Nutritionist by trade. Foodie at heart.
I admire people who can run marathons. A lot of people have it on their bucket list and many people end up enjoying it so much that they end up running several marathons afterwards – not me. I decided to sign up for a half marathon (not even a full marathon) training clinic last year.Continue reading “Sports nutrition”
After attending the Cooking with Lentils Workshop earlier this week I wanted to feed off the inspiration and try cooking a couple other lentil dishes to practice my new skill. Canadian Lentils is also having its Lentil Recipe Revelations Challenge contest so I figured now would be as good a time as any. I decided to makeContinue reading “Cooking with lentils challenge”
The other day, I had the great pleasure of attending a Cooking with Lentils Culinary Workshop sponsored by Canadian Lentils. Stephanie Clairmont from Demos for Dietitians facilitated the workshop at Nella Cucina where she demonstrated a number of different recipes using different types of lentils. Twenty five dietitians had the opportunity to make the recipes byContinue reading “Cooking with lentils workshop”
For the longest time I thought that buffalo mozzarella and bocconcini were the same thing (just different sizes) but that’s not the case. They are actually two very different things. Why all the confusion? Buffalo mozzarella and bocconcini originated from Italy and were once only made from the milk of domestic water buffaloes. However, nowadaysContinue reading “Is buffalo mozzarella the same thing as bocconcini?”
You may have seen a new type of sugar in the super market – coconut sugar. Part of me isn’t surprised, especially with the rise of coconut related food items that have become popular over the past several years. In additional to coconut milk and shredded coconut, there is now coconut water, coconut oil, coconutContinue reading “Coconut sugar”
In order to get more insight about how chocolate is made, I went to a chocolate making tour/workshop at ChocoSol Traders – a boutique, artisanal chocolate shop in Toronto. Chocolate comes from cacao trees which produce pods that hang from the trees and contain cocao seeds. The seeds (also called beans) are separated from theContinue reading “My visit to a chocolate factory – ChocoSol Traders”
Dark chocolate often receives attention from a health standpoint because it contains flavonoids – antioxidants that have anti-inflammatory effects which can help lower blood pressure. This is good news for chocolate lovers everywhere but that doesn’t mean you can (or should) consume excessive amounts. There are so many types of chocolate available in the marketContinue reading “Is chocolate good for you?”
Some, but not all oats, are okay for people with celiac disease or who avoid gluten. ‘Uncontaminated’ oats may be safe for these people to eat. But what does that mean exactly? I wanted to have some clarity around this topic so I looked into it a little deeper. At first I thought that itContinue reading “Are oats okay for people who avoid gluten?”
It may feel like following a gluten free diet is a relatively new thing, but my peers in the medical world know that it has been around for a long time. Within the medical community, a gluten free diet is something that people with celiac disease have to follow. But with gluten sensitivity on theContinue reading “What is celiac disease? Should I avoid gluten?”