Eat Alberta 2014

 

This weekend I set my alarm, woke up nice and early, packed my knife and apron, and headed to NAIT for the fourth annual Eat Alberta conference. It's a full day of workshops, cooking classes, and lectures about food, with a focus on local ingredients and conscious eating. A whole day of talking about food. I was in heaven. 

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Creamy Lime and Avocado Pie

This post is dedicated to the very, very tiny voice of virtue in my head, the one who every once in a while shouts at me to eat something clean and healthy. Sometimes you crave a cheeseburger, and other times you need something devoid of animal fats, processed sugar, and other things that are probably not great for you. Luckily, I live near Noorish Conscious Eatery, which caters to my occasional bouts of virtuousness with an eccentrically delicious menu.

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Banana Chocolate Chip Doughnuts with Peanut Butter Glaze

I don't know about you, but whenever I buy a bunch of bananas, I can never seem to finish eating all of them before they get too ripe. I do like my bananas a bit on the unripe side, so maybe my criteria for bad bananas is a little too harsh. Luckily, there are a million delicious recipes that use up over-ripe bananas... in fact, maybe I just let them get that way because my subconscious craves banana bread. My subconscious effing loves banana bread.

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