Tyson Foods, one of the United States’ largest poultry producers, has announced that they will no longer be using antibiotics for their fresh chicken sold in stores. The chicken will cost slightly more as a result of this change, but they anticipate that the change will actually increase demand for their chicken.
Personally, I know that [...]
The shrimp I bought on sale a while ago was getting freezer burned. What to do?
This was an “open up the fridge” meal: starting with one key ingredient (the shrimp), I just started assembling things that sounded like they would go well together. This time, it was a great success! I’ll need to remember this [...]
Nature’s Farm pastas are a recent discovery of mine. They are made in Steinbach using Canadian durum wheat and eggs from vegetarian-fed, free-run hens.
We picked up a few bags (which, according to their website are compostable!) to try them out, and were generally pleased with the results. The pasta is very easy to cook al [...]
I think everyone’s grandparents had a rhubarb plant or two. Early summers would be filled with rhubarb pies and rhubarb crumbles, and if you were lucky you’d get rhubarb sorbet.
Rhubarb (also called a “pie plant”) can commonly be found at farmers’ markets this time of year. In Manitoba, the season for rhubarb has just peaked. [...]
