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A slow cooker isn’t just for the colder months. It can save time 
and keep the house cool in summer too.
Recipe Swap

Enjoy fajitas using your slow cooker

Prairie Fare: A slow cooker shouldn’t be ignored in the summer months

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Mom, that’s a female yellow pepper because it has four bumps,” my 14-year-old daughter said as she pointed at the peppers on a cutting board. “It’s sweeter.” She was grinning sweetly and looking at me. I mean my daughter, not the yellow pepper. “That red pepper is a male pepper because it has three bumps,”
Close-Up of a Sealed Campbell's Soup Can on Red Background
Comment, Opinion, Other

Comment: Souped up

A Kraft-Heinz takeover rumour 
doesn’t disguise deep-seated issues 
for companies like Campbell Soup

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Campbell Soup stocks soared after news came out suggesting the company could be bought by Kraft-Heinz, one of 3G Capital and Warren Buffett’s pet projects in the food sector. Even though the deal is highly unlikely to happen, these rumours point to a much larger story in food processing. Since 2013, the “acquire and cut”
Staying hydrated plays a very important part in regulating body temperature. Make sure you drink enough fluids on hot days!
Other, Recipe Swap

Staying hydrated in the heat of summer

Children, older adults and outdoor workers are especially vulnerable to dehydration

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Like many people, I have been busy with yardwork lately. We have had a proliferation of miniature maple trees popping up all over our yard, thanks to hundreds (maybe thousands) of propeller-like seeds dropping from our tree. I wander around the yard every day, inspecting my pots and gardens for the telltale reddish stems and
There are U-pick operations around the province getting ready to greet 
the season’s visitors.
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It’s fruit-picking time

Prairie Fare: Make the most of Manitoba’s short season

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We are fortunate to have an incredible variety of fruit here on the Prairies. We have apples, cherries, choke­cherries, crabapples, currants, gooseberries, grapes, has­kaps or honeyberries, melons, pears, plums, raspberries, saskatoons, strawberries and many more. It’s enough to make one’s mouth water. Our beautiful, jewel-coloured fruit is high in antioxidants, vitamins and nutrients making it
Youth learn cooking skills at the North Dakota 4-H Camp.
Other, Recipe Swap

Rediscover cooking and baking this summer

Measuring cups and spoons, and digital temperature gauges take the guesswork out of modern cooking and baking

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I thought back in time as I drove by the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center recently. I had reached the rolling hills near Washburn, N.D., on my way to the North Dakota 4-H Camp. Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark and their crew built Fort Mandan in the Washburn area in November 1804. The
The rhubarb plant is a staple of many farm gardens — and summer menus.
Recipe Swap

Make the most of rhubarb season

This tart seasonal favourite doesn’t have to be confined to desserts

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Mom, how did they figure out we could eat rhubarb, anyway?” my older daughter asked me. I had cut some stalks of rhubarb and was disposing of the large green leaves. A wilted leaf caught her attention and soon she had it draped over her head like a large green scarf. Of course, she snapped
Editorial, Opinion, Other

Editorial: Gluten-free bacon?

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It was enough to spoil my breakfast. As I opened a package of bacon to cook while camping on the holiday weekend, I learned from the label that it was “gluten free.” Gluten-free bacon? I was confused. Since when does bacon, which comes from animals, contain gluten, which is one of the components of the
Planning ahead is one of the keys for preparing nutritious meals for the busy seasons on the farm.
Recipe Swap

Food for farmers in the field

Prairie Fare: Chickpea Salad Sandwich or Wrap or how about Crunchy Oats & Honey Bars

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Feeding farmers on the field and feeding them well is no easy task. You want to provide nourishing, tasty food that’s quick and easy to prepare, transport and eat. You also want to offer variety and make sure hot food stays hot and cold food stays cold. That’s a tall order, especially when you’re likely
University of Winnipeg history professor, Janis Thiessen and researcher Sarah Story will tour Manitoba over the next four years in the Manitoba Food History Truck.
Country Crossroads, Local news, Other

Food history truck ready to roll

Researchers embark on unusual project to capture oral history of how food in Manitoba has been produced, sold, manufactured and consumed

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Who developed the recipe for that perogy or pasta? What’s the tale that torte could tell? A small group of history researchers from University of Winnipeg want to know, and will set out this spring to hear Manitobans tell their food-related stories. It’s a team assembled by Janis Thiessen, a history professor at University of
young boy eating vegetables reluctantly
Other, Recipe Swap

From picky to healthy eater

Avoid the temptations of grocery store marketing strategies

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I suppose this is going to be a column,” my son said as I pushed a grocery cart and he added items to it. We had paused in the produce aisle and he added bananas, oranges, strawberries, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce, onions, potatoes, several types of peppers and other colourful produce items. He examined the items

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