In the ideal world, your freezer is packed with homemade meals and your fridge brimming with healthy grab-and-go snacks. In the real world though, sometimes fast food on the go feels like your only option. If you’re otherwise going to hit a drive-through on the way to a show or…
Last week I wrote about Tim Hortons’ new Beyond Meat breakfast sandwiches and said we could do better, even at Tim’s. So this week, I scoured their menu and found several items I’d suggest over imitation sausages. First, a reminder that I work primarily with people who’ve either had a heart attack or a…
(Note: Beyond Meat sandwiches were discontinued at Tim Hortons in every province except BC and Ontario in September 2019.) Although my furnace kicked in this morning, it is ostensibly summer and we Canadians are getting out on the road. Even if you’re not one to go out of the way…
When I mentioned doing this (unsponsored) review on social media a few days ago, a few Starbucks skeptics said that there wouldn’t be much beyond bananas, black coffee, or maybe a plain latte. We all know food from home is ideal, but sometimes life just gets in the way, and…
If you follow me on social media, you may know that this post has been in the works for a while. It’s been a challenge to write. On one hand, I like to eat out for relaxation, social connection, and pleasure, which arguably have a positive influence on mental health. I don’t…
Welcome to the second in my series about healthier ways to outsource your cooking in Calgary. As I said in the first review, about Our Daily Brett , it’s not that I’m encouraging it, but I’d like to share better options for when cooking just isn’t going to happen. Is Fit Kitchen one of them? Maybe,…
One day last week the top story on CBC’s website was about how a McDonald’s salad with kale has more calories, fat, and sodium than a Double Big Mac . Not Syria, the Zika virus, or even Donald Trump. Aren’t we funny? Honestly, although the story was all over Twitter, I didn’t even click through. After teaching restaurant eating classes for over ten years, I’m…
