Seasonal spring eating
This is the second last bag of corn in our freezer. Will definitely do more next year. Posted from WordPress for Android
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Eggnog Season: The Best Eggnog Recipe
Well as it turns out I love eggnog. Who knew? My son is a fan and so as the dutiful mother I searched the internet and made him some because there was no way I was going to buy a carton of the stuff. Apparently it’s really easy and my raw milkshake is really eggnog…
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Fall Salads
Once you have started eating seasonally you start to have a whole new relationship and appreciation for lettuce. What once may have been taken for granted becomes an almost holy experience when you go without it for the better part of the year. In October heads of lettuce gradually begin getting smaller as a stark…
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Seasonal Snacks: September
It’s September and that means school is back in session and that means busier schedules, lunches and after school snacks. Don’t let that be a reason to slip up on your seasonal eating habits. We are still in full swing of seasonal snack ideas with lots of options at your local market and fruit stands….
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August Abundance
I think that August might be the peak month for produce shopping at the local market. I could be wrong but I think mid-August might provide the widest array and biggest cross-section of fruits and vegetables. Apples and pears start to come in while you still have all the summer berries blueberries, strawberries, blackberries (my…
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Recipes for August
Here are some great seasonal recipe ideas right from the source: Farmers. This is a list from the Farmers Almanac website people who remember what it is like to eat in season and grew up doing so right out of their back yards. http://www.almanac.com/content/whats-season-summer-recipes
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What’s at market in April?
The farmers market opens up mid April in many cities around the Okangan. Mine is no exception. The vendors never cease to amaze me with the bounty that they carefully tend in these precarious early weeks to delight the seasonal shopper. Baby greens are mostly what you will find fresh these days but oh are…
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All those Apricots
If you live in Kamloops like I do chances are come the end July or early August you don’t ever want to see another apricot as long as you live. There are even people in this town who think the trees should be banned. I happen to enjoy their abundance for one very key reason….fruit…
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Strawberry Season
Strawberries are the first fruit that you need to catch if you are going to preserve any sort of quantity of. They come ripe in about the middle of June but are VERY weather depending. If you miss them you are likely out of luck unless you live somewhere that grows the ever bearing variety…
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Cherry Season
We eat cherries for about a week while they are in season but other than that the only cherries we enjoy are of the dehydrated variety. They are kind of like raisins but slightly bigger and great in kids lunches. Each year I dehydrate about 20 racks of cherries, I’m not sure what that is in lbs but I would guess 10-20lbs of cherries.
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What’s at Market in June?
June sees the return of many of my vegetable favorites baby carrots, beets & potatoes first come out of the ground this month. Green onions can be found in abundance with radishes along side them. If you have had a warm enough spring peas make their first appearance at markets sometime this month and are…
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4 weeks of Asparagus
It’s here, it’s here!!! It must be May. That little head poking out of the ground. That spring time delicacy that has been ruined by Mexican imports is here and in Armstrong near where I live it is abundant. Asparagus. Acres and acres of it grow in the hills near where I live, not wild…
