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20 Meat & Seafood Recipes for Dinner Inspiration

10 November, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 40 Comments

A round up of 20 Healthy Meat & Seafood Recipes for more varied dinners via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Hey Friends! How’s it goin? Sundays are usually cook days in the ExSloth Kitchen since that’s the only day I have for uninterrupted kitchen time. Apart from testing recipes for the blog, I use that time in the kitchen to batch cook a couple things for the week. Most weeks it’s shredded chicken breast and roasted

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Filed Under: Mains, Apps & Sides, Recipe Roundups, Recipes

5 Habits of Caribbean People that help them Relieve Stress

7 November, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 39 Comments

5 Habits of Caribbean People that make it easier to reduce stress via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Hey Friends! How’s it goin? As busy and stressed as I was this week, I managed to take some time to book my ticket home and I immediately started dreaming about all the stress-free days to come while I’m in Trinidad. I’m generally a lot less stressed when I go back home, and I always put

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Filed Under: Healthy Living, Healthy Living Tips

Spiced Apple & Pear Brown Rice Pudding

5 November, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 28 Comments

This Spiced Apple & Pear Brown Rice Pudding is vegan, gluten free, and free of refined sugars and is perfect for warming up on cold fall days @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Hey Friends! How’s it goin? I learned a new word this week: spuntino, which means snack in Italian. We all know I’m a literary nerd, so to celebrate my new knowledge, I made this Spiced Apple & Pear Brown Rice Pudding. If you’re wondering why I’m randomly learning new words in Italian, it’s cuz one of

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Filed Under: Desserts, Recipes

25 Deliciously Healthy Breakfasts to Enjoy this Fall

3 November, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 28 Comments

25 Deliciously Healthy Fall Breakfast Recipes via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Hey Friends! How’s it goin? This weekend was a little insane for me, filled with lots of food shopping, lots of cooking, lots of baking and of course, lots of eating. By Sunday morning, I was stuffed to the gills and regretting some of my food decisions. It wasn’t that I had gone out and

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Recipe Roundups, Recipes

Rolled Oats vs. Bread Crumbs: A Food Fight

31 October, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 58 Comments

Bread crumbs add lots of unnecessary sodium to your diet. Rolled oats are a healthy substitute that drastically cuts down sodium and still tastes great!

Hey Friends! How’s it goin? While I was grinding up some rolled oats last night, I started thinking about all the healthy substitutions I make in my cooking and baking. Substituting rolled oats for bread crumbs was one of the first changes I ever made and I still get questions about it all the time. So, in honour

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Maple Coconut Vegan Butternut Squash Bread

29 October, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 46 Comments

Vegan Maple Coconut Butternut Squash Bread (refined sugar free and made with spelt flour) via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Got left over butternut squash but have no idea what to do with it? Try this easy maple coconut vegan butternut squash bread. As someone born and bred in Trinidad, where there are really only two seasons – rainy and dry, I missed out on the joys of fall for most of my life. We have no need

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Filed Under: Breads & Muffins, Breakfast, Recipes

Save money by buying these 5 foods in bulk

24 October, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 26 Comments

5 Foods to Always buy in Bulk via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Update: Here are 5 more foods you should buy in bulk Hey Friends! How’s it goin? A couple weeks ago, I was working on my budget and made a not so startling discovery: Recipe testing isn’t exactly cheap – I’ve had 3 failed recipes and counting this week alone – and I’m not exactly rolling

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Filed Under: Healthy Eating Tips, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Tips

Mexican Butternut Squash Tomato Soup

22 October, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 25 Comments

Mexican Butternut Squash Tomato Soup via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Hey Friends! How’s it goin? You’d never guess what happened to me on Monday: I finally got a little fed up of pumpkin! Totally blasphemous I know, but after axing my 3rd attempt at trying to create a new pumpkin/chocolate muffin, I decided to take a break from all things pumpkin. Cue Mexican Butternut Squash

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Filed Under: Mains, Apps & Sides, Recipes

Christmas displays, Swearing and Being Yourself

20 October, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 27 Comments

Hey Friends! How’s it goin? This weekend was a blast because of the Blog Well Summit. I’ve always wanted to go to a blog conference and even though this one was online, it was absolutely amazing. It’s been so crazy though, that the one thing I don’t have is cohesive thoughts for a post today. But,

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Filed Under: Favourite Things, Healthy Living

Pumpkin Pancake Loaf

15 October, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 29 Comments

Pumpkin Pancake Loaf via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Hey Friends! How’s it goin? I’ve been so busy with midterms this week I haven’t had a chance to test any new recipes for ya. But, as I mentioned last week, updating old posts is a great way to produce a good post when you’re fighting writer’s block, or in my case, pressed for time. So today

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Filed Under: Breads & Muffins, Breakfast, Recipes

5 Tips for Preparing for a Virtual Blog Conference

13 October, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 12 Comments

5 Tips for Prepping for a Virtual Blog Conference via @ExSloth | ExSloth.com

Hey Friends! How’s it goin? Happy Thanksgiving to the Canadians out there! Today I want to talk about getting ready for a Virtual Blog Conference, specifically the Blog Well Summit. As I shared a couple weeks ago in my post about free ways to grow your blog, the Blog Well Summit is a free Virtual Blog

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Frustrated Blogger: 5 Tips for Overcoming Writer’s Block

10 October, 2014 by Giselle Rochford 52 Comments

Hey Friends! How’s it goin? Recently I’ve been having a little trouble putting pen to paper fingers to keyboard when writing my posts. I love blogging and I honestly feel like it’s what I’m meant to be doing right now. But sometimes, like with all other things in life, I have off days. Sometimes, I feel like I

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