There’s nothing quite like the feeling of summertime on the horizon. Stuffing your winter jacket far into the back of the closet, dusting off your favourite pair of sunglasses, the feeling of your flip flops clacking on the sidewalk, and, most importantly, all of your plans to make and eat delicious food while basking in...
We all have our dinnertime staples, but unfortunately, sometimes those stables grow stale. No matter how much we enjoy a particular dish, if we’ve been eating it for a long time, we run the very common risk of getting sick of it. Luckily, the remedy to this problem is a very simple one: just eat...
Whenever you’re in the mood to try cooking a new dish, there’s nothing more disheartening than finding out that the recipe calls for a tool that you don’t have. While some recipes have possible workarounds, many do not; sometimes, your only option is to move onto a different recipe that your current set of kitchen...
If dinners are beginning to feel a bit stale, it is sometimes hard to derive much inspiration from your current go-to ingredients; sometimes, though, that’s precisely where you need to look. Rather than overexerting yourself in the name of freshness, switch it up with some of your kitchen staples! When it comes to long-lasting and...
When Bridgitte Longshore, Giddy Yo’s founder and president, was pregnant with her first child, the desire to provide the best, most informed nourishment sent her on a health and wellness reading spree. It was there, after devouring book after book, that she discovered how passionate for the subject she had become; in the simple quietude of...
Is there anything that potatoes can’t do? Whichever flavour profile or texture you’re looking to indulge in at any given moment, there’s a potato dish ready. Whether it be sweet, tangy or savoury, crispy, soft, or chewy, you can always find the answer you’re looking for in the form of potatoes! Fries, by extension, have...
Groceries: everybody needs ’em! As one of the unwavering expenses in most of our lives, grocery spending is a common area that many people would love to cut down on. For as gratifying as it may feel to fill your basket with items that aren’t necessarily on your list in the moment, it can be...
In a world where many companies have risen to the top on the back of questionable business practices, it’s essential to have systems in place to identify companies that go beyond the call of duty. Now that we’re, by and large, acknowledging the dire environmental and socioeconomic impacts of consumption, it’s so nice to be...
Every couple of years, a new superfood enters the cultural zeitgeist as an absolute must-try. Only a few years ago, kale became the go-to green of many due to its reputation as one of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet; shortly after, it was avocado’s healthy fats and high levels of potassium that hailed...
In the thick of a Torontonian winter, fantasizing about the warmer days ahead is about the easiest thing you can do. All it took was a few months of frigid temperatures for us to deify sunshine, barbecues and short sleeves, and luckily for us, warm weather might be on the horizon. Only a few weeks...
