Food in the Kootenays

Kootenay Grain CSA

Diana van Eyk — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:07:01 +0000

The website of the Kootenay Grain CSA was off-line for several weeks, making it difficult for people to order their grain shares for the 2012 CSA. Rather than try to reconstitute the old website,...

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Wildcrafting

Diana van Eyk — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:38:49 +0000

As Spring approaches, it’s great to celebrate the nutritious, delicious food growing in the wild! Here’s a post all about it from my new website, Occupytoolkit. Happy Harvesting!

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Growing Greens Indoors

Diana van Eyk — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:36:32 +0000

Here’s an article explaining how to grown greens indoors; very handy during the winter months.

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Seeds of Change

Diana van Eyk — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:55:16 +0000

How many of us are browsing through seed catalogues this time of year? Planting gardens and growing our own food is great for our health and our environment and saves us a lot of money. No yard? You...

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Chipotle Kale Chips

Diana van Eyk — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:01:52 +0000

Here’s a new variation on kale chips I found in a document called “Supercharge your Health with Raw Foods by Trevor Justice. This recipe, by Dina Knight, sounds really flavourful....

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How to identify Genetically Modified Food

Diana van Eyk — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:25:12 +0000

Update: I’ve just received a comment with links that indicate that, although the “8″ prefix indicates GMOs, it’s use is optional, and since people generally avoid buying GMO...

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Congratulations to Shelly Adams!

Diana van Eyk — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:47:39 +0000

Great to see that Whitewater Cooks with Friends, published by Shelly Adams, former owner of Whitewater Winter Resort, is reaching unheard of heights for a self-published book. Whitewater Cooks with...

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Health Benefits of Seaweed

Diana van Eyk — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:34:54 +0000

For all the raw foodies out there, here’s an article from the terawarner.com website about the benefits of adding seaweed to smoothies. Thanks to Stephanie Gadsden for her article Raw Food...

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Creamy Baked Spinach and Mushroom Rotini

Diana van Eyk — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:08:09 +0000

Yum! I read this recipe and was instantly hungry! Thanks to the Chez Cayenne website for this recipe, which I’ve altered slightly. Ingredients 6 tbsp. Earth Balance margarine, divided 1-1/2...

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How to Live to Be 100

Diana van Eyk — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:14:47 +0000

…well, OK, there are no guarantees, but I found an interesting TED Talk on the Healthelp website where Dan Buettner discusses the results of research on places in the world where people have...

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