Coconut Buttered New PotatoesOne of my favourite summer dinners ...This recipe is so easy, yet so impressive! Boil for about 12 minutes:1 pot new potatoesServe on a bed of arugulaTop with:1/4 cup lightly warmed peas1 tbsp Original Abundance Coconut Butter1 tsp Nonna Pia’s Chili Lime Balsamic Reduction1 tsp cold pressed olive oil1 tbsp Kale Chip Sprinkles by … Continue reading Recipe: Coconut Buttered Potatoes
The invitation to Be Well is everywhere, including at One Mile Lake, with the addition of a self-guided fitness circuit. The fitness circuit was the result of a few people with passion, harnessing their personal strengths and rallying their community networks (which is kind of the formula for most great things, isn't it? I can … Continue reading Shout Out: The Rotary Fitness Circuit
Bumper crop of zucchinis? Yep, that means zucchinis for breakfast, lunch and tea. Raiding recipe books, looking for things to do with my massive mutant courgettes, I stumbled upon this goodie from Across the Creek Organics, back when the organic potato farmers were pioneering CSA harvest boxes. Across the Creek Organics' Zucchini Bread 3 eggs, … Continue reading Recipes: Zucchini Bounty means zucchini bread… and more
I’ve been thinking about the Doomsday Seed Vault lately. Officially known as the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, it was started in 2008 and now contains upwards of 1.5 million distinct seed samples, serving as a kind of safety deposit box of plant diversity.I wonder who it’s beneficiaries will be. Aliens? The handful of survivors of … Continue reading Column: Save the Seeds
There are eight weekends left of summer - between now and the Fall Equinox. Maybe it's that countdown feeling that has me wanting to do a quick recap of July. Where did it go again?Here are some highlights from the Wellness Almanac, in case you were too busy out camping, swimming, festival-going, Spud-running, alpine hking, fire-fighting, art-journalling, berry-picking, weed-pulling, ribbon-cutting … Continue reading July Round-Up
I've probably taken more day-time naps in the past 18 months than in my entire adult life. Certainly, since University. It's weird, how naughty I feel, how guilty and unproductive and self-indulgent: sleep? in the middle of the day? when there's laundry and dishes and endless chores, not to mention, actual work, to be … Continue reading Wellness: Sleep. (Get more.)
The Pemberton Farmers’ Market exists to bring Pemberton-area producers and consumers together directly, creating a marketplace for the best-quality, freshest produce in Pemberton, and fostering a healthy and sustainable, professional, organic farming industry in the Pemberton area – while also striving to bring a diverse sampling of the community together every week of the season. … Continue reading Faces of the Farmers Market: Hare’s Farm Organic Blueberries
Do you know how to spot the difference between heat cramps, heat stroke, and heat exhaustion? Read the safety tips below to find out how to keep cool this summer as the temperature rises. Anyone can experience heat stress. The health risks are greatest for those over the age of 65, infants and young children, … Continue reading Its Hot Out There! Heat Wave!
I recently received injuries to my right hand that caused damage to some of my nerves. During my recovery process, I experienced exquisitely painful sensitivity at the sites that were healing and forming scar tissue. Time and Mother Nature wait for no one however and the St. John's wort blossoms emerged as my hand was … Continue reading The Lesson
Just in time for strawberry season, Stewardship Pemberton is hosting a canning workshop that will teach you everything you need to know to can jams and preserves without giving your loved ones a nasty case of botulism. (I'm guessing all cases of botulism are nasty...) SPS's Dawn Johnson shared a favourite family recipe and the … Continue reading Free Canning Workshop, Saturday June 21, 9am-1pm
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