Ten tips for eating more vegetables

Ten tips for eating more vegetables

Prairie Fare: Simply Grilled Veggies

This is a good year for flowers in my neighbourhood. Pots and baskets are brimming with pink, purple, yellow and crimson petals. I can’t resist flowers or watching things grow. Here’s where I note that “Garden” is my middle name, or my “first” last name, anyway. Have you taken the opportunity to admire the blooming



Take the Pulse Pledge

Take the Pulse Pledge

Prairie Fare: Roasted Beet Hummus, Cumin Roasted Carrot and Lentil Tacos and Peanut Butter Chickpea Energy Balls

We’re halfway through International Year of Pulses (IYP). Are you eating more of them yet? If not, sign up for the Pulse Pledge. You’ll be inspired to try. First, a word on the IYP. The United Nations declared 2016 the year of pulses to remind us how diets of pulses are healthier for both people

herbs

Herbs can be a year-round pleasure

Gate to Plate: Parsley and Barley Salad
, Herb Butter
 and Classic Basil Pesto


Herbs are like icing on a cake, they take food from ordinary to extraordinary by adding flavour, colour, texture, aroma and even nutrients and antioxidants. With their variety of shapes, blossoms and foliage, they also add interest and colour to gardens. And, when planted strategically, they’re effective at attracting beneficial insects such as bees, butterflies

Does watching cooking shows promote weight gain?

Does watching cooking shows promote weight gain?

Prairie Fare: Snap Bean Provencal

“I am gaining weight just watching this show. These cooking shows must fuel the obesity issue,” my husband commented. We were walking on treadmills side by side at a gym. We had our TVs tuned to the same cooking show. He probably noticed me shaking my head as I watched the show. I tend to



milk in grocery aisle

What does the new dairy research mean for us?

Eventually there could be new recommendations on dairy consumption

Want milk!” exclaimed the little voice in the early hours of morning. By the time he was a toddler, our son knew exactly what he wanted to quench his thirst. He had whimsical dancing farm animals adorning the walls of his nursery. I guess when the morning light illuminated his room, the smiling cows reminded

rhubarb

Is there a ‘stalk’ market in rhubarb?

Research at Portage la Prairie explores potential for commercial production of rhubarb

My parents had a rhubarb patch they harvested for years and years. A sturdy crown divided off it still grows full bore in my backyard. Just how long can rhubarb last? A much bigger patch being established at the Agriculture Canada station (formerly the Central Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre) at Portage la Prairie this summer


Rhubarb is a harbinger for the flood of fresh produce we can all expect to enjoy over the coming months.

Rhubarb marks the beginning of the bounty

Prairie Fare: Rhubarb Juice Concentrate, Field Hand French Toast Fingers with Stewed Rhubarb, Classic Stewed Rhubarb

There’s nothing like the first rhubarb crisp to herald the arrival of spring and the bounty of fresh local produce that will grace our tables for the next six months. But just how much do you know about this harbinger of spring? Challenge yourself and others with this rhubarb quiz and find out. 1) Is

Freezer meals speed summertime cooking

Freezer meals speed summertime cooking

Prairie Fare: Slow Cooker Sloppy Lentils Freezer Meal

As I was driving with the window open in my vehicle, the scent of freshly mown grass reminded me that summer is almost here. A little later, my nose detected another sensory delight of spring: the aroma of grilling food. Although you might be expecting an article about grilling with that opener, I’d like to