Traditional Bread and Butter pudding

Save some bread with these tips

Prairie Fare: Chocolate Bread Pudding

Does the bread have seeds in it?” my 11-year-old daughter asked. “The bread has no seeds,” I responded as I flipped the slices of french toast on the griddle. I am well aware that my youngest child does not like bread with added ingredients such as seeds and nuts. Usually she picks out all the

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Pie season’s high season

RecipeSwap: Saskatoon Meringue Pie, Tart Cherry Pie, and Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

Everyone born on the Prairies has their favourite pie. Make that favourite pies. Do you linger over the pie table at the summer fair not sure which to choose? I do. Especially if strawberry-rhubarb is an option when there’s also saskatoon, various cream types and cherry to choose from. Oh, what to do? “Strawbarb” is


Recipe Swap Feb. 9, 2012

There’s a point where winter seems on the wane, yet endless. Customary complaining doesn’t seem quite right this year, though. It’s been one of the mildest winters on record, a “non-winter” by Prairie standards, that Environment Canada last week admitted never saw coming. Even so, by early February most of us are at that point

Recipe Swap – for Jun. 9, 2011

As I put these recipes together last week we were enduring yet another punishing rainstorm and comfort food seemed the order of the day. Here’s a couple of “rainy day” recipes in dreaded anticipation we may not yet be through with wet weather. Nonetheless, I hope on the day you read this it’s warmed up


Recipe Swap – for Jun. 2, 2011

Sendyourrecipesorreciperequeststo: ManitobaCo-operatorRecipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or email [email protected] Right now, my crisper is stuffed with asparagus, thanks to a stash fresh from my Mom-in-law’s garden last weekend. She bundled up at least eight pounds of the crisp green spears for us. We’ve been eating asparagus steamed, on toast, in casseroles and

Community Cookbooks That Care

Last spring, we we ran a series of stories and recipes from rural communities’ cookbooks that have raised tens of thousands of dollars over the years for important community programs and infrastructure. Community-compiled cookbooks are still rolling off the presses. Here’s a sampling of recipes found in new Carman Palliative Care Cookbook, published just last


Recipe Swap – for Oct. 7, 2010

With harvests delayed, poor or non-existent, an approaching day of Thanksgiving may seem moot this year. Yet, for many years, and certainly not all of them good ones, the second Monday of October has been the day we set aside to gather with family and friends, eat a good meal, and give gratitude for all

Stop And Smell The Harvest! – for Sep. 16, 2010

Many of you have seen that message posted on signage around rural Manitoba. Those five wise words are a compelling reminder to slow down, stay safe, and feel grateful in the midst of the long hours and frantic pace that unavoidably mark this time of year. Meal (or snack) time is when we can take


An Apple A Day – for Sep. 9, 2010

Suddenly apples are everywhere. If you’re fortunate to have a few Prairie-hardy apple varieties grown to gnarly maturity around your homes, you’ll be enjoying the many different flavours and textures of homegrown apples right now. Eating Manitoba-grown apples is a pleasure we owe to the apple-breeding efforts of the Morden Research Station, where most of

Recipe Swap – for Aug. 12, 2010

Here’s a mix of recipes this week for using abundant cucumber and zucchini as well as a response to a reader’s request for onion pie and pineapple slice. Do you have favourite recipes for late-summer use? Best recipes for using over abundant garden produce? We love hearing from you. We enjoy receiving your recipes or