celebrity series #18: Kylie vs Madonna

A fabulous request made my one of the members at Iron North: Kylie Minogue versus Madonna. This request was made mostly for the music. I knew that Madonna's workout would be pretty legit, but I wasn't sure what Kylie's workout would be like. It turns out that she doesn't workout much. While she occasionally will …

celebrity series #17: The Backstreet Boys

I was always on Team Spice growing up (because boys are gross!!) so I can't even name all of the Backstreet Boys (Aaron Carter? Nick Carter? Lance Bass?). Back in the 90s, it was always Spice Girls versus the Backstreet Boys. But, at the time, there was no concrete way (that our child-minds could figure …

MOVE-ember (for a cause)

You may remember the name. You may have been in the group (it still exists on Facebook). Seven years ago, you may have been one of the 30-some people that committed to Move-ember. Move-ember is a campaign during the month of November to encourage people to be a little more active as the weather gets …

a recipe: basic bitch gets a veggie box and uses radish leaves in her pesto (aka, trailer trash pesto — it’s vegan)

Ingredients: - stuff for the pesto (see below -- it's everything that goes in the blender) - regular sized bag of pasta (I use penne, but choose your fave) - sausage (however many you want, I cooked four) - medium onion, chopped - parmesan *Note, you could just plop the pesto into the drained pasta …

basic bitch gets a veggie box: #7 & 8

#7 green beans: I've been wanting to make a Cracker Barrel-style (have you been? It's the BEST RESTAURANT in the United States and I am desperately waiting for the border to open back up so I can go again) meal forever so when I saw the green beans, I knew exactly what to do. I steamed …

celebrity series #16: The Spice Girls

You know them, you dressed up as them. You sang the songs. They impacted your life.  They were cool then, they are cool now: The Spice Girls. Playlist: My fave songs (my fave fast-paced ones), and some ~~~lit~~~ remixes Equipment needed: a box/crate/sturdy chair, a hand towel or weights Time: 30ish minutes ROUND 1 — …

basic bitch get a veggie box: #5+6

Because I was at a cottage for almost a week, I ended up with box 5 and 6 sitting in my basement (it's cool down there so I feel like that's the best place for it?). Luckily, another bonus of a veggie box is that the produce is so fresh and lasts so much longer …

basic bitch gets a veggies box: #4

Number four. I had to Google two of the items in this veggie box. I was able to determine that the radish-looking thing with stems coming out of the bulb was a kohlrabi (and part of the cabbage family, #themoreyouknow), but the weird green-bean-but-smooth looking things -- I had to ask Farmer Dave about: garlic scapes. …

celebrity series #15: Justin Trudeau

It only seemed appropriate to emulate our Prime Minister's workout the week of Canada Day. Naturally, I couldn't find his actual workout online (it would somehow seem inappropriate if his workout were detailed online), but the evidence of his physical fitness is everywhere. Top finds were: Justin Trudeau running Justin Trudeau surfing Justin Trudeau peacock …

basic bitch gets a veggie box: #3

More good and green things. It's like, anything I'm eating, I can add a vegetable to it. So nice. carrots - organic/local carrots are the best tasting carrots ever so I kept it simple, roasting with olive oil, salt, and rosemary. - carrot top pesto for the leafy part: In the endeavour to use every …