Chances are, the first time you saw fresh ginger at the grocery store, you wondered: “What the heck is that? Is it even edible?” You may even be wondering that right now. If so, this “how to use fresh ginger” post is for you! You’ll be forgiven if you’ve ever thought that fresh ginger looks […]
I just returned from a long weekend trip to Ottawa. Don’t you find that when you travel, the days before and after are always so busy and hectic? I tend to rely on fast favourites. About five years ago, I learned how to steam eggs for easy healthy lunches or snacks and now it’s my […]
Picture this: Binders of all shapes and sizes stuffed with recipes. Handwritten recipes on paper, cards or even scraps of napkin, recipes printed off blogs (with due credit of course!), recipes yanked from glossy magazines (Alive Magazine now… and maybe Cooking Light back in the day), and of course the occasional typed recipe… Some of […]
Planning out your meals for the week–in advance and with a shopping list by your side–is a key part of maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle. The truth is, it can be a fun and exciting adventure to figure out exactly what you would love to eat this week, which new foods you might love […]
I say this a lot (probably because I love real food so much), but you don’t want to miss out on this. I have an important PSA for you: do not, for the love of all food that is seasonal, nutritious and full of goodness, throw out those pumpkin seeds. I mean, this time of […]
If you’re a quinoa lover like I am, you might already know that quinoa is an everyday superfood you can find at most regular grocery stores. Back in the 1990s, NASA called quinoa the “perfect inflight snack for astronauts” because of its impressive nutritional qualities! But do you know how to cook quinoa perfectly? You […]
In many ways I feel like I was born to write this post. Because, to put it mildly, my boyfriend is not friends with too many vegetables. Corn, carrots, potatoes, and raw cauliflower (!) and that’s about it! Green vegetables? Not a chance. So in the 5+ years we’ve been together, I’ve come up with […]