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How to Make Haskapa BBQ Glaze for Meats + Video
Nov27

How to Make Haskapa BBQ Glaze for Meats + Video

This delicious glaze for Haskapa BBQ Glaze for Meats contains some of my favorite flavorings. Delicious offerings from Haskapa, Napa Jack’s and Rancourt Winery, when combined, will make your taste buds dance with excitement. The sweetness & tangy nature of the haskap berry, with the smoky & sweet flavor of BBQ sauce, kicked up with a bit of wine is just right for glazing meats like beef, pork or even poultry. This glaze...

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How to Bake Haskap Apple Pie + Video
Nov23

How to Bake Haskap Apple Pie + Video

You’ll love this recipe for How to Bake Haskap Apple Pie! This recipe is probably the best of the best recipes I have done for an apple pie. An absolutely beautiful star-burst or flower pattern presentation you can create on your pie with the crimson-purple haskap berries in the center, this pie is a stunner. The flavor of apple & haskap goes so well together with plump, tender pieces of apple and the dried haskap berries...

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How to Toast Pumpkin Seeds + Video
Nov09

How to Toast Pumpkin Seeds + Video

I am very please to show you How to Toast Pumpkin Seeds, and I think you will find them to be a great snack. Pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, are full of healthy goodness for the kids and adults in your family. When I was last at Harvest Barn Country Market in Niagara-on-the-Lake, I was fortunate enough to find some beautiful sugar pumpkins. These beautiful, little pumpkins are perfect for pumpkin puree, and the seeds, are nice, big and...

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Web Chef Review: Mexican Key Limes at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Nov08

Web Chef Review: Mexican Key Limes at Harvest Barn Country Markets

I picked up some Mexican Key Limes from Harvest Barn Country Markets & I am so excited… I will be baking up a key lime pie, but let’s talk about these beautiful, shiny, little key limes! These limes are a lovely green color, they come in a nice mesh bag holding about 25 key limes to allow air circulation, and they smell amazing. Find out about this product on this webisode of What I Say About Food: The flavor of these...

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Web Chef Review: Haskapa Jam
Nov07

Web Chef Review: Haskapa Jam

If you have never tasted Haskapa Jam, there is a treat in store for you. This delicious jam is made with the berries of the haskap plant, which is indigenous to Russia, but is presently grown in most of the Canadian provinces as well. The haskap berry is dark, frosty, and purplish in color, oval in shape, about an inch long, with sweet, deep crimson flesh. The Haskapa Jam is chock full of amazing, plump, ripe, glistening berries. This...

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Web Chef Review: Ontario Baby Carrots at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Nov06

Web Chef Review: Ontario Baby Carrots at Harvest Barn Country Markets

Always delicious, raw or cooked, washed and peeled, they are Ontario Baby Carrots from Harvest Barn Country Markets. Baby carrots are one vegetable that I need to have on hand at all times. I find that I have dozens of recipes that call for carrots. These crunchy, Ontario baby carrots are great for packing in lunches, make healthy & tasty snacks and add flavor to many dishes. You can cook them, roast, bake, BBQ, whole, dipped,...

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Web Chef Review: Ontario Hot Cherry Peppers at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Nov05

Web Chef Review: Ontario Hot Cherry Peppers at Harvest Barn Country Markets

I got these beautiful, bright red, Ontario Hot Cherry Peppers at Harvest Barn Country Market in Niagara-on-the-Lake. This basket of hot, cute, little peppers are very fresh and shiny, making them perfect for canning. These cherry peppers have also been referred to as hot pimento peppers. There is also a sweet variety of pimento peppers. Find out about this product on this webisode of What I Say About Food: My parents used to can hot...

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Web Chef Review: Ontario Orange Cauliflower at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Nov04

Web Chef Review: Ontario Orange Cauliflower at Harvest Barn Country Markets

Have a look at this gorgeous, Ontario Orange Cauliflower from Harvest Barn Country Markets. Their cauliflower super fresh and the color is very pretty. By means of a genetic mutation, some cauliflowers have been hybridized, resulting in vibrant shades of orange, yellow, green and purple cauliflower curds (heads), allowing chefs to get more creative when preparing cauliflower. Find out about this product on this webisode of What I Say...

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Web Chef Review: Ontario Turnips at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Nov03

Web Chef Review: Ontario Turnips at Harvest Barn Country Markets

Have a look at this gorgeous, huge, Ontario Turnip from Harvest Barn Country Markets that I picked up from their market in Niagara-on-the-Lake. You can tell how very fresh it is because the coating is unmarred, the stem area is bright yellow, as well as the turnip tip, and the smell is sweet and appealing. My family and I just can’t imagine the Holidays without serving mashed turnip. Beautiful turkey dinners just don’t...

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Web Chef Review: Ontario Brussel Sprouts at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Nov02

Web Chef Review: Ontario Brussel Sprouts at Harvest Barn Country Markets

We all know that veggies are good for us, and when they taste as good as Ontario Brussel Sprouts at Harvest Barn Country Markets it’s a pleasure to eat them. This bowl of gorgeous Brussel sprouts is so appetizing because they are so obviously fresh with a nice green color, perfectly formed little cabbages, with no yellow leaves and they make a great side dish for any meal. Prepared by cooking until knife tender and dressed with...

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Web Chef Review: POM Wonderful Pom Poms Pomegranate Arils
Nov01

Web Chef Review: POM Wonderful Pom Poms Pomegranate Arils

POM Wonderful Pom Poms Pomegranate Arils are the seeds surrounded by plump crimson, juicy flesh of the pomegranate fruit, which I got at my local Harvest Barn Country Market. Look at these bright ruby red, plump pomegranate arils- so fresh and tasty. These POM Wonderful Pom Poms Pomegranate Arils come in a convenient plastic container with a sealed top, to preserve the tangy and sweet, fresh flavor of the beautiful, red pomegranates....

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Web Chef Review: Ontario Cortland Apples at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Oct30

Web Chef Review: Ontario Cortland Apples at Harvest Barn Country Markets

I just love the autumn months, when you can smell apples in the air, like the Ontario Cortland Apples at Harvest Barn Country Markets. That’s apple farming country! Have you ever seen apples like these? These Cortland apples are unblemished, enormous, with a rosy red, crimson skin, marked with pale yellow, and dark red striations, green specks, and very shiny – all signs that they are super-fresh. The whole bag is full of...

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Web Chef Review: POM Wonderful Pomegranates at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Oct28

Web Chef Review: POM Wonderful Pomegranates at Harvest Barn Country Markets

Have a look at these gloriously beautiful, crimson-colored POM Wonderful Pomegranates at Harvest Barn Country Markets. When you cut these POM Wonderful pomegranates open, you see that they are filled with beautiful, mounds of plump seeds (or arils), that are juicy and filled with sweet goodness. It is easy to get the seeds out of a pomegranates by cutting in half, and then with cut side down, sharply tap the sides and top of the...

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