Pickled Radish Seed Pods

radish flowers

These Pickled Radish Seed Pods will become a pantry staple. Record Breaking Rain It has been the summer of rain. We broke a 50-year moisture record this year which, for a few reasons is great. The spring was met with many forest fires. Fire bans went up very early in the season, the moisture was…

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Creamy Bacon Lentil Soup

This Creamed Bacon Lentil Soup Features Canadian lentils and smoky bacon for the perfect creamy soup. 2014 seems to be the year of the lentil. I started off creating recipes from The Big Book of Little Lentils cookbook. Then it was announced that Canadian Lentils  was having a recipe contest that has seemed to explode online.…

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Lentil Mushroom Pate

This Lentil Mushroom Pate has incredible flavour featuring Canadian Lentils. Looking for an interesting appetizer for the Canadian Lentils contest I wanted to do something very different. The earthiness of mushrooms seemed like a natural paring with lentils, some shallots garlic and thyme with a hit of lemon was the perfect balance. It felt like…

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Apple Pie Filling

apple pie filling

This canned Apple Pie Filling is sure to become a pantry staple. Surrounded by thick forest, with trees so big you couldn’t wrap your arms around them. The forest floor a cushion of moss, wildflowers and fallen leaves. Rays of sunlight streaming through the treetops like something out of a child’s fairytale. It was a…

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