Recipes

2.16.26Basic Foods You Can Make at Home
Homemade Recipes for Dressings, Sauce, Baked Beans, Soup, Pastry, Crackers, and Bread
Making your own pantry staple foods is a way to eat better and lower your food bills at the same time. We’ve put together nine of our favourite basic staple food recipes—from condiments and sauce, to bean pots, soup, bread, […]

12.4.25Hazelnut Biscotti

RECIPE Homemade biscotti are nothing like the dried-out versions you find in coffee shops. These twice-baked Italian cookies are crisp, nutty, and eminently delectable. Make these biscotti with local hazelnuts or use pecans for even richer flavour.

9.3.25Cool Kohlrabi
A Crisp Vegetable for Dips and Slaws
With its tentacle-shaped leaves and green or purple bulbs, you might think it’s an alien life form. It is, in fact, kohlrabi, a cool-weather brassica that grows abundantly in South Coast British Columbia and provides a crisp, nutritious addition to […]

8.3.25Parmesan-Stuffed Tomatoes

RECIPE Ripe tomatoes bring a sweet, sharp tang to this simple side dish. Broiled with virgin olive oil, white wine and parmesan, stuffed tomatoes are great as a vegetarian entrée or a side for grilled meat or fish.

5.23.25Green Pea Dip with Parmesan

RECIPE If you want to add more plant-based protein foods to your diet, green pea dip is a simple, nutritious choice. This fresh, light dip is an alternative to chickpea hummus, and is high in protein, minerals and vitamins. Green […]

11.27.24Chayote Chips

RECIPE These scrumptious chayote chips are the perfect way to use chayote squash. A healthy snack food from an abundant fall vegetable.

10.14.24Quince and Apple Crumble

RECIPE Combined with apples, quinces add an amazing flavour to this traditional baked dessert. Tart and tough when raw, quince softens, becomes sweeter and turns a lovely pink when cooked.

7.29.24Tomato Sauce from Fresh Tomatoes
Make the Basics: Tomato Sauce from Scratch
How to make delicious tomato sauce fresh from the garden! RECIPE Homemade tomato sauce has a sweet freshness you’ll never find by using canned tomatoes. That’s because when you simmer fresh tomatoes into sauce, you preserve the taste of the […]

5.23.24Vegan Mayonnaise
Homemade Mayo: It’s Cheaper to Make Your Own
If you think the price of store-bought mayonnaise is high, why not make your own? This vegan mayonnaise is fresh, easy to make, and much cheaper than the eggless mayo you buy at the grocery store. Knowing how to […]

1.21.24Roasted Parsnips

RECIPE Home fries with an attitude! If you haven’t tried parsnips, you’re missing out on a great local winter vegetable. Similar to carrots, parsnips are root vegetables with a sweet, nutty flavour that mellows when roasted. The trick with parsnips […]

10.6.23Pumpkin Apple Bread

RECIPE This recipe for Pumpkin Apple Bread pairs two fall favourites, pumpkins and apples, in a deliciously spiced bread. Moist and full of flavour, this sweet bread works well with canned or fresh pumpkin and almost any kind of apple. […]

6.6.23Quinoa, Tomato and Mozzarella Salad

RECIPE This refreshing salad combines the tang of sweet cherry tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and garlic with quinoa in a fresh basil vinaigrette. For a sharper flavour contrast, try this salad with crumbled feta or blue cheese.

12.22.22Roasted Sweet-and-Sour Beets

RECIPE Roasting brings out the intensity of the beets in this tangy side dish. You can roast (and freeze) the beets ahead to save time, and prepare the rest in a quick 2 minutes! Choose baby beets for sweetest flavour. […]

9.20.22How to Make Oven-Roasted Tomatoes
Great for Tomato Sauce or Freezing
Oven-roasted tomatoes have a special sweet flavour that surpasses simple sauce.

4.25.225 Classic Salad Dressings
Homemade Salad Dressing
RECIPES Homemade salad dressing greatly surpasses any you can buy in the store. Fresh herbs and lemons, quality oils and full-flavoured vinegars make all the difference. Here are five classic salad dressings to make at home: Honey Mustard dressing, Basic […]

9.26.21Pumpkin Pancakes

RECIPE Pumpkin Pancakes are an easy, satisfying way to cook fall pumpkin or squash. This is easily my favourite way to eat pumpkin. Hot and delicious, these tiny pumpkin pancakes never last long at our house. This recipe works with […]

6.21.21Cucumber Dill Salad

RECIPE To me, this salad is like a taste of summer. There’s something more to it than its simple ingredients might suggest. Cucumber, fresh dill, and garlic, the bite of vinaigrette, and a touch of sugar meld together into a […]

12.19.20Seasonal Vegetables to Eat this Winter
Recipes for Seasonal Local Vegetables
Want to eat more seasonal winter vegetables? Here are nine of our favourite recipes for local in-season veggies in fall and winter. Seasonal vegetables are the unsung heroes of winter eating. It may surprise you just how many winter veggies […]

11.14.20Kale Chips

RECIPES Parmesan Garlic Kale Chips • Ginger Basil Kale Chips • Tahini Lemon Kale Chips Is the Kale Trend Over? A few years ago when kale was all the rage, kale chips became an instant classic—a healthy snack food […]

10.10.20Cooking with Chayote Squash
Sautéed Chayote Squash
You may have noticed chayote squash appearing at local markets. This unusual bright green, pear-shaped squash has long been cultivated in Mexico and Latin America, and is now making its way to northern grocery stores.

