The 2014 movie Chef is a family favourite. It was definitely on high rotation for my boys. Sure there was lots of great food, but at it’s core it’s a father and son journey. A father and son’s boy’s own adventure where they discover things about themselves and their relationship over a shared experience. In this case a food truck.
Savoury Chocolate Challange: Lamb Ribs
So I’ve been on a bit of a blogging chocolate kick for the past few weeks. Of course I was focusing on all the lovely sweet things that can be done with chocolate because that’s what my family wants. People have been polite with their comments regarding chocolate, both here and on my Instagram feed.
I view the comments section of my blog as a place for conversation. You know, the kind of conversation that we might have at a dinner party. It’s suppose to stretch all of us. And thanks to fellow blogger Dangerspouse I’ve been able to stretch my use of chocolate to some ripping good savoury dishes. Keep on reading!
Chocolate Three Ways: Migraineur’s Hot Fudge, Blondies and Chocolate Mousse
I’m a bit late getting posts out this weekend. It’s been one of those weeks. Actually a couple of weeks. We’ve been suffering through a series of migraines. It’s exhausting for Stuart to have them every other day. As for me, it’s a struggle to figure out what is causing them so we can stop the migraines. It took a while, but we finally determined the offending food item and have stopped consuming it. Ta da! The migraine beast is back on its leash.
The migraines were caused by food that had been grown in contaminated soil. Food security is a complicated component of the migraine puzzle. I’ll discuss the science in future blog posts. For now let’s get back to something more enjoyable, chocolate.
One of the challenges I faced as a step-parent was creating a unique birthday tradition for the boys. It needed to be different from the bio-parent’s celebration, but familiar enough to be fun. I went for cake, chocolate of course. Keep on reading!
Chocolate is not a Migraine Trigger and may be Preventative Medicine
Hard to believe, but we are two months into our journey to tame the migraine beast. If you’ve been playing along at home we’ve covered a lot of ground over the past eight weeks. So let’s start with a recap, then we’ll treat ourselves with some chocolate. Yes, you heard me right, chocolate, because my friends, there is no scientific reason or evidence that chocolate is a migraine trigger. Keep on reading!
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Glutamate
“The flavour rule is that flavour rules.”
The baker Peter Reinhart has a most eloquent way of describing the greatest challenge for food creators, from home cooks to master craftspersons to commercial manufacturers. No matter how healthy it is, if it doesn’t taste good, we’re not going to eat it. Keep on reading!
Migraineur’s Crostoni: A Trigger Free Replacement for Crackers and Dippers
We were on a family road trip discovering California. Stuart, the three boys, myself and #1 son’s high school friend, Izi, who just happened to be in California were making a day trip to Joshua Tree National Park. Stuart and I, like many in our generation, are massive U2 fans. It wasn’t hard for me to convince four teenagers for whom the album Joshua Tree is part of the soundtrack of their childhood that we should visit the park. My personal mission was to recreate the album cover with my four boys. Keep on reading!
Migraineur’s Lament of Hidden MSG
According to the International Classification of Headache Disorders, 3rd edition, MSG, the abbreviation for monosodium glutamate, is defined as a causative agent of headaches. Unfortunately, the most recent review of the scientific studies on humans found no correlation between MSG and headaches. The authors believe that the relatively few number of studies, only 10, combined some poor experimental design means that further research is needed to determine if MSG causes headaches.
Well that’s good, because just about every migraineur will tell you that MSG is a trigger. Keep on reading!
Migraineur’s Muesli
“What!?! You even have to make your own muesli.” is an incredulous cry I hear all the time when explaining the cooking challenges living with a migraine sufferer poses. It’s funny because making muesli is probably one of the easiest things I do. It takes about half an hour and it lasts a whole month. That in and of itself makes it an incredibly satisfying task and well worth the low level of effort. Keep on reading!
Don’t Poke the Beast
If you’ve been playing along at home, congratulations on a month of living preservative free. It’s a huge first step on the road to managing the complexity of migraine triggers. The simple lifestyle changes that you’ve committed to have started to stop feeding the migraine beast. Keep on reading!
Lamb Shoulder Kleftiko Style
I fell in love with lamb roast on my first trip to New Zealand. I was asked by a friend to help out with her Master’s student field research. She was under treatment for a recurrence of breast cancer and couldn’t manage the physical demands of SCUBA diving in the New Zealand winter. I could hardly manage winter diving in New Zealand but it was an opportunity to help a friend and see New Zealand for the first time. Keep on reading!
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