Category Archives: My Crazy Inventions

A Faux Mashed Potato Recipe? No, It's Better Than That!

Few months ago, I briefly mentioned several ways to help you boost your intake of fruits and vegetables. One of the strategies was to rework the classic mashed potato by either adding in pureed cauliflower or substitute in mashed sweet potatoes. Many people will probably have doubts as to how successful these substitutes are since [...]
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Eating Well on a 4-day Ski Trip

Photo by Alvin Kwan [Stars in the photo: Whole wheat rotini, Pasta shells, Stir-fry broccoli & mushrooms, Veggie-loaded tomato sauce, and Boiled cauliflower] On the last few days of 2009, I went on a 4-day ski trip with my friends to Mt. Baker, WA. At first I was terribly worried that I would not be [...]
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Oatmeal, Chinese-Style

I think I just found a new favourite way to eat my steel cut oats. During the last month or so, I got totally obsessed with adding kabocha squash puree to my oatmeal, along with a handful of dried cranberries and a drizzle of maple syrup. But after eating that for breakfast for a month [...]
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Roasted Kabocha Squash Sauce

I was getting tired of serving pasta with tomato sauce and so I went on Google to find new recipes to try. My mission was to find a recipe that makes a rich and creamy, yet healthy pasta sauce. I stumbled upon Poor Girl Eats Well‘s blog and her recipe for Linguine with Roasted Sweet [...]
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