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    Digging the Local Bounty: What to cook with summer's fresh fruits and veggies
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jul 11
    Cooking

    Digging the Local Bounty: What to cook with summer's fresh fruits and veggies

    Head to the farmer's market or open your CSA box and try these recipes using the fresh summer fruit and veggies available from local farms.
    RECIPES: Cooking with beans
    Cinda Chavich
    • Apr 7
    Cooking

    RECIPES: Cooking with beans

    Try these bean-centric recipes — from a white bean dip with goat cheese, to cassoulet, Greek bean salad and spicy Spanish chickpeas + shrimp
    Marvelous mushrooms: wild local food
    Cinda Chavich
    • Apr 6
    Food

    Marvelous mushrooms: wild local food

    Head out into BC forests to forage for wild mushrooms with an expert or grow a crop of beautiful oyster mushrooms with a kit at home.
    BEAN CUISINE: Save money with healthy beans
    Cinda Chavich
    • Mar 10
    Food - Ingredients

    BEAN CUISINE: Save money with healthy beans

    With soaring food costs, choosing beans over animal proteins, at least part of the time, can save resources and stretch your food dollars.
    COOKING: A good day for soup
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jan 4
    Cooking

    COOKING: A good day for soup

    Soup is a healthy habit, reducing food waste and adding immune-boosting colourful veggies to your diet. Find lots of tasty recipes here!
    SQUASH SEASON: A winter squash and pumpkin primer for fall
    Cinda Chavich
    • Oct 6, 2021
    Food

    SQUASH SEASON: A winter squash and pumpkin primer for fall

    Here's a primer on the types of winter squash available at Vancouver Island farm markets, and how to cook squash in creative dishes!
    RECIPES: Cooking with ancient grains
    Cinda Chavich
    • Sep 8, 2021
    Cooking

    RECIPES: Cooking with ancient grains

    Try these recipes for cooking with ancient grains including whole grain risotto, farro soup, Barley Pudding and No Knead Spelt Bread
    THE BEAN BUTCHERS: Vegan meat makers in Victoria are leading the global trend
    Cinda Chavich
    • Aug 4, 2021
    Food

    THE BEAN BUTCHERS: Vegan meat makers in Victoria are leading the global trend

    The Very Good Butchers add up the number of “beans butchered” for their range of vegan meat products — 26 million +
    Seaweed Season:  Eat Your (Sea) Vegetables
    Cinda Chavich
    • Aug 3, 2021
    Food

    Seaweed Season: Eat Your (Sea) Vegetables

    There are 650 species of seaweed living along BC's coast, 32 types of kelp, the most diversity on the planet. Learn all about it.
    GARDEN OF EATING: Growing food in the city
    Cinda Chavich
    • Jul 4, 2021
    Food

    GARDEN OF EATING: Growing food in the city

    Turning your yard into an urban food farm is a hot trend in Victoria and its easy to do with help from local garden designers.
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