One of the things about knowing your way around a kitchen, is that everyone wants to bend your ear about food. "I'm making this recipe, it calls for A but I only have B. Can I use it?" "I bought this roast on sale at the butcher but have never made it before. Help!" "I'm having company and … [Read more...]
Themed Dinners: They’re not just for Knights & Wenches
Mention doing a themed dinner, and instantly people cringe at the thought of wearing Lei's and hula skirts under a tiki lit sky, or watching knights jousting on horseback while drinking from tin steins.But themed dinners can be an awesome way to have a good time with great friends. It instantly gets … [Read more...]
Chemical Soup
Reading Jen's post about eating more organic and fresh foods, has inspired me to write about the chemical soup that our bodies have become. If you really think about it, what goes into many Canadian and American bodies is plain scary. Just watch The Meatrix, Food Inc., or Jamie Oliver's … [Read more...]
Back to School Lunches…. Ugh…
So, last year my wife and I were totally spoiled. All 3 kids were at schools where hot lunches wererovided every day of the year. On top of that, there was always a salad bar option for kids that didn't like that day's selection. So you knew that if your kids wasn't having the pasta with cheese, … [Read more...]
Superior Salads
So, I mentioned a little while ago that I'm back at Weight Watchers. Yeah. That's been a long time coming. You know, I've been through a year and a half of rough times, and every time I would soothe myself with food I'd know it wasn't the best thing to do, and yet I'd keep right on doing it ... … [Read more...]
CLOSED: Induction Cooker Giveaway
Here's a photo of the kitchen in my sister's beautiful new home near London, England complete with an unbelievably cool device: the induction cooktop:And when I say cool, I really mean it! Unlike traditional cooktops (that's stove to those of us on this side of the Atlantic) which get hot and then … [Read more...]
So Saucy
So, the daily battle rages in my current weight loss journey. See, the problem is: I really, really dig food. When I'm eating, I love all the wonderful sensations - the textures, the tastes, the temperatures. I love the way I feel after a particularly satisfying meal. And I don't just love eating: I … [Read more...]
My Good Eaters
My kids may be many things - not all of them wonderful - but one thing they surely are is good eaters. And by good eaters I don't mean that they always eat massive quantities of food, in that old-fashioned fifties-era definition of good eater equals large appetite. No, I mean that they are not fussy … [Read more...]
The Wedding Cake, the Icing Sugar and the Chelsea Blue Side-Effect
Last week, Jen posted about being my Assistant Baker as we spent a night(s) baking and decorating our sister's wedding cake and cupcakes. Well, not to ruin the ending of the story, but it all ultimately turned out to be a smashing success!What you don't know is that while we were preparing the … [Read more...]
Forty May Be the New Thirty…
...but that still doesn't mean you can party like you're twenty and get away with it!So, you might remember that I turned forty yesterday. And I'm still getting over the fun!Friday afternoon I got in my van and drove the 3.5 hours from my West Calgary home to my friend Laura's place in St. Albert, … [Read more...]