Even though each of us recall our family traditions for thanksgiving as a food service professional I have more than one household or community to consider and perhaps I can offer both today. In the Community I work… With a diversity in residents it is important to receive feedback from everyone to consider what is […]
Category: Nutrition
Winter Soups and Other Favorites
Happy New Year and welcome to Winter- In Canada at least! All items with # are veggie friendly. What’s better than something warm after a long day at work in the middle of winter. Soup is one of my favorites because you can prep it all in the morning or night before, toss it into […]
September’s Horn of Plenty
All the best spices are harvested at this time of year. From dill, garlic, lemongrass, celery, peppers that are meant to be dried for use through to next spring. As well as the root of all great soups, the mirepoix (onions, carrots and celery). Most simply sautée the mirepoix however if you want to enhanced […]
Shopping Fresh too
When it comes to your personal kitchen supplies, it is no surprise that I like one grocer over another for the consistency in quality and supply. The traditional format of grocer have all the fresh veggies and fruit, meats and dairy and baking on the perimeter of the store. The new format is creating that […]
Shopping Fresh
Last weekend I went out to discover the produce and fruit stands from Vineland to Welland in Ontario, Canada. When buying fresh I like to see the sizes of containers being offered are smaller since most of the products are ready to use and not as green as you might see in the local grocers. […]
Menu Writing
Menu writing normally comes with a need to make changes as a result of availability of different products or the costs of the same. Other reasons to create new menus is for a new restaurant opening or even a restaurant changing genres or ownership(often is not mutually exclusive). I had the opportunity to prepare a […]
Nutrition doesn’t have to be bland.
As we learn to cook in through our careers, we combine ingredients to create dishes. Then we combine dishes to create meals and mostly the meals become very decadent as we may not recognize the nutritional values or the be aware of balance. As a grad of Canadian Nutritional Management Course through CHA and member of CSNM […]