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Eat local in every season: 3 ways to use rhubarb
It can be challenging to eat local outside of the summer season in southwestern BC. The crops that grow are somewhat limited compared to the abundance of summer, and sometimes you have to be a bit creative to use what’s in season. Rhubarb is a cold weather plant that begins to produce early in the year and so is a great way to add variety to local fare in the spring season. Rhubarb was always in our garden growing up, and we used it mostly to make each other cringe by eating it raw, and in coffee cake. However, there are many more ways to use rhubarb than just these!…
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Simple and easy homemade snacks: 2 quick recipes
If you’re anything like me, soaring grocery prices are currently being pitted against the desire to eat whole and nutritious foods. It’s definitely a thing for me at this point to read through labels in order to find the least bad food that will still fit within my budget. Previously I might simply have allocated some grocery budget to an organic or premium option, but things are adding up much too fast these days! One of the ways I’ve been working to address this struggle is to make more things from scratch, including homemade snacks. I hear you, time is also a precious commodity, but I’ve found some recipes that…
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10 Ways to Cook With Chickpeas and Lower Your Food Budget
On December 8, 2020 Global News reported that “the average Canadian family will pay up to an extra $695 for food [in 2021], as the pandemic, wildfires and changing consumer habits drive up grocery bills to the highest increase ever predicted by an annual food price report. Rising bread, meat and vegetable prices are expected to lead the overall food price increase of three to five per cent, according to Canada’s Food Price Report 2021”.* I’ve been noticing my grocery bill trending higher and so have been looking at a few options to make my dollar stretch further! Chickpeas, also known as Garbanzo beans, are an inexpensive, filling, and nutritious…
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Flashfood: Freezer Meals
Freezer Meals I had a wonderful, simple-sounding idea to make a 5-10 bagged uncooked freezer meals in an afternoon (with some reasonably priced components purchased through Flashfood) that I could pop into the slow cooker to make dinner preparation time in the late afternoon less of a bottleneck in our house. I was finding that the little people (and sometimes big people!) were often tired and hungry at the end of the day and I was finding it difficult to spend a lot of time preparing dinner in the kitchen. But my well-intentioned bulk food preparation day just wasn’t happening! I tried to make a couple of meals and ended…
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Eat Local in Every Season: Butternut Squash
I was given some local BC butternut squash that was on the verge of spoiling and needed to be saved from going to waste. I was excited for the squash because I’d never actually cooked butternut squash before! Inspired by Krista’s desire to eat local in every season, I was motivated to get the most out of these four butternut squash. I found three recipes that I tried as well as a few more I’m saving for later. [Related: Eat Local in Every Season: Brussels Sprouts] Butternut Squash Recipes These are three recipes I tried and loved. 1. Roasted Butternut Squash This is incredibly easy! – Peel and remove seeds–…
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Eat Local in Every Season: Pumpkin
Though summer and it’s abundance of produce is at an end I’ve decided, between my garden and our local producers, to attempt to continue using local vegetables as a mainstay of our diet throughout the fall and winter. This is new to me and so I’m documenting the foods and recipes I try in hopes that you’ll join me in attempting to eat local and seasonal produce year-round! Selecting a Pumpkin I had actually wanted to write this post a couple of weeks ago but my pumpkin had gone bad. It turned in a much shorter time period than I thought possible, so going forward all my pumpkins and other…
