{"id":495047,"date":"2022-09-21T21:28:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/food-diaries-toronto-macleans-ca\/"},"modified":"2022-09-21T21:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T18:28:38","slug":"food-diaries-toronto-macleans-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/food-diaries-toronto-macleans-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"#Food Diaries: Toronto &#8211; Macleans.ca"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41db3e0a085\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41db3e0a085\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/food-diaries-toronto-macleans-ca\/#%E2%80%9CFood_Diaries_Toronto_%E2%80%93_Macleansca%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Food Diaries: Toronto &#8211; Macleans.ca&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFood_Diaries_Toronto_%E2%80%93_Macleansca%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Food Diaries: Toronto &#8211; Macleans.ca&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            \u201cI\u2019m lactose-intolerant but I can no longer afford lactose-free milk\u201d\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n                                                                        <em>With the rising costs of nearly everything, Canadians are particularly feeling the pinch when it comes to rising food costs across the country, further fuelling a food insecurity crisis being experienced by many throughout the nation. Here, Yvonne Alabaster, a former chef and now on disability support in Toronto discusses how she gets by:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I spent two decades working as a chef for places like the Intercontinental Hotel Group, Chili\u2019s and Cora. I have fibromyalgia, rapid-onset migraines and a condition called hidradenitis suppurativa, which leaves open wounds on my skin. In 2017, my symptoms got so bad that I went on disability. I now receive $1,500 each month. I live with a roommate in a huge two-bedroom apartment in Toronto\u2019s east end. It\u2019s fairly affordable because my roommate\u2019s mother lived there for 20 years before she died. I pay $625 a month in rent and buy groceries; my roommate pays for cable and internet.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m lactose-intolerant and gluten-sensitive, but I can no longer afford to buy lactose-free milk and cheese or gluten-free pasta. I\u2019ve started buying regular milk and gluten pasta because it\u2019s cheaper. I try to eat it in small amounts. It\u2019s not great when I sit down to eat a bowl of pasta I know is going to aggravate my skin and hurt my stomach. But I have to eat.<\/p>\n<p>I only have around $5 per day to spend on food. I\u2019m sticking to one meal a day\u2014I eat bread and peanut butter to keep my body from going into starvation mode. Occasionally I break down and have a can of soup at lunch. I\u2019m always tired.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the sales in Toronto start on Thursdays, so I look up the flyers on Wednesdays and compare what\u2019s on sale that day and what\u2019s on sale the next so I know when to run out to the store. This week I went to Food Basics and bought a loaf of bread, a bag of peppers, and canned tomatoes, which I will use to make a giant pot of pasta sauce that will last me the month. There was a good deal on ground beef\u2014$4 a pound\u2014so I bought three pounds and froze some. I also got five decent-sized chicken breasts for $12. Because I found meat on sale, I was able to buy bananas at 69 cents a pound, which made me really h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y because I can rarely afford fruit anymore. I also bought bags of frozen peas and corn. I always buy the one-kilogram bags, but I\u2019ve noticed they\u2019re only 750 grams now even though the price has stayed the same. When did that change?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m luckier than a lot of people in my situation: I was a chef for two decades, so I can buy a pork tenderloin and cut that into a week\u2019s worth of chops. Recently I\u2019ve been watching a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> videos on container gardening. I think food costs are only going to get worse, so I\u2019m going to try my hand at planting a garden on my balcony next year. I\u2019d like to grow tomatoes and can them so I can cut down on that cost, as well as strawberries and raspberries, so I can enjoy fruit again. <em>\u2014\u00a0As told to Andrea Yu<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">This story is part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> on food insecurity in Canada funded by the\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.feedopportunity.com\/\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.feedopportunity.com\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">, in partnership with\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/cfccanada.ca\/en\/Home\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/cfccanada.ca\/en\/Home\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Community Food Centres Canada<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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