from 30-Minute Low-Carb Dinners This antipasto brings all the things you love about a charcuterie board and incorporates it in a low-carb version of a hearty salad with the addition of crispy bacon. It’s healthy, fresh and so quick to put together. Make it after a long day at work or when you get back […]
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from Ontario Picnics Instructions from 1915: Crush one-half bunch of well-washed mint leaves with ½ cup of sugar, add 3 small lemons and 1 orange, cut in slices, ¼ cup of crushed pineapple, if at hand, and place for a few hours on ice. Strain through a wet cloth into a pitcher of ice, when
from Menno-Nightcaps Every now and then, world events burst their way into our affairs despite our best efforts to ignore them. For instance: try as we might, we could not miss the two world wars. These were such cataclysmic events that they even got Mennonites of different subsects, who usually never spoke to each other,
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from Buckwheat Delicious on their own or as a side dish or as a really funky veggie burger served in a bun with your favourite sauce and toppings. Serves 4 Preparation time: 45 minutes Ingredients 1 cup (250 mL) buckwheat, raw ½ cup (125 mL) zucchini, shredded 1 egg 1/3 cup (75 mL) flour 1
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from Hanes Hummus Ingredients Hanes Hummus Cucumber Cherry tomatoes Feta cheese Fresh parsley Instructions Cut the cucumber into slices. Put one teaspoon (or two) of Hanes Hummus on each slice of cucumber and sprinkle with feta cheese. Cut the cherry tomatoes into half, and place of top of the hummus. Sprinkle with parsley, serve and
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from There to Here One of the famous Taiwanese street foods. Back in Taipei, Shao could get it in ten minutes by walking down the street. Here in Canada, he prepares it at home for friends. Serves 6 Timing: 6 hours, 30 min. active Difficulty: Easy Ingredients 1 large egg, lightly beaten 300 mL soy
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from French Food for Everyone (After School Snacks) These are the sort of thing that always catches my eye at the bakery when I’m only supposed to be picking up bread. Inevitably one will make its way into my order and will be enjoyed at breakfast or mid-morning – they’re so good I can never
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from French Food for Everyone: Dinner Papillote (Pap-ee-ot), Ratatouille (Rat-a-too-ee). Are there more fun words in the French language? (Actually, if you ask my students, there are Pamplemousse, for example. But, I digress…). This “two for one” recipe cooks the vegetables with the fish at the same time (en papillote refers to a dish that’s
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from Tales From Under the Rim Love Tim Hortons’ iced coffee? Try making it yourself, playing with the ingredients and portions to get it exactly how you like it! Ingredients 1 cup coffee ½ cup sugar 1 cup water ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons cream or milk (to your liking) Directions Make your favourite
from For Maids who Brew & Bake In 1611, Sir Hugh Platt (London) wrote in “Delights for Ladies to adorne their persons, tables, closets and distilleries,” how to make conserve of strawberries: First seethe them in water: then boile them in white wine, and worke as before in Damsons, or else straine them, being ripe:
