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Welcome to my blog where I share stories of my travels and food adventures from around the world.

  • Buttermilk biscuit chicken pot pie

    Mr. Chuckles has been experimenting like crazy with his Kamado Joe grill, and recently made us a roasted chicken. There were plenty of leftovers, so what better opportunity than now to make a homey chicken pot pie? Pot pie is actually thought to have originated in Greece, in the form of Artocreas – cooked meats…


  • Blog milestone: 1000 followers!

    If you look at the sidebar on this blog, you will see today that I’ve Bean Travelling has now surpassed 1000 followers, including a combination of WordPress, email, and social media subscribers. In general, I haven’t done much blogging about blogging, but this is noteworthy enough for me to warrant a dedicated post. In honour…


  • My favourite outdoor spots in Vancouver, Canada

    Since we are likely looking at sticking to domestic travel for the remainder of this year, I have been thinking about making a trip back out to western Canada if we are able to get there before winter weather kicks in. I lived in Vancouver, British Columbia for four years until 2013 and have yet…


  • Rethinking travel plans for 2020

    In the post I wrote a few months back outlining some destinations that I am hoping to revisit in the future, I mentioned that Mr. Chuckles and I were planning a trip to London, England this year. This would cap off a tour through Iceland and Scotland, sometime in early to mid-May. Obviously, the world…


  • Margherita pizza on the grill

    We recently splurged on a fancy ceramic grill from Kamado Joe, which is a basically like the Big Green Egg but in red. Even though we are still in the last throes of winter weather with snow flurries this week, we have gone ahead and started barbeque season early. One of the recipes we were…


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Hello! My name is Jess. I’m a traveller from Toronto, Canada making my way around the world and documenting my adventures for all to see. Also, I love food. (Read more…)

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