While paruising through The Star’s website today, I stumbled across an interesting banner ad - it was fun, cartooned, and advertised a cooking site called “SOS Cuisine”.
Being the disaster in the kitchen that I am (my most recent adventure involved lighting the microwave on fire, I kid you not), I realized I could most definitely benefit from a culinary site that used the SOS distress call in their name, and took a look.
I am so glad I did - this site is amazing! It’s a Canadian site, based out of Montreal (available in both English and French!), and offers beginner recipes, recipes for when you’re cooking for one, weekly meal plans, shopping lists, and more. My favourite part is how much more information you get from the recipes. They tell you how many of your daily servings (of fruits, veggies, etc) you’re getting in each meal, the calorie content for the meal (and for a calorie counter like myself, that’s awesome), and the approximate price per serving.
It’s a new site, so it doesn’t have everything up yet - but they’re planning on adding “express” meals soon (meals you can cook in under 30 minutes - can I say amazing again?). Those in Quebec can already access “budget” meals - recipes that incorporate food items on sale in your area. You enter your postal code when you register to make this possible, and it’s coming to Ontario soon! They have gourmet recipes, veggie recipes, you can search for recipes that conform to specific dietary needs (for instance, gluten-free), and recipes tailored towards kids. You can customize your serving size, and the recipes adjust, and you can favourite recipes in your cookbook, or even add your own. You can use their weekly meal plans, or edit them to suit your tastes - and they’ll design a grocery list for you based on your choices.
Best of all, the site is 100% free to access and use. I highly recommend you check it out - unless you’re a chef, in which case I bet you wish you thought of this site first!