What Ellen’s Lovin
Let the Light Shine
LIGHT is my Word of the Year. After much thought and short listing of words & playing with them (I have a process) I’ve selected LIGHT.
Light is our primary means of perceiving the world around us.
For me in this next year, it’s about lifting others up so they can shine their light out, letting my light shine (internally and externally) and exploring who in my community wants to create a rainbow 🌈. You need light for that!
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” Martin Luther King
What Lynn’s Lovin
My Fitbit
I am in love, perhaps even a little obsessed, with my Fitbit. Not David Sedaris obsessed, but still…obsessed. Now I do understand that I am very late to this fitness tracker game and that my enthusiasm for this little new companion of mine, has many friends and colleagues rolling their eyes, and that’s ok with me! New technology is often not my friend and my previous experience with the pedometers of the 90’s was dismal and a let down.
So why this change in heart and readiness to try new tracker technology? Simply, it was the girls at Pilates that convinced me that I ‘just’ needed to get one. How else do you prove that you have exercised if it is not recorded? What about calories burned, minutes active and heart rate? Always one for wanting to fit in, I purchased my first tracker early December, and I am most happy that I did!
My Fitbit is a simple model that tracts heart rate, active zone minutes, activity, steps, and sleep. My current goal is 20,000 steps a day now that in-person fitness classes are on hold, as well as getting the right amount of sleep at night. I like that it also reminds me to get up and move throughout the day, and even tells me when to hydrate. My tracker is quite the little personal health manager. I’ll keep you updated on my progress and would love to hear about yours. Let’s set those trackers and go!
What Jenn’s Lovin
Get Outside in Winter
A friend of mine, Shel Zolkewich always says “There is no bad weather, just bad gear”. After hearing this statement I have entirely shifted my perspective on winter. I’ve slowly been investing in quality winter clothing, socks, footwear and sporting equipment. Wearing the right gear for the temperature makes such a huge difference.
This season you’ll find me out walking, cross country skiing, skating and snowshoeing. With the right gear, you can head out in the middle of winter when it’s +2°C and you can also head out when it’s -30°C. Get outside!
Eat Well…Ellen, Lynn & Jenn
Fiddleheads
LOVIN’ IT
Canadian beef. Canadian 2 Row and 6 Row barley in the form of beer is close behind!
I love cheese curds. And maple syrup!
I use a lot of Canola oil its great for baking frying I would say canola oil is one of my favorite ingredients Canadian Maple Syrup is amazing also
flour from Canada is the most reliable and consistent for baking, cooking, and, I guess, children’s paste.
fresh wild blueberries – I can’t wait for them to hit the market again
small batch local honey – each is different but all are high quality.
BC salmon
Digby scallops
P.E.I. Potatoes
Saskatoon Berries – bring on the pies!
Canadian apples
Canadian cheese. We especially love Oka Cheese.
BC Spot prawns
Maple syrup is my favourite Canadian ingredient!
Wild Pacific salmon is my favourite
I like zucchini.
Maple syrup is definitely a favourite!
Maple syrup
I love our cheeses so many different types
I enjoy all types of fish, especially haddock.
My favourite is Canadian alfalfa honey.
Maple syrup!
I love BC salmon!
I love my home grown tomatoes for sauce.
Maple syrup is my favourite!
Maple Syrup!
Wild rice
fiddleheads
Having grown up in the Okanogan, BC apples
Canola oil to cook, Maple syrup for sweet and Alberta Beef.
I like canola oil for cooking and maple syrup is a staple on the table for breakfast
I use canola oil to make buns
Okanagan fruit! We’re lucky to grow such wonderful fruits in our province!
Ontario strawberries!!!
I use canola oil for salads to go with canadian beef – yum
Maple Syrup
Cheese!
I love maple syrup, especially over B.C. blueberries and ice cream. I also use canola for all of my cooking, especially stir-fry.
Honey!
Honey
BC blueberries is my favourite Canadian ingredient.
Maple syrup for sure
I’m lovin’ that February is a short month even though I have a Birthday coming up.
Sockeye salmon
Fruit from the Okanagan
My favorite Canadian food is our Maple syrup. Yummmm!
Cheese curds!!
My favourite Canadian food is cheese .
Canadian cheese is just the best.
I add corn to lots of my casseroles. We love corn!
maple syrup for me, please.
Canada has wonderful grains, especially hard wheat
P.E.I. Potatoes can be used everywhere. I’m going to try the Cinnamon Swirls recipe using P.E.I. Potatoes.
I like fresh fruits and veggies, cheese, and maple syrup.
BC Salmon and PEI potatoes!
Maple syrup is my fave
Canadian Maple Syrup is the best!
Atlantic Salmon fried in Canada Canola Oil
Maple Syrup is my favourite Canadian food ingredient.
Blueberries are my favourite.
Canadian maple syrup and Canadian cheese
Maple syrup is good but only after a good feed of deep fried PEI potato slices in Canadian made canola oil.
I share Lynn’s enthusiasm for the Fitbit, it is a great motivator!
Okanagan pears!
PEI Potatoes is a favourite ingredient, so many ways to prepare them.
Maple Syrup
A top favourite Canadian food ingredient is peameal bacon!
Saskatoons!
My favourite Canadian food ingredient would be the versatile maple syrup.
Fresh Canadian Salmon – sautéed with a little Canola Oil!
I love blueberries, eating them and baking with them.
