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Local Food with a Global Flavour

Local Food- Global Flavour

Come to NEA REDB’s Multicultural Services Expo this Sat. Dec. 10th & enjoy delicious global cuisine made with local ingredients! Presented by Buy Local! Buy Fresh! Avalon Region, this event connects consumers with farmers and local markets. Event is free and open to the public. [...]

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A gift that gives twice!

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Root Cellars Rock and the Food Security Network NL both contributed recipes to the “Dine on Purpose” Charity Cookbook CD that includes a wonderful selection of 55 recipes from local Chefs, Restaurants, Bakeries and Food Producers. For every $20 donation given to an organization that feeds the hungry, between Dec 1-15 2011, you can get a copy of the cookbook CD (while supplies last)! [...]

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Winter Foraging

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Winter foraging is a fun way to enjoy this season and to make sure you get a bit of sunshine. We need vitamin D to keep the winter blues at bay. [...]

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Bulk Buying Clubs

Bulk Buying Clubs

FSN has created a guide explaining how to start and maintain a bulk buying club in your community in Newfoundland and Labrador! A bulk buying club is a group of people with similar food preferences who come together to buy food in bulk. All participants of a bulk buying club are involved in the planning, shopping, sorting, and delivering of food. These clubs enable individuals to work with a group of like-minded people to get more with their food dollars. [...]

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Warm and Hearty Veggie Cobbler

(Veggie cobbler, hot out of the oven!)

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As the days get shorter and the temperatures begin to plummet, I begin craving those warm, hearty meals that fill the soul (and stomach!). I try to put to good use the wonderful bounty of food harvested from my own backyard, local farmers, and in wild places around the City. The wonderful thing about veggie cobbler is that you can use differen combinations of vegetables depending on [...]

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Colourful Baked Cod

A colourful dish

I was a strict vegetarian/vegan for my formative learning-to-cook-for-myself years, so cooking meat and fish is a big mystery to me at 27. Last year I roasted a chicken and became confused when I couldn’t find the meat. I searched everywhere on top of the chicken for the white meat, only to find skin stretched over nearly bare bones. 20 minutes later I discovered that I had it upside down.

As I started cooking cod fillets I found I really couldn’t fry it without ending up with a mush of fish, completely separated. I’m still waiting for someone to show me how to do that. What I can do is bake a fillet of cod. That is easy. And delicious.

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Out of the frying pan, into the… jam jar?

From freezer to toast in about 20 minutes. Not bad!

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A little while ago, I wrote about my new love of herbed fruit jams. Before that, I told you about the Japanese knotweed jelly I was enjoying.  If you hadn’t figured it out, I really love making jellies and jams.

I’ve said before that preserves make me feel rich. All lined up in my pantry, they’re like luminous jewels, ensuring that, no [...]

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4 Ps Library- October

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Pumpkins are the cat’s meow! They’re a healthy and versatile local food and for our 4 Ps Library this month we want to share with you some super fun links and archived posts showcasing those marvelous squash that we like so much. [...]

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Annuals all year long

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Really the best way to grow annual herbs in NL is in containers. Examples of annual herbs are basil, cilantro, fennel, dill and parsley. Though these annuals can be grown directly in northern garden soil, they tend to prefer the slightly warmer temperatures which a container can provide. They can also all be grown indoors on a window shelf for an easy year-round harvest by bringing containers indoors when the weather cools. [...]

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Blueberry almond cookies

Blueberry almond coconut cookies

These cookies don’t need a lot of explanation- they’re just plain awesome. If you make them you may want to keep them secret like your favourite blueberry picking spot, or they won’t last long. [...]

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