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Recipe Swap, June 7, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson June 8, 2012

When the warm weather hits, I start counting the eggs in the fridge for all the ways to put together a light meal without too much effort. Nothing is easier than boiling a couple, of course, but there’s loads of ways to get creative with eggs and still not spend more than a few minutes

Country Crossroads, News, Oilseeds, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Digging into homegrown or local food

By Lorraine Stevenson June 5, 2012

“What a lot of work!” a neighbour exclaimed the other day, peering over my fence. She was looking dubiously at my little garden. “Not work. It’s fun,” I replied cheerfully and I meant it. What my neighbour could see was just a lot of digging, lifting, pulling, hoeing, bending. Possibly, she may have also been

Cereals, Country Crossroads, News, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Use more pulses, wholegrains for a gluten-free diet

By Lorraine Stevenson May 30, 2012

You’re probably seeing more gluten-free products on your store shelves lately. But while all those new pastas, breads and cereals help those with a diagnosis of celiac disease or gluten sensitivity manage their complicated eating plan, they aren’t the most nutritious foods they could be eating. Why pulses? Pulses are naturally gluten free, but

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Recipe Swap: ‘Buy Manitoba’ no passing fad

By Lorraine Stevenson May 17, 2012

We saw a new Buy Manitoba program launched this spring, urging more of us to feel proud of the local food and flavours of our province, and to learn more about our food’s origins. It’s been launched between the Manitoba Food Processors Association, the provincial government, plus a whole series of food sector partners with

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Recipe Swap, May 3, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson May 3, 2012

Fast and hearty meals for the field With everyone hitting the fields this week, there’s no time for fooling around with fussy stuff, so here’s a few quick-to-make meals, including two “farm tested,” plus a great one-dish “bake-and-take” dessert and my own favourite cookie recipe. Work safe, everyone! Scrawny Ronnie’s Killer Casserole This recipe comes

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Recipe Swap, April 26, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson April 30, 2012

A Winnipeg home economist and founder of Fruit Share has just released a new book on harvesting, preserving and using locally grown fruits that includes 150 recipes

More fruits of her labour As a little girl, Getty Stewart loved all the fresh fruit growing on her parents’ farm in Germany. After emigrating to Canada with her family, she quickly learned to love the taste of Prairie-grown fruit too. Later living in Winnipeg, she continued to buy local fruit at farmers’ markets and

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Recipe Swap, April 19, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson April 20, 2012

The quickening pulse Having lunch with friends a couple of years ago, we naturally began talking about food and the subject came around to “pulses.” Surprisingly, few knew what a “pulse” actually was. Few also ate lentils or chickpeas on any regular basis, although they were curious to learn more. Mission ImPulsible Here are two

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Recipe Swap, April 12, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson April 15, 2012

Asparagus reigns as a favourite It sounds like the name of a Roman ruler, and for a while it dominates like one in our gardens and fridges too. I’m talking about asparagus, of course, which may show earlier and oftener this spring. As those who grow it know, you can be picking every day as

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Recipe Swap, April 5

By Lorraine Stevenson April 7, 2012

A honey of a deal It won’t be long now before we’ll start to see a welcome sight — honeybees hovering around spring’s buffet of early-flowering trees and plants. Bees were the buzz at Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council’s recent annual meeting, where Rob Currie, department head of entomology at the University of Manitoba gave a

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Recipe Swap March 29, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson March 29, 2012

Spring out of bed and eat “like a king” Even if you’re not a morning person it’s so much easier getting up with earlier sun these bright spring mornings. It’s also more tempting to skip breakfast when the weather’s fine and there’s so much to do outside. But the old saying “breakfast like a king

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Recipe Swap, June 7, 2012

Recipe Swap: Use more pulses, wholegrains for a gluten-free diet

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