I am sprinting to finish an initial completed draft of my thesis by the end of March (I’m over 100 pages with one and a half chapters to go…) This sadly has left less time for culinary adventures, but it has motivated me to prepare delicious, yet nutricious snacks for long hours in my office. I love [...]
Archive for the ‘Snacks’ Category
Hummus
Posted in Chickpeas, Snacks, Vegetables, tagged chickpeas, garbanzo beans, garlic, hummus, lemon juice, nutricious, snack, tahini on March 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Apple Sauce
Posted in Apples, Canadian Food, Cinnamon, Snacks, tagged Annapolis valley, apple picking, Apple sauce, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, healthy snack, snack on October 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The last time I made apple sauce was when I was about 10. I was at my cottage for Thanksgiving. My grandmother, having put the turkey in the oven, decided she needed some foliage to liven the table, so we went for a walk with a few of my cousins. We happened across an apple [...]
Kale Chips
Posted in Kale, Snacks, Uncategorized, Vegetables, tagged delicious, kale chips, nova scotia on September 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My friend Sam has decided to bike from Halifax to Cape Breton and around the Cabot Trail (a 700km bike), camping along the way. No doubt this ride will be spectacular with the changing crimson leaves and the ocean panoramas, but I still am debating whether she is crazy or knows something about life that I [...]
Popped Amaranth Snacks
Posted in Amaranth, Snacks on March 6, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Here is another guest post from Sam. I confess I had never even heard of amaranth before she sent this to me, but I am definitely going to have to buy some to try these tasty sounding healthy snacks! And for those of us eating vegetarian, so who need lots of alternative sources of protein, [...]
Guacamole
Posted in Avacado, Snacks on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With the weather hitting a balmy 2 degrees centigrade today, I was craving a little spring fare. I had an avocado lying around in my fridge, and to me, nothing screams spring like a little guac. This dip is pure gold – as a teenager I used to eat it with a spoon like pudding [...]
Valentine’s Day Popcorn
Posted in Chocolate, Snacks, tagged Chocolate, cinnamon hearts, Popcorn on February 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sitelle is away for the next week – on a trip to learn more about nutrition programs in Belize. I have no doubt she will share her adventures upon her return, so in the meantime some snacks to tide us over! My roommate Katie and I have a standing Glee date on Tuesday nights, always [...]
