What We’re Lovin for April

What We're Lovin April 2013What Ellen’s Lovin’

The reruns of Great Tastes of Manitoba TV show.  I did miss a few of the shows in the fall but I am excited to see them this spring.  I shared my top 10 reasons to watch Great Tastes with you all.  Tune in on Saturdays at 6:30 pm on CTV or you can watch the shows at www.foodmanitoba.ca.  It’s the longest running cooking show in Canada! Tune in each week with host Ace Burpee and all the food experts to connect to our local food and tasty recipes.

Avocados and fresh guacamole.  Like canola oil, avocados are made up of healthy fats and fresh guacamole is easy to make. You just need an avocado, fresh tomatoes, lime, onion (I use red onion finely diced) and cilantro. It tastes like Mexico and the freshness can’t be beat.

What Wendy’s Lovin’

Le Crueset French Oven –  As a wedding gift, we recently received a Le Creuset French Oven and I am absolutely lovin’ it! It is my favourite thing in my kitchen. The cast iron cookware is so versatile I don’t know how I ever lived without one now –I use it for everything. It’s perfect for braising as it’s designed to retain heat to lock in flavour. It’s a time saver too, almost all my meals are one-pot meals now, so if you have any good recipes let me know!

Chickpeas – I recently tried a cold chick pea salad at a new local restaurant and I can’t get enough of chickpeas since.

What Jenn’s Lovin’

Earth Day – What would you say if I told you that we grow all of the food to feed the world on less than 1/32nd of the planet?  Have you ever taken the time to think about how very little arable land we have in the world?  Here on the Prairies it can be easy to take for granted the wide open, fertile fields that surround us.  Visualize the Earth as an apple and soon you will realize just how small of a sliver we have to feed us all.  See the Earth as an Apple for a great activity you can do with you family.

Farmer Stories – I also love hearing farmer stories.  Have you watched Farmer Doug talk about his farm and share his My Be Well Story?  You have until April 5th to nominate anyone you know or even yourself to become our next My Be Well Story.

Be Well…Ellen, Wendy & Jenn

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