For our first period dish, we’ll be making a vegetarian or meat chilli. This dish is especially good to make ahead of time, up to 3 days before, in order for the flavors to mingle and spread through the ingredients.
Chilli ingredients; 1 can each of Black and Red kidney beans, 3 Tomatoes, 2 Green bell peppers, 2 large [...]
Archive for April, 2008
SNACK COMBO ROUND 2– A CHILLI
Posted in recipes, tagged Chilli, meat, recipe, vegetarian on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SNACK COMBO ROUND 1-The setup
Posted in general, tagged guests, hosting, playoff setup on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This snack combo is going to be influenced by central american and south american flavors. Not necessarily the traditional food from there but a mix of ideas and inspirations that i’m appropriating for the purposes of this post! haha
So, without further ado, here goes;
The setup;
For the pre game banter and for the rest of the [...]
*Unrelated to Food*; My Hockey playoff picks!
Posted in general, tagged hockey, picks, playoff on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Eastern conference
Habs over Bruins in 5
Rangers over Devils in 6
Pens over Sens in 6
Capitals over Flyers in 6
Western Conference
Red Wings over Preds in 5
Sharks over Flames in 7
Wild over Avalanche in 7
Ducks over Stars in 6
There you have it. I’ll do this again as the rounds go by.
My current pick for the Eastern conference are The [...]
PLAYOFF SNACKS; THE RULES OF THE GAME
Posted in Pleasure and appreciation, tagged get-togethers, playoffs, tips on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here we are back for more. The hockey playoffs officially started today with the Pens and Rangers having won their opening games, and the basketball playoffs are just around the corner.
Today we’re going to establish the basic rules for what is needed when preparing a get-together for the playoffs.
The rules:
Find out the amount of people you [...]
AUX VIVRES; AN OVERVIEW
Posted in Pleasure and appreciation, tagged Aux Vivres, montreal, organic, restaurant review, vegan on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I live in the plateau neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec where there resides a healthy, affordable and tasty vegan restaurant called Aux Vivres.
Aux Vivres has been around for quite some time now and enjoys a regular following. The restaurant is simply decorated; with art from local artists changing every few weeks. There´s a juice bar and [...]
NUTRITION LABELS
Posted in Health and society, tagged health, minerals, nutrion labels, vitamins on April 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 1993, the food and drug administration wrote the rules for nutrition labeling following the passage in 1990 of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act by Congress. Since the rules were established, there has been on ongoing implementation and revision of them as new standards and new information emerges on health.
Food labeling is a good [...]
Mango salsa
Posted in recipes, tagged beta-carotene, mango, salsa, vit.a, vit.c, vit.e on April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My girlfriend invited me to a party the other night and she asked me to make the salsas I wrote about recently. I couldn’t find any ripe avocados so I decided to make them a fresh mango salsa instead. The smaller sized yellow mangos are fantastic right now so i thought I would make a [...]
EATING FOR EXERCISE
Posted in Health and society, tagged diet for exercise, energy, energy sources, exercise, food, health, what to eat and when on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As some of you already know, there are a variety of ways the body “feeds” itself. Before exercising, during the exercise and afterwards for example, the body prepares itself differently. Additionaly, each person is different; because of the genetic composition, how physically healthy and active they are and also because of what they eat.
Looking at [...]
FIBER, FIBER, FIBER
Posted in Health and society, tagged cancer, diabetes, energy, fiber, health, obesity on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve taken a few nutrition classes, read parts of health books here and there, and I’ve thought about my diet quite a bit. I know for a fact that there’s a lot I don’t know and yet i also know that without having taking those classes and read those chapters or articles that I would [...]
