In 2017, Chinese New Year falls on January 28th—but the celebrations will last long after Saturday night. The festivities actually span two weeks based on the Lunar calendar. The festival involves getting together with family and friends, lots of eating, and plenty of well-wishing for the upcoming … [Read more...]
UrbanKitchen: Recipes To Celebrate Chinese New Year
Our family is getting ready to usher in the Chinese New Year on February 19th! You'll often here it referred to as also the 'Lunar New Year' as other asian cultures also celebrate it. It's a time when we get together with family and friends and we tend to eat... a lot. It's not just celebrated for … [Read more...]
Tested: Loblaws “Click & Collect” Service
Loblaws recently introduced the new Click & Collect service. It's like a drive-through concierge service complete with your own personal shopper. Sounds delightful, right? It's currently available at three locations (shop.loblaws.ca for details) in Ontario with plans to roll out into other … [Read more...]
Top 10 Items Food Banks Need Now
We are in our local Loblaws more often these days as it's a busy season of hosting company over for various get togethers and all kinds of reasons to be baking. The cookie exchanges, holiday parties and the pot luck suppers... yes, I live at the grocery store. The other day hubby and the kids … [Read more...]
President’s Choice Wants Us To Crave More
For 30 years, we Canadians have been heading to the grocery store to fill our carts with President’s Choice products. We know PC products and, over the course of those 30 years, we have come to trust the brand and what it stands for. The Insider’s Report showed us that the folks at PC really … [Read more...]
UrbanKitchen: Perfect Asian Soba Noodle Bowl
As the month starts to cool down, we're looking at comfort foods. Truth is I can slurp up a delicious asian noodle soup bowl anytime of the year. From Vietnamese Pho (say fa) to Japanese Ramen, Udon or Soba noodles it's all good, hearty and easy to have in a rush. In asian cultures noodles are also … [Read more...]
UrbanKitchen: Slow Cooker Santa Fe Chicken Chili
I'm not going to talk about winter any more. Nope! I'm going to talk about all the delicious flavours that bring me back to the warmth and sunshine! Yes! Like many of you, our family is forever busy. It's like a revolving door around here so I have to admit that the slow cooker is my go-to on … [Read more...]
Vegging with Chef Mark Russell
I jumped on the subway after dropping off the little guy at school and headed to the famous and historical stomping grounds of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Only it's been converted to the ultimate Loblaws store. If you haven't been, you should check it out. You'll want to spend some time here as it is a … [Read more...]
Eating for the Flu Season
We're hearing it all over the news. This is the worst flu season EVER! Now, that's enough to scare anyone...flu vaccine or not! But now that we're at the height of the season there are some things you, and your family, can eat to help support your immune system. On a recent private shopping … [Read more...]
Back to School with the Loblaws Insider’s Report
I have a confession to make: I am terrible at making homemade lunches and after-school snacks for my kids. For the past two years, I have thrown out almost as many half-eaten lunches as I have packed. This has not been good for my self esteem.But I have an excuse...a whole bunch of them, … [Read more...]