Posted in Bread/Baking, Breakfast, Recipe on Mar 1st, 2010
They don’t call them superfoods for nothing. They really are amazing. The coconuts and the aloe, the goji and the spirulina. Now I’ll be the first to admit that I am not ready to give up my stove, exclusively in favour of consuming every super-powered meals out of my VitaMix. Not there yet, and may [...]
Posted in Bread/Baking, Bread/Cracker, Breakfast, Recipe on Jan 27th, 2010
How do you know when a nutritionist came from a career in advertising? When even her flour jars are branded. Here’s another one for you – When is a flour not a flour? When it is made from crazy super high protein and fibre stuff like quinoa and chickpeas. My girlfriend Macy was coming for [...]
Posted in Bread/Baking, Bread/Cracker, Recipe on Jan 20th, 2010
I don’t eat a whole lot of grains, at least not when I am cooking a meal just for me. I am usually pretty happy with some bean/lentil type soup and some salad and veggies. After one of my cooking classes, the Asian Inspired class as part of the 4-week and 6-Week Cooking Program, I [...]
Posted in Bread/Baking, Recipe, Side Dish on Jan 14th, 2010
I spent my formative years (from about the age of 11 to 23) taking family trips to Jamaica so I suppose the Caribbean spirit captured me pretty early on. I like to think that I understand a bit of the Jamaica patois after all this time, but the St. Lucian Creole blend is pretty much lost on me. There are three main reasons I think I was born into the wrong packaging.
1. I have a booty that was meant to be shaken
2. I have a laugh that bellows big from my little self
3. I love the food!
I also kind of feel the laid back vibe down here is just infectiously amazing and they look at little North American me and think I am wound up tighter than tourist braids.
Speaking of which…. we all make mistakes- and sadly I am clearly not 11 years old here.
Posted in Bread/Baking, Bread/Cracker, Condiments, Recipe, Snack on Jul 28th, 2009
In honour of one of Toronto most vibrant festivals of the year, Scotiabank Caribana Festival, this week is dedicated to the flavours and spirit of the part of the world I love best, the Caribbean. This is guava fruit growing on a tree in St. Lucia, actually, on the very grounds where my retreat will [...]
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