Food Revolution Day -in Toronto

Stand Up for Real Food on MAY 19th

This coming Saturday I will be a Food Revolution Ambassador hopping around the GTA filming, cooking and participating in Food Revolution Day Events.

Starting with a Cooking Demo at The Stop's Farmer's Market at the Wychwood Barns where chef Christine Tizzard will be demonstrating free healthy food demos to the Farmer's Market attendees.  I will pop in to film a bit of video of the event.

Next I will try and pop into Mardi's Pass it on Cooking class at the Kitchen Studio at the Cookbook Store where I will take some photos and video.

The next destination will be at the Petits Chef's Academy to film their event and also to film Logan a 3 year old boy who is the son of The Eco Losers.  The Eco Losers are Heather and Paul who are trying to lose weight while reducing their eco footprints.  They want to create a better world for their son Logan.  He has shown an interest in cooking but not so much in the eating so they want to encourage his interest and have him participate in a free hands on cooking class at the academy.  I will be there to film him in his future chef training for the Eco Losers Documentary.  There are still a few spots available if you have some budding mini chefs.

And finally I will be hosting my own Dinner Party where I will make some great Vegetarian Lasagna and some fresh market salads using some of Jamie Oliver's line of Pasta and sauces.

I am one of a team of GTA Ambassadors trying to spread the message to people all over to Get Real and get back to cooking real food and spread the word to pass it on to everyone you know.

For more information and to host or join an event go to the website at http://www.foodrevolutionday.com

This is Adell who is one of the GTA Ambassador's who has been working tirelessly to host an Event for new mom's and has also been instrumental in the GTA team getting events off the ground by helping everyone to get things they need for their events.

   

STAND UP FOR REAL FOOD on MAY 19th - FOOD REVOLUTION DAY

Real food at the Green Living Show

I attended the Green Living Show this past weekend in Toronto for a couple of reasons.

1. I was there to film footage for my EcoLosers documentary and have another show called Green Heroes film us for an episode of their show for next season.

2. To check out green products and see some speakers. We only got to see former Mayor David Miller though because we were busy filming.

3. As always my stomach dictates things I do and we sampled all of the food at the show so I could also research things for this blog at the same time.

I like to multi task as you can see.

We had a lot of great free samples like a Quinoa salad from Whole foods, freshly squeezed orange juice from Organic Garage, a great greek coconut yoghurt and one of my favourites, cappuccino ice creams from Mapleton Organics.

We were at the show from 11 am until about 8:30 at night and we were dragging around a 2 1/2 year old who decided it was time for us to take a food break at about 5:30 so we headed over to the Farm Fresh Fare section to try some great dishes from local chefs.

The kid we were dragging around is the son of the EcoLosers family and he is a very fussy eater but he loves bread and cheese as you can tell from this picture of a grilled cheese sandwich that was as big as his head. This was one of the best things I tried as well. One of my favourite cheeses Tallegio on sourdough bread with a great chutney inside. Kid approved even as you can see.

It had my name on it as you can see. It was delicious and inspired me to add chutney's to my Tallegio grilled cheese from now on.

What I really loved about the show was seeing great local Canadian product, chefs, and foods and other products that were also just great products.

Some of the other foods we sampled were, organic chicken, pickles, dips, spreads, soups, and all sorts of great foods. We were stuffed by the time we left the show.

It's a great show to go to because it showcases local Organic foods and gives you a chance to try them in one place while you are also learning about ways to do better things for the environment. I even picked up some great deals on some Green Beaver products like non toxic toothpaste and shampoo and body wash, all with a nice natural minty scent.

There are things you can do and choose to make better decisions for your body and the environment... you just need to go to shows like the Green Living Show or great stores like Organic Garage, Whole Foods and the Big Carrot to find more of them in one place.

Here's a great experiment you can do that was at the show last year. You will enjoy this one. Get 2 tubs of Organic Vanilla ice cream 1 from any regular product you would find in a large grocery store and 1 that is Organic. I would suggest Mapleton's and try a scoop of each one and see if you can taste the difference. Then take a scoop or a tablespoonful of each one and put them on a plate beside each other and see how they melt and how long it takes. And the last thing is read the ingredient list on each and then decide where you want to put your money towards after this experiment.

If i could do a taste test to show you on this blog post I would...but you will have to try this one yourself.

If you want to really get the difference try doing a blind taste test...the senses don't lie.
feel free to post a comment if you try this experiment.

New Food/Eco Doc Project

I began a new Documentary Project yesterday called Eco Losers. The Film is about a family that lives in Oakville with their 2 year old son an a dog and have made the decision to lead healthier and greener lives. They began a year long journey the beginning of January to reduce 2 things in their life. They want to reduce their weight while also reducing their eco footprint on the world.

Yesterday we began filming although they began their journey by making small changes since the beginning of the month by collecting their non compostable trash.

Heather the wife began by cooking a meal for her family. After the meal i gave her the tip of taking the leftover bones from the chicken she cooked and some already prepared vegetables and turning it into a chicken stock to be used for future meals. Heather would have just tossed the bones into a compostable recycle bin. But this way she got 2 meals or more done with one chicken thus reducing packaging and waste.

After dinner she began the process of reassessing her pantry and realized how much garbage she was putting in her body and in her pantry.

This the container she filled up of things that will now get composted, recycled or just thrown in the trash.

Their goal is to live a leaner and greener life at the end of a year and will take on monthly challenges to build on their progress.

You can follow along with Heather's Blog at http://www.ecolosers.net

I will add Food relevant updates here as the process goes along.

Look at what you have in your kitchen right now! Is it junk or useful to your life?

Read the labels on the products you have in your kitchen. My new mantra is: If you can't pronounce it, it can't be good for you.