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At the end of January I decided to go dairy-free for a while and see what happened. I wrote about it here. It’s not the first time I’ve experimented with that. I spent a few months when I lived in Barcelona avoiding dairy, which meant passing on the cortados for a while. As in the [...]  I’m behind on a lecture I’m preparing for wednesday so couldn’t really innovate much today. I used lots of leftovers and kept it simple. On saturday I had made some black beans with a lot of sauce, polenta and kale (braised with shallots and garlic). For breakfast today I fried a few polenta slices, topped [...] The day started with a bowl of steel-cut oats cooked with turmeric, scallions, and sun-dried tomatoes and served with tamari sauce, sesame seeds, and a sprinkle of dulse. Lunch was a simple affair of leftovers from last night’s dinner: red lentil dal and quinoa cooked with mushrooms and kale. For dinner, I had a few [...] I’ve thought for a while on whether I would blog about meatless mondays. It’s a great initiative to get people more conscious of the amount of meat they eat and how to have great-tasting meals without any meat whatsoever. I haven’t really followed meatless mondays since I’m at the point where I have whole meatless [...] I have a confession to make. I haven’t shopped at a supermarket in over a year. Probably closer to two years. People usually give me quizzical looks when I say that. I can see it in their eyes that they cannot imagine where else would I buy food. We seem to have forgotten where food [...] A couple of months ago, inspired by Mark Bittman’s latest book and his column, I decided to experiment with savoury breakfasts. I’ve always preferred to eat savoury food in the morning anyway since I was raised bread & butter rather than bread & jam. One of Bittman’s favourites is steel cut oats dressed with whatever [...] Last week Alan and I ended up eating out a lot, which is not good for either our wallets or our health so this week our challenge is to only eat food we prepare ourselves. Although I love to cook, that’s primarily because I love to eat and try new things so getting me to [...] I believe we are what we eat but for the longest time the whole notion of counting calories, talking about carbs, fats, proteins and nutrients seemed a bit odd to me. I tried supplements and stopped because I don’t care what anybody says – I don’t think my urine should be bright orange/yellow/green. So here [...] I wrote about Mark Bittman before but it was only today that I finally got his newly released book, Food Matters: a Guide to Conscious Eating. Much like Michael Pollan, to whom he often refers in the book, Mark Bittman calls us to be more conscientious of our eating habits and adopt what he calls [...] |
 Hi, I'm Alexandra. Born in Brazil, Canadian by choice, and having lived in exciting Barcelona for a year between 2006 and 2007, my earliest childhood memories revolve around food and food is what I remember most about every place I’ve ever lived. After writing a more general blog for the past few years, it was time to organize my writing about food in one place. © All pictures on this blog are taken by me unless otherwise noted. About the title of this blog |
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