By Theresa
One of my favourite things to do is eat breakfast food for dinner. Mornings are typically rushed — cramming down some cereal and yogurt is the best I do. But when six o’clock rolls around, I get a hankering for some real breakfast food. I’m talking about gut-filling potatoes, eggs, and bacon. I’m talking about eggs in a basket.
Eggs in a basket? Some of you may know this comfort food as eggs-in-a-hole or eggs-in-a-nest. Whatever you call this recipe, it’s a quick, nutritious, and delicious meal for busy families (my toddler loves this meal too).
By Theresa
When most people think of Hawaii, they think of beautiful beaches, surfing, and luaus. Spam, the famous mystery meat in a can is not what one expects to find on menus everywhere including McDonald’s, but that is exactly what I discovered when I visited Oahu on my honeymoon.
My first encounter with Hawaii’s love affair with Spam is when I walked into a 7-11 and found Spam Musubi, a grilled slab of the meat on a bed of rice wrapped together with nori (seaweed). At only two dollars a pop, they came individually wrapped and made a convenient and tasty snack.
By Theresa
For a lot of people, the warm weather means hanging out on the patio, going to parties, and for some, consuming copious amounts of alcohol. Aside from the health benefits, wine is seen as a classy drink and sales show that wine is quickly gaining ground over the popularity of beer in North America.
I took an introduction to wine course a few years ago and had a great time learning about different grapes, food pairing, and of course tasting the different wines. (Has anyone ever thought about how disgusting it is to spit out your wine after you’ve swirled it in your mouth into a communal spit bucket?)
There were a few pretentious people in the class—one student claimed a certain red wine tasted like her “grandmother’s spice cupboard”—but for the most part, the wine enthusiasts were just excited to learn and taste.
Here is a quick introduction to what I learned in my wine course to the seven main grape varieties broken down into white and black (red) grapes.
By Theresa
Now that the warm weather is here, you’ll likely have lots of get-togethers with friends and family to share laughs, food, and germs. Ah, lovely germs. That communal chip dip bowl might be growing something funky other than that blue cheese Aunt Sally threw in.
While I don’t mind sharing the occasional drink or snack with someone I know and like, there are always a few double-dippers at every party who end up essentially sharing their spit with everyone at the party (well everyone who uses the dip, that is).
By Theresa
FreeRice.com makes it easy, educational, and fun to donate to the needy. For every correct answer you select on its game, FreeRice donates ten grains of rice to the hungry. This initiative is in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
By Theresa
Almost every fridge contains the ubiquitous jar of pickles, always available on stand-by while patiently soaking in its trademark sour juice. Most people only associate the jarred cucumber as a topping, but now it is available as a frozen treat.
Check out how five common foods found in your fridge or cupboards have been reinvented.
