Recipe Swap – for Dec. 9, 2010

You might have read in our paper last week about the amount of food wasted in Canada every year. The numbers are eye popping. We are throwing away a mountain of food – about 40 per cent of all food produced in this country. That’s about $27 billion worth of edibles, or slightly less than

Agri-Food Research Team Links Up With Latin American Firm – for Sep. 23, 2010

Manitoba researchers are working with a Latin American firm to commercialize healthier wheat and oat products, including a better bread for the second largest bread consumer in the world. The Consorcio de Cereales Funcionales SA., or “Functional Cereal Consortium” is a new company launched this summer as a joint venture between the Manitoba Agri-Health Research


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




Now That’s Good Bread

Beatrice Hosmann of Sandy Lake, Manitoba makes really good bread. I know, because I’m eating a slice right now, toasted, with my coffee! When Hosmann came to Canada from her native Switzerland just over 12 years ago, she and her family found Canadian bread to be insubstantial. “We Europeans love our bread,” said Hosmann, so


Handy Household Hints

To prevent soggy pie crust, sprinkle a tablespoon of flour on the bottom shell before adding filling. To prevent foaming when making jam, add a tablespoon of butter to the fruit when cooking. Spot remover for clothes: 2 parts water, 1 part rubbing alcohol. Try on an inconspicuous area first. Wall cleaner: 1/2 cup ammonia,

Recipe Swap – for May. 27, 2010

Outdoor work builds up big appetites this time of year, just as most of us have the least amount of time to cook. Meanwhile, first-of-the-season garden vegetables like asparagus, green onions, and rhubarb (and yes, rhubarb is a vegetable) beg for special recipes to enjoy them to the max. Here’s a mix of recipes from


Healthy Eating Starts With Healthy Food Choices

RECIPE SWAP This spring the Manitoba Canola Growers have joined forces with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba to produce Quick and Healthy Recipes: Volume 3, a new recipe book containing 15 heart-healthy recipes that promote eating less fat, especially saturated and trans fat, and reducing sodium, while increasing fibre in the diet. The

Memories That Never Fade

Some memories grow rich with time – of old friends and books I’ve read, The dearest and most meaningful is of Mother’s homemade bread. Bundled up to fight the cold, we’d hurry home from school To the wonderful aroma of fresh loaves laid out to cool. Winters seemed much harsher then, roads blocked by heavy