Festive Sides: Sweet Potato Wedges
We’ve all heard the recent – and plentiful – reports about how good Sweet Potatoes are for us. But many I’ve talked to have balked at trying them, because they once had some bland, boiled, mushy, stringy ones at Aunt Gertrude’s one Thanksgiving. But just wait til you try mine!Read More →
Festive Sides: Homestyle Savoury Stuffing
My heritage is Scottish-English – on all sides – so one thing I just have to have at any festive meal is Stuffing. And it doesn’t matter what the main dish is – Turkey, Ham, or whatever – you can still have lovely, moist, crunchy-topped savoury Stuffing – baked in a casserole.Read More →
Do you believe in ‘brain foods’?
Rarely does a week go by that one of my online subscription services doesn’t dump another ‘Eat Your Way Smarter’ or ‘Eat These Ten Foods to Enhance Your Brain Power’ story in my mailbox. I’m getting pretty tired of all the hype – so let’s deal with it…Read More →
Festive Sides: Grandma’s Glazed Carrots
Grandma didn’t have much to work with, but she worked wonders with what she had when it was time to put a festive meal on the table. One of her secrets was to make every-day staples extra special for the holidays – and her glazed carrots were always a favourite of mine!Read More →
Have it your way – at McDonalds?
You read right. McDonalds – inventor and still king of the ‘standard’ burger – is experimenting with offering custom-order sandwiches. Hold the Special Sauce? Double Pickles? Sure! But, for now at least, you’ll have to go to Laguna Niguel, CA, to try it out…Read More →
Spotting ‘hidden’ sugar
Here’s a brief follow-up on our recent post about the addictive power of Oreo Cookies – and, in fact, all high fat/sugar treats. Today, we take the ‘sugar’ thing a little farther, highlighting the insidious sub-chemistry of ‘hidden sugar’ in processed foods we eat every day…Read More →
Festive Sides: Mom’s Mashed Potatoes
I’ve been getting a steady stream of requests for different ‘classic’ favourite festive recipes since I shared my Perfect Pumpkin Pie on this blog at Canadian Thanksgiving. We’ve covered two different and yummy Cranberry condiments and, now, we’re going to make ‘Mom’s Mashed Potatoes’…Read More →
Are Oreo Cookies truly addictive?
Apparently – according to a study by undergraduate researchers at Connecticut College, reported in The Christian Science Monitor, it depends on how you define ‘truly addictive’. But the findings, they say, definitely show the same pattern of behaviour among Oreo devotees as is exhibited by drug addicts.Read More →