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This Kale & Shallot Phyllo Pizza is a unique twist on pizza using fresh produce. I handle 1000’s of pounds of fresh produce every week. It is a food lovers dream and I am loving my job. It has inspired my use of fresh fruits and vegetables even more then I thought possible. My greatest…
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.…
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…
This Grilled Vegetable Salad has incredible flavour featuring the best of the season. For the first trial run on my new Char-Broil stainless grill I went with something I don’t cook every day and a fabulous Spring grilling dish. Shish kabobs! The combination of beef and vegetables is absolute perfection. I love shish kabobs, but…
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…