Changes, changes, but first tomatoes!

I have been lax in my input on this blog. I apologize. There have been many pressing changes on the personal front — most of it for the better.

Coincidentally I went to a talk given by The Minimalists when they came to Toronto. These two young guys in their early thirties have such a down to earth perspective on life. I wish I know what they know when I was their age! I am still going through their book “Everything that remains”. I will share more when I reflect on what they said in later posts.

First off I want to share an article from huffingtonpost.com on tomatoes. Heirloom tomatoes to be specific. Read the article and hit your local farmer’s market for some!

Don’t wash your chicken!?

Food Standards Agency in UK advises of 4 steps to handle chicken safely. If those are good practice in general, why does the Canadian Public Health Agency not take the same stand publicly?

What safety steps do you take when cooking chicken at home or at work?

Please share your experience.

Night Market — What an amazing event!

I volunteer at The Stop’s Community Kitchen. For our fundraising event “Night Market”, we had two nights of all you can eat and drink on June 17th and 18th. Check out the pictures from local station CTV‘s report of our event.

For my out of town and international followers, I totally recommend you make it a point to come to this event if you are planning on visiting Toronto in June next year. Tickets can be booked online in May but they are all gone within the first hour!

It is a foodie heaven and all proceeds go to help The Stop fund their excellent community programs.

For all the fathers in the World

Here’s one for you sung by one of my favourite singers, Alfie Boe:

“In my daughter’s eyes”

In good company

For a health conscious eater, I drink a lot of coffee daily. I drink it because I like the taste of coffee and not so much for the caffeine. Seems like I am in good company!

How much do you drink a day? I confess to six (max) 🙂

All Afternoon, Not Elsewhere – a Cut-Out Poem

Is this process not unlike street photography? The photographer places himself/herself in the midst of a moment in life — makes a split second decision to capture something worthy of remembering or expressing?

Fisher Lane

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Nourishing the body and the soul?

I have come across this wonderful and interesting post on Dangerous Minds.

Quinoa is very good for your body. Learning David Lynch’s method of preparing it is good for the soul?

Don’t believe everything that you read and hear about!

Nutrition and its effects on our health is a topic dear to me. As a student on a limited living budget I am very vigilant about spending on the right kinds of food. I confess though of indulging in empty calories frequently.

The Internet makes information freely available which is good but can you trust everything you read? The diets, the nutrition claims, miracle cures and superfoods! It can be overwhelming.

What are the sources you folks out there get your information from? What sites and authors do you trust? I would like to know of your experiences if you care to share.

Here is an article about “Addressing the Bias in Nutrition Science” for you to chew on.

lower your LDL?

The Canadian Medical Association reports that including pulses in your diet lowers LDL.

According to Dr. Sievenpiper of St. Michael’s Hospital (Canada), we are not eating enough pulses. For further info refer to this article in Food Nav-USA

http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Ingredients/Health-and-nutritional-ingredients/A-lot-of-room-to-boost-pulse-intakes-for-heart-benefits-New-analysis-supports-cholesterol-lowering-effects-of-pulses

So dig up your recipes to explore ways to use pulses. Have a (healthy) heart!

 

Define your Bliss!

We know about the “Bliss Point” trap that we all are subjected to when buying processed foods.

I am wondering if there is an antidote for the consumer in the form of recalibrating our “Bliss Point”. If we can be motivated enough to go to the gym; go to college etc. can we not help ourselves using a psychological approach?

What are the psychological tools we can arm ourselves and loved ones with to combat this onslaught?