Why local garlic? Why pay more? Why go to the effort? Learn why foreign garlic should stay out of your cart. Get a brief overview of the myriad health and medicinal benefits of garlic. It’s all here on why local garlic is king. I had the ...
In the Kitchen
Homemade Potato Salad
Tired of bland, mushy potato salad? Try this tasty rendition of homemade potato salad for your next potluck barbeque. Just don’t expect to bring any home. I needed to find a potato salad recipe for just such a potluck because someone else ...
Homemade Chicken Salad
This homemade chicken salad recipe is completely satisfying – a bit of salty, a bit of sweet, a bit of summer dill. Grab it for a summer picnic, weekday lunch, or dress it up for a party. You can’t go wrong! You know when you sometimes get a ...
Homemade Granola
This homemade granola is full of options, such as nuts and dried fruit, with a classic crunchy base of oatmeal. Sweetened with honey, this is a healthy option for a hearty breakfast or afternoon snack. Ultimate yogourt parfait, anyone? A friend ...
Chokecherry/Chokeberry BBQ Sauce
Blueberry BBQ sauce has been around for awhile. This Chokecherry or Chokeberry BBQ Sauce can be modified for other berries or berry syrups, and has good depth of flavour with a little kick to finish it off. It kicks the same-old BBQ sauce out of the ...
Harvesting Chokecherries and Chokecherry Syrup
Chokecherries are a rural prairie classic. From chokecherry pie to chokecherry syrup, these tart berries are a late summer treat. Read on to get the low down on harvesting chokecherries and making chokecherry syrup. Different years produce ...
Platz: Fruit Dessert Square Bar
Platz?! This German crowd favourite has a plain base like most squares and bars, a fruity layer, and a buttery crumb topping. How about a drizzle of icing for the sweet tooth? Try this platz fruit dessert! My grandma gave me this recipe, and now ...
Best Ever Homemade Iced Tea Concentrate
This homemade iced tea concentrate recipe is simply the best iced tea I’ve ever tasted. It is sweet, strong, and tastes like tea, and is completely adaptable to your preferences. This refreshing tea is perfect for those hot summer days, or anytime ...
Ultimate Macaroni Salad
Are you looking for that perfectly flavourful and creamy macaroni salad to bring to the next summer BBQ? This ultimate macaroni salad does not disappoint. Forget the dry, bland, so-much-macaroni-is-it-really-a-salad recipes and make this crave-worthy ...
Melt in Your Mouth Rhubarb Dessert
Rhubarb is a staple when the shoots of these first fruits of spring offer an endless of array of dessert options. But this scrumptious, mouth-watering Rhubarb Dessert is a real treat. The sweet custard filling melds together with the tart rhubarb, ...
I'm Erika, I live on eighty acres in the northern prairies of southern Manitoba with my husband and four kids. Here, we enjoy the outdoors and try to be more self sufficient as we try new things in the garden and learn about our land and the world around us.