Your guide to dining in residence
Last month we welcomed Andrew Bishop, the owner/operator of Noggins Corner for our second Local Food Day of the year! Our menu featured unique dishes with apples galore – the Apple Sweet Potato soup was a huge a hit! Students at Shirreff Hall also got to test their apple knowledge with a taste test – did you know Noggins grows 48 types of apples?! [Read more…]
Grab a bowl and layer the following to create your own version of a “banana split” for breakfast! Fun, delicious and healthy!
To finish the creation- peel a banana, slice it lengthwise- and place on each side of your yogurt creation!
Don’t forget to snap a selfie with it and post with #dalfood to get entered into our monthly food hack draw!
Coffee itself is loaded with phytonutrients and antioxidants which bring a whole host of health benefits; the confusion arises when asked whether the caffeine has more health benefits or costs. The truth is that not all of us metabolize coffee equally. Nutrigenomics has discovered 2 categories: fast metabolizers and slow metabolizers. The category you fit in determines how much caffeine is healthy for you.
It’s that time of the semester once again. Long study sessions, running on no sleep and bottomless coffee. Nutrition quickly falls off the radar when such important priorities are on the list. When it comes to preparing for exams, it’s important to treat them like a mental marathon where endurance is key. Eating the right foods at the right times will alert and energize you through those long study sessions. Your Food Services team have put together some simple tips so you can eat your way to an A!
Did you know you can mix and match elements from different stations to build your own custom meals? I’ll help give you some ideas throughout the term with our weekly “food hack”.
If you make the posted food hack, snap a picture of it and post it to Instagram with the #dalfood tag for a chance to win in a monthly prize drawing!
Show off your own inspired food hacks, too. We’d love to see them!
You’ll love this creative take on the classic Bruschetta – all from items found in the dining hall!
You may have noticed some big changes in the menu this year at the dining halls. The Dalhousie Food Services team has been working hard to make your dining experience the best possible. Now, Dalhousie Food Services Executive Chef Joe Farrell and Dietitian Rai-Lee Gardiner are giving you the scoop on how the menu is designed and what you can look forward to in the dining halls!
Last month, we hosted Angus Bonnyman from Bonnyman’s Blueberries in Tatamagouche for ‘Local Food Day!’. We featured a number of dishes with blueberries as the main ingredient – Blueberry cake, blueberry chicken, and even blueberry pizza (This one was a hit!).
You may have heard that eating chocolate is good for your health. Newspapers, magazines and health food stores are packed with articles about the health benefits of chocolate. But, are all these articles true?