Note: Not all of the ingredients in these recipes can be locally sourced in NL. Root Cellars Rock tries to highlight recipes that 1) call for several ingredients that can be found locally, 2) showcase seasonal and sustainable eating habits, and 3) use techniques that are suitable for home food preparation.
Blogs & Websites with many excellent local food recipes
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
Foraging Foodie, wild food recipes
Four Weeks of Healthy Menus With Grocery Lists and Recipes Included (Winnipeg Regional Health)
Great Meals for a Change : Recipes By the Season
Great Northern Peninsula Recipes: A People of Spirit, Courage and Resourcefulness (SABRI)
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
Healthy U Illustrated Recipe Cards (Gov. of Alberta)
Healthy Recipes for Life! (Thunder Bay District Health Unit)
Indigenous Food Systems Network
Rhubarb Recipes (Buy Local NB)
Scoff Cove Recipes (NL Interactive)
Seed to Spoon (A food blog, not the NL CSA)
Senior Chef: Cooking for One or Two (BC Health)
You Can Cook Handbook (Nanaimo Community Kitchens Society)
Wellness Ways Resource Book (University of Illinois)
Sites with Searchable Recipe Collections
Whole Foods Market Advanced Recipe Search
The opinions and information expressed in the above recipe links do not necessarily reflect the views of the Food Security Network NL or the Root Cellars Rock project and may not include the most up-to-date health and food safety best practices. Recipe links are chosen because they feature ingredients that can be sourced locally in Newfoundland and Labrador and are prepared easily in home kitchens. For more information on health and nutrition in Newfoundland and Labrador refer to the Department of Health and Community Services. For more information on food safety refer to Health Canada Food Safety. For health and safety guidelines to follow when canning and preserving food refer to Health Canada’s Food Safety for Home Canning and the National Center for Home Food Preservation. If you have any questions, comments or concerns about any of the recipes, email info@rootcellarsrock.ca or call (709) 237-4026.


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