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How to Cook Dried Beans

March 11, 2010

Last month, I looked at how to debone a chicken as a faster-than-you’d-think way to save money and reduce salt in your diet.
This month, the money-saving, salt-smashing culinary technique deals with dried beans and legumes. And no, the kitchen reno hasn’t made me lose all sense of proportion. The biggest objection I hear about cooking [...]

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How to Butcher or Debone a Chicken

February 11, 2010

See those pretty crystals? They’re salt. Yes, we need this essential element to live, but the average Canadian consumes three times the daily recommended dose. Spend a few minutes Googling “high-sodium diet” and you’ll likely consider tossing your fleur de sel out the window. Fortunately, this isn’t necessary.
A while ago, I was talking with Dawn [...]

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CTV and My Brush with Fame

February 8, 2010

So, I’m sitting in the green room of CTV studios in Kitchener waiting to go on. The person ushering me in tells me to take a seat and before leaving points to another guest and says, “And of course you know Alan.” I nod knowingly and look at Alan, who is chatting to another CTV [...]

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How to Keep Your Vegetables Colourful

January 19, 2010

So far so good on the weekly veggie post resolution. Spicy Green Beans and a pumpkin-based soup have kept me right on track and feeling all smug.
This week? Well, it’s a bit selfish, but I decided to turn to the experts at Rouxbe Online Cooking School once again. One of the biggest turn offs for [...]

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Reader Question: How to Carve Poultry

December 11, 2009

Last week, after I posted a no-carve recipe for Apple Roast Chicken, I learned I’m not the only one who dreads slicing up a bird in front of guests. With Christmas racing towards us, I thought I should cover this issue sooner rather than later.
However, words alone don’t do this sort of technique justice, and [...]

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Rouxbe and Scrambled Eggs

October 30, 2009

Back in June, I asked you to give me your dinner dilemmas as part of the Dana’s Top Ten Table giveaway. And the cries of frustrations that echoed through the comments section bordered on deafening. No time, out of ideas, fussy eaters and inconsistent results were common themes.
While Dana provided many outstanding answers, we could [...]

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My CTV Appearance

October 15, 2009

As promised, here is the video clip of my recent TV appearance. I’m talking to Kyle Christie (no relation) about two quick and easy apple recipes for the local CTV station and trying not to sever a finger with a brand-new, razor sharp peeler. Talking and removing the skin from an apple in the privacy [...]

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Out Out Damn Spam!

September 19, 2009

Thanks to Jill for suggesting I use this video! It sums up how I feel!
My apologies to Shakespeare, Monty Python and you.
Because of a recent spate of spam comments, I have activated the dreaded word verification function on my comments section. I hate to make it harder for you to post, but I despise links [...]

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Eating Local – The US Version

July 24, 2009

A while ago I posted an eye-opening video about the realities of just how non-local most of our food has become. The video, produced by Hellmann’s mayonnaise, used Canadian statistics and references. While I’m not a mayo fan, their Eat Real Eat Local program makes sense since mayo and ripe tomatoes are a natural match [...]

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Do you eat local? Think again.

June 10, 2009

I don’t normally get on a soapbox but this video deserves 2 minutes and 46 seconds of your attention. It’s not funny. It’s not cute. It’s just very eye-opening.
I saw a raw version of this video during the Hellman’s information session I attended a couple of weeks ago. During the viewing, I gasped out loud [...]