Rachel and Courtney are nursing students at Dalhousie University. For their community nursing course, they are participating in a placement at the Ecology Action Centre. In addition to helping out with a new cookbook we’re working on, they are facilitating … Continue reading
It’s pear season! In the recent post on Quick Weeknight Meals, I talked about sauteing pears. Today, let’s talk about preserving them. Canning: Pears canned in apple juice Pears canned in apple juice or cider are a classic favourite in … Continue reading
The lovely Elisabeth Bailey, author of A Taste of the Maritimes: Local, Seasonal Recipes the Whole Year Round, kindly submitted this blog post. You may remember Elisabeth from our summer 2011 cooking series and a summer 2012 post on rhubarb … Continue reading
It always puts a smile on my face when I open an email full of delicious recipes and equally delicious looking photos. (It also makes me very hungry.) These lovely recipes were sent in by Aidan, a cook and Food … Continue reading
Today’s post is brought to you by the letter ‘P’. While I love to linger over a simmer pot of something delicious, most week nights I come home from work hungry. I want to eat NOW. This is where a … Continue reading
I recently found myself with a surplus of beets. I like beets, but I also know that they will last for weeks in the fridge, so I tend to overlook them, eating the more perishable items from my CSA box … Continue reading
It’s almost Thanksgiving! And in honour of the holiday that celebrates the harvest and local food, we’ve rounded up a number of our favourite Thanksgiving-themed recipes from the past two years. Apparently, we’ve never cooked a turkey here at Adventures … Continue reading
As the weather starts to cool off, my thoughts naturally turn from cold salads to hot dishes. Today’s post comes from Aidan, a cook and Food Action contributor who loves local produce. At home, he plays with his food just … Continue reading
This post was originally written for us by Carla Smith, Nutrition student at Mount Saint Vincent University last winter, but the recipe looked so intriguing, I made it myself and had to provide my own comments on it! Apologies to … Continue reading
Crazy for carrots? Haley Drayton, Laura Estabrooks, Sophie Phang, Kristi Schofield & Jenna Whitlock, nutrition students at Acadia University, tell us all about this lovely root vegetable.
