With Summer officially arriving this past Wednesday, it’s time to think about easy and delicious meals that don’t require a lot of heat/cooking! That’s why this week I’m spotlighting Cold Soups featuring vegetable bundle ingredients.
Fun Fact: Brunch was invented in 1895! Today, Victoria, B.C. is the brunch capital of Canada, where brunch isn’t just a meal eaten between breakfast and lunch - it’s a lifestyle!
The Russet potato was not always the favourite potato variety. They rose to fame as the potato used to make McDonald’s French fries. Today, Russet potatoes account for 70% of the potato market in North America.
Did you know June is actually National Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Month?! So, this month skip the canned and frozen vegetables & fruit and reach for fresh. Lucky for you, you have your fresh local vegetable boxes that makes doing that easy!
The warmer weather is here which means its time to fire up your grill and enjoy some easy and delicious meals. This week I’ll be sharing some recipes for how to enjoy your vegetable box items grilled!
Green Garlic and garlic scapes are two different things from the same plant, grown in two different periods in its growing season. Green garlic is the immature garlic bulb and has a delicate spring flavour. Garlic scapes are the greens on top of a mature plant, and have a much stronger flavour!
Early settlers looked forward to harvesting them after long, hungry winters, as it would have been one of the first vegetables they had eaten in months!