Bachelor Chow 24 – Portable Rice
Bachelor Chow 24 – Portable Rice By Gabriel Hall I talk a lot about my poor eating habits during my university days, but nothing got me through more university meals than a very large sack of rice. Like most other students it was cheap, plentiful and easy to cook. After I started spent a lot of time in Japan, I started changing the way I through about eating rice. Eating on the go in Japan means eating convenience store food. I’m not talking about 99 cent taquitos with gooey nuclear orange cheese from a factory,...
Read MoreEarth, Wind and Food – Bachelor Chow 16
I distinctly remember the look I got from the cab driver as I told him I had flown half way around the world to eat something I could have easily gotten at home. His face gave away his utter shock. “Is this guy insane? Maybe he just doesn’t have anything better to do with his time or money” almost certainly went through his mind. If not for terroir, he’d be entirely correct in his assumptions. Terroir is the concept of environment affecting the food that is grown in an area. Soil conditions, microclimates, the...
Read MoreWe are open Holiday Monday!
Kingsland Farmers Market is open Victoria Day Monday, May 21! Bring the family for a beautiful day of fun, friends and of course, farm fresh food. We will be open from 9am – 5pm with a bouncy castle for the kids, face painting by Facial Expressions as well as a petting zoo by Noble Meadows Farm. So have a great weekend, Calgary and we’ll see you at the Market!
Read MoreEat Fresh?
Bachelor Chow 07 – Eat Fresh? Can you remember the last time you tasted a tomato? I’m not talking about stuffing the odd slice of tomato into a BLT so you can alleviate the guilt you feel for not eating a balanced diet, but rather the last time you really, truly and honestly bit into a tomato, had the juices explode into your mouth, tasted the combination of sweet-earthy-tartness, and felt the juices dribble down your chin. I have trouble remembering this too. I can’t remember the last time I had a...
Read MoreGreek Goat Yogurt with Honey
Greek yogurt is one of my favourite snack foods. It is rich, thick and high in protein due to the method in which it is prepared. According to Wikipedia, “milk is strained in a cloth or paper bag or filter to remove the whey, giving a consistency between that of yogurt and cheese, while preserving yoghurt’s distinctive sour taste”. Even though it’s very thick like sour cream, the yogurt can actually be made fat free (due to the straining process). Greek yogurt can be eaten as is or it can...
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