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Follow Friday: Foodimentary
If you’re really into food and/or trivia this is the site for you… Foodimentary is full of fun food facts. Like did you know that today is National Cream Cheese Brownie Day and National “Have a...
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Homemade Chips!
I was visiting with my best friend and her foodie hubby in Toronto this past week when she shared with me this amazing homemade potato chip recipe that her husband’s been making on occasion. It was so...
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Follow Friday: Foodland Ontario
I love the Foodland Ontario website for seasonal recipes and information on proper storage of vegetables and fruits. They also have a handy chart for seasonal availability. Each fruit and vegetable...
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Follow Friday: Grist
Grist is an environmental news source that also provides information about food and the interesting intersection between food and the environment. From information about GMO to farmers markets to how...
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Food and mood
Ran into a former classmate the other day and she mentioned her interest in food and mood. That reminded me that I started writing this blog post a couple of months ago and then forgot to complete it....
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Follow Friday: Me on glipho!
I’m one of “those” people who are always instagramming photos of their food. Since I often have people requesting the recipes from me I decided that instead of redundantly putting my posts from this...
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Food and cancer
A recent study showed how meaningless many studies of specific foods and cancer risks can be. While I think that the article makes some good points, I’m not enamoured with the headline Food-cancer...
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Follow Friday: cookbook edition
I thought that I would share a couple of my favourite cookbooks with you today. My most recent favourite is Vegetarian by Alice Hart. There’s a lot of recipes in there that should satisfy many...
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The new improved vegetarian Soylent Green
I came across this blog the other day in which the author has created what he believes to be the optimal meal replacement using basic food stuffs, vitamins, and minerals. He calls it “Soylent” of all...
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Food photos; more than just annoying?
Apparently posting photos of your food online is the latest indication of an eating disorder. The idea is that frequent postings of food photos is an indication of food playing an extensive role in...
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Guest post: The Great Nova Scotia Cake Walk Debacle…Part Two?
Today’s blog post was kindly contributed by dietitian-in-training Sarah Anstey. Thanks Sarah! The Great Nova Scotia Cake Walk Debacle…Part Two? It’s that time of year again! Cakes are coming out of...
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Follow Friday: Smitten Kitchen and Ambitious Kitchen
This Follow Friday goes out to a couple of my current favourite recipe blogs: Smitten Kitchen has provided me with many delicious recipes from pizzas to salads (one of our faves of the summer:...
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Simple diet “tweaks” trashed
For a special summer treat I picked-up a copy of the British Glamour (it’s so much better than the American version!). I was a little disappointed (although not very surprised) to see a list of simple...
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Follow Friday: Toast to Food @toasttofood
While I firmly believe that it’s too early for Christmas (music, decorations, store displays…) it’s never too early to learn new cooking and recipe tips. Toast to Food has created a great tutorial...
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Follow Friday: @rustikmagazine
Check-out Rustik Magazine. An online publication designed to help you master sustainable living. Based in rural Nova Scotia they focus on issues that are affecting both urban and rural NS, and the...
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Follow Friday: Wired 25 Amazing Food Infographics
Check out the amazing and beautiful food-based infographics on Wired.
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Follow Friday: @eatrealberealns
Today’s Follow Friday goes out to my twitter friend Dallas (@eatrealberealns) and her blog of the same name. I actually first encountered her blog when I was living in Belleville, Ontario and she was...
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What I Ate Wednesday: the late edition
I was excited when Helen of Food & Nonsense tagged me to participate in What I Ate Wednesday, the RD edition last week. Then, yesterday, I clued in that I was meant to post what I ate on Wednesday...
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Follow Friday: MRI scans of fruits and vegetables
I saw a few people share the link to this piece a few weeks ago. Pretty neat.
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Sugar and obesity
I don’t dispute the fact that most of us likely consume too much sugar. As with too much of anything it’s also likely doing more harm than good. However, I do take exception to the sentiment I’ve seen...
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