Recipe: Whole Wheat Carbonara Pasta with Pancetta & Basil
My single recipe for a Whole Wheat Carbonara Pasta with Pancetta and Basil that lasted an entire week, for about 4 massive lunches for my toddler and myself because we eat like a P
Recipe: Baking a Lemon Ricotta Pound Cake without any Baking Powder
We don't keep or use any baking powder in the house, so I've managed to find an alternative for it, and here are the results of my Lemon Ricotta Pound cake cooked with my substitut
How to achieve a minimalist fridge
This is my minimalist fridge, and I keep getting lots of questions that pretty much center around: HOW?!?!?!? And the following week: DON’T OVERSTOCK We don’t buy the g
Easily Converted Vegetarian / Vegan Recipe: Miso Noodles & Vegetables
My #1 go-to recipe is to make miso noodles with vegetables. It is dead easy, super stupid to make and takes maybe 20 minutes maximum, depending on which vegetables you use and how
Vegetarian and Vegan Meal Ideas for Meat-Lovers / Meatatarians
So I am a bit of a meat-lover. I know it sounds like I am not, but I really do enjoy eating it when it is good quality. That said, it is not something I eat for every meal, and ab
Favourite spots in Toronto to eat at, shop and go to for essential services
Last Update: September 26th 2013 GROCERIES Organic groceries: They’re ranked from biggest to largest, but depending on what you want to buy, some stores may be cheaper
What do people mean by ‘processed’ foods? What counts?
This is my own personal definition of it, and others might disagree, but when I say: I don’t eat canned or processed foods, this is what I mean.. For me, the simplest way to
Eating more vegetables without knowing it: Green Smoothies
They look totally, utterly disgusting and unappetizing….. but surprisingly, they don’t taste like vegetables especially if you put mangoes in to puree rather than other
Recipe: Buckwheat Soba with Freshly Shelled Peas and a Zucchini Miso Dressing (Vegan)
Just the other day, I came up with a recipe on the fly. I had seen some peas still in their pods ready to be shelled, and remembered on an episode of Top Chef how Jacques Pepin jus
We waste about half of our food each year
For Canadians, about 51% of food gets wasted (thrown in the garbage) and Americans waste about 40%, and worldwide we waste about 1/3 of our food collectively. As Canadians, we tos