I don’t like salmon. This dish was made for a pescetarian diet dish, and being honest, I didn’t try it. Based on other people’s opinions, it was good! As per my last post, you can tell that I’m a huge fan of my Grandfather’s cooking, and since I grew up on the Island there was…
Vegetarian Spaghetti Sauce
I grew up in a small little farm town where everyone was super traditional, meat and potatoes every day, no special diets, allergies were rare, basically no exposure to veganism, vegetarianism, or anything like that. My Grandfather makes the best spaghetti sauce, hands-down. And that’s from someone who doesn’t even like tomatoes, a huge accomplishment….
Mini Frittatas
Mini Frittatas, super easy to prep for an on-the-go meal or even as a snack. Packed with protein and all of your essential amino acids, they’re also really good for you! The following is a recipe made in class, where we chose our own toppings to put in the frittatas. Our group chose the bacon…
Hummus and Veggies
So you get home from a super long day at work or school, and need a quick easy snack. if you’ve already read my post on meal prepping, you may have some veggies pre-cut, and stored in the fridge for times just like these. This recipe changed my entire view on chickpeas, seriously. As a…
Mixed Greens Spring Salad
Okay the sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and what better thing to have than a salad? Packed with functional foods, this salad has everything but the kitchen sink. Salads are a good way to use up odds and ends in the kitchen, and this Perfect Spring Salad is just the way to do…
Food Inc.
In class, we were presented a scale with numbers 1-5 to determine how important ethics are in deciding what we eat. “The way we eat has changed more in the past 50 years than in the past 10 000 years”. This was the opening line of the documentary “Food Inc.”, and it really made an…
Meal Planning
Meal planning is such an important habit to get in to especially if you’re like most people my age and going into college or university; but, these skills are useful for really any part of your ‘adult life’. I’ve been responsible for my own meals and groceries for a while now so meal planning is…
Good Food Investments
“Your diet is like a bank account. Good food choices are an investment” -Bethenny Frankel I agree with Frankel’s quote because the food you eat has a direct effect on how you perform not only physically, but mentally as well. A big problem among people in my generation is that we don’t make time for…
Canada’s Food Guide
Canada’s New Food Guide (and why does it look like that?!) As you may have already seen in the news or elsewhere, Health Canada has updated the Canada Food Guide for the first time since 2007. A lot has changed since then, visually we’ve gone from a rainbow-esque picture seen here, to a simple, divided plate of…
Welcome!
Welcome to my food blog! this is where I’ll be posting reviews on recipes cooked at home, and at school, as well as articles I find interesting or applicable to the blog. I tend to lean more towards desserts when I’m in the kitchen so you can expect loads of fun cookie recipes!
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