I love Canadian dairy products: milk, cheese, yogurt
Maple syrup is always my favourite Canadian ingredient.
Alberta Beef!
I love eating Alberta beef!
Maple Syrup 🙂
BC spot prawns! Yummy!
Canadian cheese is one of my faves.
Maple Syrup
Homemade maple syrup, made by my husband and his brothers. They tap their own trees. The best Maple Syrup you have ever tasted. Also, Canola Oil in salads and foods that I fry!!!
Maple Syrup is the best and my favourite
Blueberries
Maple Syrup.
Morrells but they are hard to find. As a kid my family and I would go picking them and would get buckets full.
I am loving my camera.
Maple Syrup and Canadian Cheddar
I love Maple Syrup and long walks
Maple!
I like any type of Canadian cheese!
My favourite is Maple Syrup!!
I love pancakes with maple syrup YUMM
Besides Canola, I love cranberries!
Next to oil, maple syrup is a staple with much of my cooking and baking.
Canadian flour!
Maple syrup!
Bothwell Cheese Curds
Arctic Char is surprisingly versatile
I love Canadian beef !
There are so many great Canadian products to choose from! I love a good quality pork.
Got to love our maple syrup.
Wild blueberries and raspberries!
Canola Oil, My dad worked at University back in the 1950’s helping to develop this product–and I’m a big fan!
Ontario produce, especially the asparagus
PEI potatoes
Wild Blueberries
Saskatoon Berries
Maple Syrup
Maple Syrup
Alberta beef (#1choice, if I must), Nova Scotia scallops, Quebec cheeses, PEI potatoes, and BC wild salmon–such an abundance of delicious choices to choose from!
Cheese and maple syrup
Maple syrup
Maple Syrup
We LOVE blueberries..for eating fresh and baking!
maple syrup
P.E.I. Potatoes
Canadian cheese
Canadian beef
Mushrooms
Ontario mushrooms
canadian apples and maple syrup
Pickerel!
Canadian maple syrup!
Maple Syrup
PEI Potatoes!
Maple syrup,for sure!
I think Maple Syrup is my favorite Canadian food ingredient.
I don’t know if I could pick just one. Canada has so many wonderful ingredients. I’ll go with my favorite traditional ingredient which is real Maple Syrup! Can’t have my Sunday pancakes without it!
Saskatoon berries
locally grown fruit and veg, plus homegrown beef are all my favourites.
PEI potatoes, so many recipes I can make with them, delicious!
any kind of fruit!
I like to go to the Sugar Bush with my family and buy freshly made maple syrup to pour on pancakes.
P.E.I. Lobster, I really could eat it everyday..lol
My favourite ingredient is maple syrup for all cocktails instead of simple syrup.
Cheese!
Maple Syrup
Love my Canola oil … I love cooking so it’s healthy and easy to use. It’s light and never leaves a heavy feeling. Canada has so much to offer that it’s hard to choose just one.
We just love local Maple Syrup!
Maple syrup
I love bison and saskatoons
Canadian Maple Bacon and Maple Syrup!
BC blueberries are my favourite Canadian ingredient – I love blueberry muffins !
canadian fruits especially raspberries
potatoes
maple syrup
blueberries
maple syrup
Blueberries and Raspberries, Nova Scotia lobster and BC Salmon
Maple syrup!
PEI Potatoes
Definitely BC blueberries. I remembered picking them when I was young at a blueberry farm near Vancouver
Manitoba cheese
Maple syrup for sure.
Ontario produce-cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries and peppers. This produce is grown year round in my town of Leamington. I always have access to fresh produce which I eat daily.
Saskatoon berries!
Canadian cheese!!
Thank you so much for the contest!
Canadian Beef!
Nova Scotia Blueberries.
My favorites are canola oil, flax seeds and maple syrup.
So many to choose from but Alberta clover honey is a favourite due to its versatility. Makes a great salad dressing with canola oil and lemon juice.
Maple syrup is my favourite ingredient,
I’d like to say the entire butter tart is my favorite ingredient…but…so I will go with Maple Syrup. And guess what? It can go IN the butter tart!
maple syrup for sure
Canadian bacon and Canadian dairy
maple syrup and wild rice
wild blueberries
honey
Ground beef.
honey
Maple Syrup
strawberries home grown
As an ingredient? Wheat flour. There are so many interesting things I can do with it.
Canola oil is a favorite of mine as well as maple syrup
My favourite Canadian food ingredients are Canadian cheese curds and 100% pure Canadian maple syrup!
Salmon!
Lentils!
Maple syrup
Local canadian maple syrup
I love to bake with Haskap berries!
I love Canadian maple syrup.
BC cherries
canola oil,Canadian beef and maple syrup.I believe that’s the nutshell
I love cooking and baking with canola oil And I love pure maple syrup from Canada
Manitoba pickerel, pan-fried or beer battered deep fried in canola oil & served with a great “wedding” coleslaw.
maple syrup
Wild Blueberries!
Tomatos, nice & plump, in a tomato salad, with feta
cherries
My favourite is my own maple syrup.
Canadian flour – bread, cake, pasta, cookies, muffins, etc. Keeps us fed and happy!
Canadian grains, especially wheat
maple syrup
I would have to be Maple Syrup as it can be used for many meals and great for a sweetner.
My favourite Canadian food ingredient is wild rice!
My favourite is yellow beans.
I love a fresh garden tomato!
Canola oil and seasonal veggies 🙂 Thanks!