Trick or Eat

Over 867,994 people in Canada have no choice but to access their local food bank monthly. 38% of these people are children.

For the second year in a row I'm supporting thousands of youth across Canada who are taking the first step to fight hunger by participating in Trick or Eat - collecting food and funds for my local food bank and Meal Exchange. Every $1 donated = 1 meal.

Meal Exchange is a national youth-led charity that works with students to alleviate hunger and achieve food security.

On Halloween we will be going around, in costume, to collect food from our neighborhood...but I would like to also ask YOU, my dear readers from far and wide to help me raise some money for the hungry.

Click here to link to my Trick or Eat profile page to make a donation.

Also click here to sign up and look for a location near you!


Thank you for your support!!

 

This is me and my friend Joel at Trick or Eat last year! I raised $200 and we filled two shopping carts with food. Lets hope this year is just as successful! 

Below are some more generous people who donated time and money to the cause last year!

Sushi Tutorial

HOMEMADE SUSHI PHOTO-BLOG!

Step 1: Steam rice.

If you have a legit recipe it might tell you some specific instructions or type of rice, but I just used normal white rice.

Step 2: Purchase dried/roasted seaweed

Is it weird that I randomly had this in my cupboard?

Step 3: Get a rolling mat

This one is made out of bamboo sticks, but you could get creative and maybe use a plastic placemat or something. You might notice that I wrapped it in saran wrap, this is also a good idea!

Step 4: Assemble Sushi ingredients

Here you can see I found crab sticks (faux crab). I don't actually trust myself with real raw fish without some sort of medic on hand...

Step 5: Assemble other....things

I didn't have much to work with so I dug through the fridge and found other foods you can eat raw.

Here you can see red onion, mushroom, hard boiled egg, lettuce, ham, and bbq sauce. I could also suggest mayonnaise or teriyaki sauce. 

Other easy ingredients are cucumber, avacado and shrimp!

Step 6: Sushi time!

Spread your rice onto your seaweed wrap. Make sure to compact it well.  You can either do this rice first then seaweed, or seaweed then rice, depending on which you want on the outside of the roll

**Safety tip: Better NOT to do this when the rice is directly out of the steamer**

Step 7: Add ingredients

Lay your filling lengthwise along the wrap. I discovered this it is better to have all of the ingredients on one end of the wrap instead of all in the middle as shown.

Step 8: Stop drop and ROLL!



Actually, just roll.

Step 9: Slice!

The end pieces usually end up messy, but if you've rolled it tight enough you should be able to make good cuts with a sharp knife.

Step 9: EAT!

Here is my finished product. I really like the crab sushi, and my favourite roll was the one with rice on the outside and was filled with crab, lettuce and mayo.









Let me know if you like these photoblogs or have any suggestions for do-it-yourself tutorials.

Kraft Dinner

I love Kraft Dinner.

 It is possibly the best possible combination of cheese, noodles, and preservatives known to man.

Bur really, why is it called Kraft Dinner? I eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And it hardly counts as a full dinner by any merit (unless you're like me and eat the entire box in one sitting).


Often I eat directly from the pot using the wooden spoon. This is true college living at its finest.

However today isn't just any day. It's the kind of busy day that makes you put your head between your knees and scream. 

 

 

(hours later) 

And that's how I learned that coagulated Kraft Dinner is both unpleasant and unhealthy to eat.

(See here for why)

Oh and I'm starting this reader of the week thing.

I'm going to pick a random reader each week and feature a sketch of them in my Friday posts.

"How do I qualify?" you ask.

Just comment, email, follow, or talk to me about the blog and I'll choose someone new each week.

(If I don't know you what you look like you'll either have to send a picture, or I'll draw you a random picture)



This week is James, because he gave me the idea.