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Recipe: Simple Salmon Cure
The Covid-19 situation has removed the possibility for going out, which can make dinner a little less appealing as most of the time we cook simple meals for ourselves and not anything overtly fancy unless we have guests or its a special occasion. Making special meals, while maybe a bit more effort, at least makes me feel a little better throughout this time. They do say people are making more bread with all this time. I’m making cured salmon and trying restaurant recipes at home. So heres a recipe for a really simple cured salmon I think you might enjoy. It can be paired with any number of sides (the…
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From a Place of Love
I am not a doctor – any views expressed here I have researched to the best of my ability but may not reflect your doctors advice or be the right thing for you My story probably isn’t unfamiliar, I think a lot of people suffer from the idea that because they aren’t skinny they aren’t good enough, and these issues are insidious. A 2011 study said 40-60% of elementary school girls already had body image issues. My body image issues began when I hit puberty, my body changed and I was not happy with it. By the time I was in University, my quest for a “perfect” body had turned…
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Recipe: Poké Bowl
I hope you’re having a wonderful day and staying healthy! Today’s recipe is… kind of a recipe? More of a guideline really, I’ll give you some ingredients to include but I really encourage you to take advantage of your one grocery trip for the week to get the freshest ingredients possible. This recipe can be adapted to what’s in season very easily. I’ll give you the building blocks and you can add to it what you want. For example – my version contained starfruit which I don’t always get at the store, so explore what you like and play around – note because it’s a Poke Bowl you’ll want to…
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Recipe: Citrus-Miso Scallops
Our first recipe! Look I get it, you’re probably thinking “oh jeez not another rambling story about the inspiration behind this meal can we get to the recipe already?” I’ve been there. I’m sure a lot of people like reading them but it’s not for me. I promise that these inspiration bites are going to be short. I won’t go through the whole thought process and I’ll stick to the good stuff. I get a lot of my inspiration from Pinterest searches on Food Photography. I try to find ones with a recipe attached and then wing it just a touch. Food should be about flavour and playfulness. I mean…
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Restaurant Review: Cafe Aunja
Nestled in the lower levels of the strip along Sherbrooke between Cotes-des-Neiges and Rue de la Montagne, Café Aunja is warm and inviting from the moment you step into the space. Houseplants surround the almost dessert-like pale wood creating a secret oasis away from the hustle of the city. Served in a hefty mason jar mug, the tea leaves are left loose to sink slowly as the tea steeps. A quick stir with a spoon and the picture perfect cup turns into kind of a mess, if you don’t like bits in your drinks you probably won’t like this, it requires either the consumption of the bits or the use…
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Restaurant Review: September Surf Café
I am not a doctor – any views expressed here I have researched to the best of my ability but may not reflect your doctors advice or be the right thing for you When I got back from my outing with a friend to the September Surf Cafe in Montreal, I immediately noted how good the bone broth was, to which my mother shot back that I was a hipster (agree to disagree on that point) but it was true. Unfortunately, while it was too late in the day to get a full meal I did get a matcha latte and a bone broth. This place is very cool, think…
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Restaurant Review: Restaurant Imperial
As a kid, I spent a lot of time in Montreal, summers were punctuated by trips from my small town to the big city to spend time with my grandparents sailing, biking, baking and making trips to Chinatown for Dim Sum. While I can’t say I remember the exact Dim Sum place I used to go as a child, I thought I would bring back the tradition. A quick google search of the best places for Dim Sum brought up a few results and I did look for the most photogenic places as well but eventually decided to go to the place with amazing reviews, an online version of the…
