Recipe Swap, Aug. 9

RecipeSwap New rules for labelling help those with allergies Reading the label on food products just got easier for those living with allergies or celiac disease — and squinting at the fine print. Last week Health Canada unveiled new rules for what must be declared on food labels so you can tell at a glance

Recipe Swap, April 19, 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


Recipe Swap, April 12, 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

Recipe Swap – for Sep. 22, 2011

Sendyourrecipesorreciperequeststo: ManitobaCo-operatorRecipe Swap Box 1794, Carman, Man. R0G 0J0 or email [email protected] With blight taking out most people s tomato crops last year, gardeners have been especially vigilant this summer to see another season through to a healthy harvest. As I write this, my own tomatoes look fine, although a little small. With any luck


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



Recipe Swap – for May. 12, 2011

That winter storm had many of us hunkered down for a few hours wondering if the calendar was somehow fast-forwarded to late October or thereabouts. But by the time you’re reading this, the weekend winter we woke up to May 1 should be long gone and spring back among us. Here’s a mix of lighter


Breakfast Never Needs To Be Boring

ith the sun up earlier each morning now, many of us are getting earlier starts to the day. Mornings should always include eating breakfast, of course, yet many of us skip it. I’ve seen reports that say about 40 per cent skip breakfast, often with the notion that it will help with weight loss. (The