Hello, my name is Dara and and I have a cooking problem. It’s a sickness, a disease really and I just can’t help myself. Even though I’m only cooking for two, when it comes time to make the rice to go with our stir fry or curry, I must make at least 2 cups DRY,…
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How To: Do-It-Yourself Frozen Dinner – Curry
Once the clock finally hits 5, I look forward to coming home and sitting down to a nice and relaxing dinner. In the perfect world, we would all have the time every night to create a delicious and well rounded meal and sit and linger for hours, enjoying the wonderful plate of food before us….
How to: Make Great Salads for Lunch
I love variety. The prospect of having the same thing for lunch every day makes me shudder. Is that normal? Regardless, I’m going to share one of my sneaky lunch tips to make you ‘brown baggers’ feel a little wild. Yee haw. First, raid your fridge and your pantry and make a mental note of…
How To: Broccoli
If you were to ask my husband what some of his favourite foods are, broccoli would definitely be at the top of that list. So would President’s Choice white cheddar mac and cheese, smart food, baby carrots, and corn pops. But definitely broccoli too. And wouldn’t you know it…it’s also one of my favourites, so…
How to: Frittata
Have you adopted the meatless Monday thing? All the cool kids are doing it. We’re a mostly meatless home these days, but we do an official meatless Monday with friends of ours and alternate hosting duties each week. What I won’t tell you is that we pair our meat free nights with the Bachelor/ Bachelorette/…
How to: Make Yogurt Interesting
As both a food lover and dietitian (trust me, these are two very mutually exclusive things) one of the most common questions I get is ‘What do you eat?’. Generally I answer this question with “Everything except cilantro”. Which of course, doesn’t cut the mustard. A common follow-up question is ‘Ok, so what do you…
How to: Lunch Burritos
I bring my lunch to work. I’d say about ninety percent of the time. For a few reasons. One, it tastes better than anything I can buy. Two, it’s healthier than anything I can buy (barring the occasional emergency Mr Noodles situation). Three, I’m frugal. Cheap I say. For the most part I take leftovers…