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My 6th CSA Harvest: Abundant Antioxidants of Beet Greens

What a great harvest this week! More greens, but I hear we will be getting some new potatoes and carrots soon! So excited to make fresh potato salad! This week we have: Beet Greens (some with bigger beets) Swiss Chard (rainbow!) Half a Green Cabbage Sugar Snap Peas Lettuce Mizuna A Beautiful Bouquet of Sweet … Continue reading →

My 5th CSA Harvest: Kale, a Diamond in the Green Ruffage, Oxalic Acid and Caldo Verde

Another great bunch of veggies in this week’s CSA basket! This week we have an assortment of: Beet greens Garlic scapes (the last week of the season!!! Yep, a really short season) Snap peas Lettuce (This week is Red Sails) Gai Lan Radishes (multicoloured) Kale Kale I received a bunch of 3 types of kale- … Continue reading →

Growing Eden: Falafel Burgers with Cilantro Feta Sauce & Pickled Onions

Last week at Growing Eden, we broke out the barbecue and made some vegetarian friendly falafel burgers. Although these burgers are typically budget friendly, I splurged and purchased everything organic from Whole Foods. I even got some beautiful heirloom tomatoes to complement these protein-packed patties. Falafels are primarily made of chickpeas and are traditionally deep-fried. … Continue reading →

The Fourth CSA Harvest: Biweekly Flowers and Garlic Scapes

I have been waiting for this harvest! Finally we have fresh flowers in our home again. Although, my allergies don’t seem to feel the same way about these beautiful flowers, I love them just the same. Of course it could be the masses of Cottonwood floating around in the air. Here we have some Bachelor’s … Continue reading →

My First Nutrition Workshop: Organic vs Conventional & Eating the Rainbow

A day filled with pouring rain, lugging back over 50lbs of groceries from Whole Foods…. in my arms, madly cooking and preparing for my workshop….. Turned into such a wonderful evening! I delivered my first nutrition workshop as a nutrition graduate, to a lovely group of avid gardeners. We chatted about organic vs conventional foods … Continue reading →

My 3rd CSA Harvest: Tabbouleh and Fried Haloumi Salad with Chia Vinaigrette

I picked up my CSA harvest on such a beautiful Vancouver day. It feels like summer has arrived! This week’s harvest included: Daikon Radishes, Kale, baby Leeks and Onions, Lettuce, Arugula and Parsley. As I have been crazy busy with finishing up my food service practicum and working, I asked Paulo to make dinner one … Continue reading →

Lotsa Greens: My Second CSA Harvest

I am really enjoying eating all of the fresh organic produce from the Market Garden CSA at Farmers on 57th. It fills our fridge, and makes it’s presence known in our household. Filled with loads of Carotenoids, Vitamin K, Vitamin C, Iron, Calcium and fibre, this harvest is sure to fill the needs of Canada’s … Continue reading →

My First CSA Harvest Pick Up

I have been wanting to join a CSA program for years and years and years, and I decided this was the year to try it out. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and it is a community farming program you become a member to through monetary support, which entitles you to a share of the … Continue reading →

Great News of Life Changing Magnitudes

Let me start by saying that it has been a long and stressful year, and I completely apologize for not staying connected to my blog. But now I am bursting at the seams with great news, and I can’t contain it any longer! I am going to be a Registered Dietitian! I have graduated with a … Continue reading →