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Is it over for Jell-O?

Recipe Swap: Key Lime Cloud Squares and Creme Caramel Squares

By Lorraine Stevenson September 18, 2014

You’ve probably heard about Jell-O’s unsteady fortunes lately. Business and food writers have been weighing in on that double-digit (19 per cent) drop in sales since 2009 of this one-time mainstay of dessert makers. We seem to have fallen out of love with Jell-O and although the future doesn’t look good for the wiggly stuff,

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Food banks want that garden overload

Recipe Swap: Summer Beet Salad and Carefree Cabbage Roll Casserole

By Lorraine Stevenson September 11, 2014

Do you have a garden full of vegetables you can’t possibly use? That heady excitement that goes with garden centre visits in spring often leads to surplus vegetables in fall you can’t even give away. Everyone else has the same problem. But you can give them away. Your local food bank will be glad to

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Breakfast for Learning programs help kids get ahead in school

Recipe Swap: No-Bake Breakfast Bars

By Lorraine Stevenson September 4, 2014

Summer is so short. No sooner has it arrived, and it’s already leaving. And nothing signals its end more than the arrival of the big orange bus at the end of the lane. The last few days have been a flurry of back-to-school prep, buying school supplies, making lists, getting haircuts and trying on new

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Boil it. Grill it. You’re done

Recipe Swap: Cheddar Corn Pie, Corn Fritters, and Corn Casserole

By Lorraine Stevenson August 28, 2014

As I wrote this, Morden’s Corn and Apple Festival was just about to begin. We go every year. It’s one of my favourite summer festivals, equal parts midway, farmers’ market, street sale, annual homecoming and for many, a chance for a rare taste of corn on the cob. If you’ve been to the Corn and

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Have you tried eggplant?

Recipe Swap: Ratatoullie and Wilted Rainbow Chard with Seared Eggplant and Parsley Vinaigrette

By Julie Garden-Robinson August 21, 2014

I recall the first time I brought home an eggplant from the grocery store. I probably would have gotten similar attention if I brought a martian home for dinner. I pulled it out of the shopping bag and set it on the counter. My husband and our kids gathered around and examined it. As I

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Prairie fare: prolific zucchini has many uses

Recipe Swap: Skillet Zucchini with Chopped Tomatoes and Beefy Zucchini Casserole

By Julie Garden-Robinson August 14, 2014

Julie is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and professor in the department of health, nutrition and exercise sciences. I was admiring my neighbour’s garden the other day, especially her robust zucchini plants. I noticed some tender, young zucchini squash peeking out from under the foliage. I could almost taste

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You can’t eat your lawn but…

Recipe Swap: Tomato and Zucchini Gratin and Waldorf Berry Salad

By Lorraine Stevenson August 7, 2014

Is a lawn “beautiful?” Is a vegetable garden “ugly?” Or is it the other way around? It depends who you ask. A press release plinked into my mailbox from the folks with Food Matters Manitoba last week announcing their second annual Manitoba Garden Makeover Competition. It’s urging Manitobans to convert their lawns into an “edible

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Food Day in Canada

RecipeSwap: Lentils and Barley Salad with Roasted Tomatoes, Spinach and Goat Cheese, Barbecue Sauce, Wild Cranberry Vinaigrette, Prairie Spice Cake

By Lorraine Stevenson July 31, 2014

Ever wondered why we get to spend next Monday sleeping in, watching parades, and setting off fireworks? We have Toronto City Hall — no, not the current installation — to thank. Way back in 1869, the council of the day decided everybody needed “a day of recreation” and declared the first Monday of August a

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Bring on the barley

RecipeSwap: Wild Rice, Barley and Fruit Salad, Easy Cabbage Casserole, Prairie Streusel-Topped Cake

By Lorraine Stevenson June 26, 2014

Anita Stewart, a well-known food writer in Canada, has high praise for a new barley cookbook. She calls it “a glimpse into the future of the food life of North America.” Go Barley: Modern Recipes for an Ancient Grain, with 100-plus recipes, was released this spring, written by home economists Pat Inglis and Linda Whitworth,

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O’ for Pete’s sake, Robbie, let’s eat!

Did the haggis grow cold while Robbie Burns went on and on about his groaning trenchers and gushing entrails and jaups in luggies? 

By Lorraine Stevenson January 23, 2014

The Scottish poet devoted 48 lines of poetry to his beloved haggis. Over 250 years later the famous bard’s birthday is still celebrated January 25, even if the humble subject of his Address to A. Haggis remains one of the more reviled dishes on the planet. That’s the genius of the man; he found all

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Recipe Swap

Is it over for Jell-O?

Food banks want that garden overload

Breakfast for Learning programs help kids get ahead in school

Boil it. Grill it. You’re done

Have you tried eggplant?

Prairie fare: prolific zucchini has many uses

You can’t eat your lawn but…

Food Day in Canada

Bring on the barley

O’ for Pete’s sake, Robbie, let’s eat!

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