Category Archives: SEASONAL FOOD

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Updates!

I have been crazy-busy, but there are a few things that I thought were worth mentioning. Iceberg season has begun in Newfoundland and apparently the tourists are flocking to take boat tours out among the icy giants. It’s a great year for watching ice melt in something other than your glass! Icebergfinder.com shows 53 icebergs on today’s map.

Food find of the month – PC Lentil Hummus. This new product from the folks at Loblaws is fantastic! Try it with cucumber slices or salty tortilla chips. Oh heck, just eat it with a spoon! It’s worth every penny and every calorie.

I’m planning my next backyard dinner party and am thinking lentils could be the theme. Is that too much? Went to the Good Food Festival in Toronto recently where I was given a cookbook on lentils. Mighty little things, but I don’t want to overwhelm.

Potential Menu:

  • Lentil hummus and cucumbers
  • Pumpkin ravioli with a tomato, basil and lentil sauce with grana padano shavings
  • Chicken breasts stuffed with spinach, red lentils, wild mushrooms and asiago, fingerlings and pattipan squash
  • Okay I’m stumped on dessert. Maybe a summer berry (is there any such thing anymore?) pie and cream. 

Now I can feature another new favourite – PC “flavour burst” blueberries. Genetically-modified food or just some spectacular hybrid? After years of lousy, bland, but massive blueberries, it’s great to have something so big AND tasty. Of course, nothing beats fresh-picked blueberries from the hills in Newfoundland. Another small, but mighty food. Try a blind-folded taste test with your family and friends. Some have said they taste more like grapes.

Last thing, I found a new website that I like: Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador. Nice slogans, good sentiments and lovely images. Don’t know if I can join – must investigate further. They are currently featuring a call for nominations for the Hospitality Ambassador awards. Just saying…

Happy Eating!

Pamela

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Panettone Season

The holidays mean many things – family gatherings, frenzied shopping, more leisurely meals, and for food lovers like me, they means fresh panettone can be found everywhere.

Nothing compares to the delicious aroma that follows the opening of the plastic wrapper. My favourite version of this delicious Italian sweet bread is the Whole Foods brand that comes in a family-size or perfectly portioned individual serving. It’s ideal for one and justifies my desire to not share. Oops, not very seasonal in my thinking, am I?

No Grinch here, the individual size makes a great stocking stuffer or addition to a gift basket of Christmas favourites.

Another fun seasonal baking idea for fans of Canada’s East Coast, gingerbread saltbox house cookies, can be found at http://www.everydayrecipes.ca/. They are almost as lovely as the real thing (this photo is not the best – sorry)!  

 

Happy Eating!

Pamela