4-Ingredient Coleslaw

What’s better with a summer barbecue than a side of tangy, crunchy cole slaw?   This 4-ingredient Coleslaw recipe is quick and easy to make at home and complements barbecued steak, chicken, ribs or other meats so well.  It just feels like summer.  For those of you doing a keto diet, you can make it …

Plant to Plate- Flower Blossom Vinegar

Wouldn’t it be lovely to be able to go out and cut fresh flowers for your own arrangements, attract butterflies and bees to your garden and have some beautiful, edible flowers to add to your dishes? This is all possible, with the right plants and a cutting garden. Cosmos, zinnias, gladioli, sweet peas, sunflowers are …

Rhubarb Coffee Cake

Rhubarb Coffee Cake is a recipe that I always make this time of year, when you can get fresh rhubarb from the garden.  But it’s also good to make with rhubarb that has been cut up and frozen. Either way, every time I have made it I’ve been asked for the recipe.  Hope you enjoy the …

Lemony Grilled Asparagus Spears

Asparagus is one of the first seasonal plants to arrive each spring, in your garden and also at the market.  If you have asparagus planted in your garden, they are a perennial and will produce year after year, but it does take 2-3 years for the plants to start producing. Asparagus, like most of our …

BBQ Ribs- Dry Rubbed and Baked in the Oven

It’s just the beginning of BBQ season, which makes me crave some delicious, fall-off-the-bone ribs. This BBQ ribs recipe, though, calls for dry-rubbing the ribs and cooking them low and slow in the oven. The last few minutes the sauce is put on and you can finish them on the BBQ to get the nice …

Plant to Plate- Rhubarb Muffins

When thinking of spring and the return to fresh seasonal eating,  rhubarb is one of the first things that come to mind and that comes to life in the garden. With its beautiful pink and red stalks, there are endless possibilities when it comes to using it in your kitchen. One of my favourites is …

Taco Salad Recipe

Today’s recipe makes me feel like spring!   We are going to try a Taco Salad – the great taste of tacos without the carbs of eating them the traditional way.  Salads just seem right for this time of year!  You can feel free to modify to your tastes and diet requirements, because this is a …

Plant to Plate-Planting Seed Potatoes

This week in our Plant to Plate series with Wile’s Lake Farm Market we are talking about potatoes. The potato can sometimes be overlooked, but are very nutritious, inexpensive and versatile. A great source of fibre, there are endless options when it comes to preparing and using them in your kitchen. In the summer, I …

Easy Crescent Cheese Danish

There is nothing like warm crescent cheese danish with coffee.  This recipe is one I found on Pinterest, and it is now a family favourite.  Crescent roll dough makes these super easy to make, and within 30 minutes you can be enjoying a real treat. This recipe will make 8 large danish or 16 small.  …

Plant to Plate- Spinach Salad

We’re so excited to be starting year 2 of our sponsored series with Wile’s Lake Farm Market! This year’s series is called Plant to Plate. Plant to plate is connecting what you grow in your garden, to what you put on your plate.  Looking at the seasonality of foods and focusing on what is in …