Organic baby food options. It was a lifesaver for us at the time. I was overwhelmed by the usual daily mom tasks: cooking, cleaning, taking care of a new baby, nap schedules… the list goes on. Purchasing this product line at the time completely freed us up as parents to get the quality time I wanted to spend with him without the crazy food preparing hustle. And it still included nutritious organic ingredients which was so important to us as a family. Their product line is completely mobile, so I could throw a few options in his baby bag and get out of the house with no fear of looming meal times.FFF7AE39-4409-40B3-BDA3-0CDAFAD93EC1

Fast forward, 3.5 years and we are still using PC Organics for Alastair and now his little sister Harper. She’s entered the age of self feeding, thus far she has been loving the mini rice cakes, fruit and oats bars and of course the original puréed pouches. Their new product line fits our busy on the go lifestyle and helps me get nutritious ingredients into them throughout the day. From park dates to coffee shop meetings, both my little guys love these products and help me keep them nourished, healthy and happy.

Here are some of our favourite organic foods perfect for little hands:

Rice Cakes 

Multigrain O’s

Fruit & Oat bars in Blueberry Apple 

Have you tried the PC Organic Baby line with your self-feeder yet?

Disclosure: I have partner with YMC and PC Organics Baby and have received compensation. But my thoughts and opinions remain my own.