7.28.20Bread and Butter Pickles

RECIPE This is a traditional tried-and-true sweet pickle—wonderful on burgers, sandwiches, mixed into chicken or tuna salad, or eaten straight out of the jar. We searched in the stores and never found sweet pickles as good as these. Which is […]

1.2.20Potato, Leek and Ham Soup

RECIPE This hearty, seasonal Potato and Leek soup is full of flavour and easy to make. A warming comfort food for a cold day. If you’re looking to eat more seasonal winter foods, potatoes and leeks are the perfect cold-weather […]

11.25.18Colourful Scalloped Potatoes

RECIPE This scalloped potato recipe celebrates the diverse colours and flavours of the much loved, yet humble potato. Red, yellow, blue and white potatoes add colour and nuanced taste to this potato classic. Make with any combination of potato colours […]

8.19.18Zucchini Pancakes

RECIPE These savoury zucchini pancakes will not last long! Flavoured with sweet onions, hot out of the pan, they make a delicious side dish for meat or pasta, or a light vegetarian meal. Zucchini pancakes freeze well and are a […]

1.28.18Making Crusty Artisan Baguettes
Shaping and Baking Baguettes from Crumb to Crust
In this video, Mitchell Morse, professional baker and owner of The Fickle Fig Farm Market & Bistro on Vancouver Island, takes you through the process of making crusty, artisan baguettes. “I’m always going for a crispy, crusty bread,” Mitchell says, […]

1.4.17Rosemary Sea Salt Crackers
Make the Basics: Homemade Flatbread Crackers
RECIPE Crisp rosemary sea salt crackers capture the delicious taste of the best artisan bakery flatbreads. With accents of lemon, rosemary and flaky sea salt (seriously addictive!), these homemade crackers will quickly become favourites for every day and special occasions. […]

10.8.16Herb Roasted Cipollini Onions
Caramelized sweet autumn onions
Topping my list of favourite fall foods are sweet, saucer-shaped cipollini onions. Cipollinis, whose name means “little onions,” come in white and red varieties. Cipollinis’ sweet, mellow flavour and diminutive flattened shape make them an excellent choice for roasting.

4.19.16Crispy Chickpeas

RECIPE Delicious eaten on their own or tossed onto salads and soups in lieu of croutons, these roasted chickpeas will be requested often and devoured quickly. This recipe comes from The Power of Pulses: Saving the World with Peas, Beans, […]

2.24.16Beka Brown Maple Baked Beans

RECIPE With the increasing interest in heirloom beans, we’ve developed this delicious recipe for Beka Brown Maple Baked Beans. Plump, hearty, golden-brown Beka Brown beans add an extra edge of flavour to this traditional side dish. If you can’t find […]

11.1.15Beet Chips

RECIPE If you love vegetable chips, why not make your own? The trick is to slice the vegetables seriously thin so that they crisp up nicely in the oven. This beet chip recipe is easy to adapt to other root […]

7.2.15Fish Tacos

RECIPE These crispy fish tacos from The Waste Not, Want Not Cookbook by Cinda Chavish use organic corn chips to coat the fillets. Top with fresh salsa for a spicy, light meal. Serves 4

7.2.15Raspberry Lemonade

RECIPE This summer lemonade from The Waste Not, Want Not Cookbook by Cinda Chavish works well with ripe, juicy raspberries, as well as with fresh strawberries or blackberries.

6.2.15Asian Slaw with Kohlrabi and Carrots

RECIPE Kohlrabi’s crunchy texture and mild cabbage flavour make it an excellent choice for slaws. This simple slaw uses sweet carrots and fresh kolhrabi to create a refreshing Asian style salad.

12.4.14Broccoli Grape Salad

RECIPE This lovely red and green salad is as attractive as it is delicious. Broccoli, red grapes, sauteed onions and toasted nuts come together in this sweet and tangy side dish. An exceptional addition to any meal.

9.27.14Tuscan White Beans with Rosemary

RECIPE Infused with rosemary and virgin olive oil, these creamy baked beans make a hearty meal or side dish.

3.9.14Walnut Garlic Dip

RECIPE This quick dip is an easy, delicious way to eat more Omega-3s. Serve with breadsticks, crackers or raw vegetables. Walnut garlic dip tastes especially good with ripe, sweet cherry tomatoes.

2.23.14Minestrone with Pesto

RECIPE The secret to this pasta and white bean soup is basil pesto, which adds a delicious mellow spice to the mix. Served with crusty parmesan bread, minestrone makes a complete and warming meal. Serves 8

9.17.13Pear Cinnamon Scones

RECIPE Cinnamon accentuates the sweetness of fresh pears in these healthy whole grain scones. Serve warm for breakfast, brunch or snacks.

7.16.13Pie Crust 101
Slideshow: The Easy Science Behind Pastry Baking