Category: food
Saw this at Starbucks today: A piece of banana chocolate chip cake is “only” 270 Calories? That’s kind of a lot of calories. And that’s “guilt free”?? Actually, wait a sec… if they meant to say that the cake was free of guilt, it should have been hyphenated: guilt-free. So they *must* mean that the […]
Today was free Slurpee Day. Since *someone* decided to move to the other side of the country, unlike previous years, I didn’t do a full-on Slurpee adventure, but I couldn’t resist getting just one: Update: OK, two free Slurpees. But it wasn’t my fault. I was out for a run and discovered that there is […]
In my quest to bake things I’ve never baked before, I decided to try my hand at making granola (plus, I’d run out of granola). I found a recipe from the internets, though I replaced the pecans and walnuts (which I don’t really like) with peanuts and coconut, and I threw in some flaxseeds too. […]
So, we’ve all heard that buying coffee is one of the big ways that a lot of people blow huge amounts of money without even realizing it. Drink a coffee a day? If it’s simple $2 coffee, that’s $730 a year… and if it’s a $5 fru fru Starbucks drink, you’re talking $1,825 a year! […]
I’ve been on something of a fresh lemon and lime kick lately. One day, I just saw some in the produce store, ever so cheap ((lemons 2 for $1, limes 4 for $1!)), and thought “why don’t I buy those?” I mean, I usually have a bottle of lemon juice ((and if I’m on kick […]
I found the fine print on this Red Bull label rather surprising: I was unaware that anyone consumed Red Bull *without* mixing it with alcohol!
As I mentioned a little while ago, I’m on a quest to bake new things. There was one suggestion of a good place to get some bread recipes, which is cool because I’ve not done much in the way of baking breads. Since I need to come up with at least 12 different things to […]
My dad’s favourite sandwich is one of his own invention: the reverse peanut butter sandwich. A reverse peanut butter sandwich consists of: one slice of white bread about 1/2 inch of Kraft (i.e., full of salt and sugar and shortening) peanut butter about 1/2 inch of Imperial (i.e., hydrogenated!) margarine, on top of the peanut […]
My sister and I inherited a love of cooking and baking from our mom. I have very fond memories of baking things as a kid and, as I’ve mentioned before, baking is how I learned fractions! Since we often share recipes, my sister decided to start us up a joint account over at All Recipes.com […]
For the couple of weeks, I’ve been in the mood to try out some new recipes. And, you know, every time I cook something new, I’m reminded how much I love cooking! It can be so easy just to cook up something from my usual repertoire ((my current staples are Spinach/Tofu/Chickpea Curry, wraps with refried […]