Web Chef Review: Ontario Cucumbers at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Ontario Cucumbers are in season at Harvest Barn Country Markets! Whether you are looking for cucumbers for salads or just as they are – sliced, salted and peppered, or for pickling, you are sure to find just what you want at Harvest Barn Country Markets. You can be satisfied that you will find them to be clean, fresh, bright green, crisp, ripe to perfection and outstandingly delicious. Not only that, they have the option of #3...
Web Chef Review: Ontario Broccoli at Harvest Barn Country Markets
Ontario Broccoli is in season at Harvest Barn Country Markets – so green, crispy and beautiful to cook and eat. This healthy-looking broccoli came from my local Harvest Barn Country Market in Niagara-on-the-Lake, one of their two locations. The other is located in St. Catharines, in Southern Ontario. This is how my broccoli came, with the tender stalk and florets protected by the thicker outer leaves. Usually when you purchase...
How to Make Roasted Broccoli & Blue Potato Salad with Warm Vinaigrette + Video
This recipe for How to Make Roasted Broccoli & Blue Potato Salad with Warm Vinaigrette can be used as a side dish, for a full luncheon or picnic meal. The salad is so pretty with all the colors of the blue potatoes, broccoli and the herbs. Nutritious and delicious, I would recommend it to anyone. Topped with a tangy vinaigrette, and you’re all set! Roasted Broccoli & Blue Potato Salad with Warm Vinaigrette: The blue...
How to Prepare & Store Rhubarb + Video
If you are growing it in your garden, you need to know How to Prepare & Store Rhubarb… When those beautiful stalks of rhubarb begin to pop up in your garden and turn red, it’s time to harvest, cook with and store the fresh rhubarb as quickly as possible. Rhubarb is such a delicious tangy delight, and you don’t want to waste even one stalk. How to Prepare & Store Rhubarb: You will want to have available a few...
Web Chef Review: Fee Brothers Celery Bitters
Fee Brothers Celery Bitters adds a concentrated kick to recipes you want to accentuate the flavor of celery. The flavors of your soups, stews or any of your savory recipes will benefit from the addition of these celery bitters. The scent of these bitters is so great, and the taste will really give your taste buds a treat. These are truly beautiful flavorings and will add something special and interesting to your recipes. They make...
Web Chef Review: Epicureal Piri Piri Chillies
These Epicureal Piri Piri Chillies are actual tiny dried chillies, also referred to as African Bird’s Eye Chillies. They contain some serious heat, so one must be conservatively cautious when using them and incorporating them into your dishes. Believe me, they are very, very hot. The Portuguese brought these chillies to Africa, where it now grows wild & domestically, thriving in Africa’s hot climate and has become an...
Web Chef Review: Harvest Barn Country Markets Fresh Ontario Herbs
I enjoy the taste and smell of fresh herbs and I am pleased to be able to get Harvest Barn Country Markets Fresh Ontario Herbs, along with other fresh produce as I need them. This day, I made a Harvest Barn Specialty Pizza, meaning that all the food items needed to make this pizza come from Harvest Barn Country Markets. I am using Harvest Barn’s fresh oregano on my pizza – it is so fragrant and the leaves are unblemished...
Web Chef Review: Harvest Barn Local Niagara Rhubarb
If you love this fruit, you’ll have to pick up some Harvest Barn Country Markets Local Niagara Rhubarb! Aside from the fact that we are able to get the freshest, tastiest rhubarb from our Niagara-on-the-Lake Harvest Barn Country Market, the rhubarb we got there was at its optimum point of ripeness. These bunches were perfect for cooking as in stewed rhubarb, rhubarb pie, rhubarb tarts, rhubarb fritters and we kind of enjoy it...
Web Chef Review: Epicureal Comet’s Tail Peppercorns
Epicureal Comet’s Tail Peppercorns are such a nice addition to your pantry, giving that je ne sais quoi to your dishes. Pepper is one of my favorite things on the planet, especially freshly ground pepper. When I discovered these Epicureal Comet’s Tail Peppercorns, I was so excited to use them in my cooking. I love little chunks of pepper on my food, and you just have to see these peppercorns…they’re so cute....
Web Chef Review: Drogheria & Alimentary Cream with Aceto Balsamico di Modena IGP Classica
Drogheria & Alimentary Cream & Aceto Balsamico di Modena IGP Classsica is a really interesting balsamic cream to use in your kitchen right out of Italy. Although this reference to Cream in the name is evident, it isn’t visibly creamy, but more syrupy and it’s super thick. If you put it on a spoon, it will actually stick to the spoon and won’t drip or pour. It’s that thick, and the flavor is intensely...
How to Cook Beef Stock + Video
Beef Stock is the building block of amazing soups, stews & sauces, as well as other dishes that require a bit more flavor. Making your own beef stock is easy to do, but takes some time. You’ll start off with roasting your beef bones, which is the most important part of the recipe to develop deep flavors of deliciousness. Use this stock to make a large pot of soup, or save for later in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days, or...
A St. Patrick’s Day Menu from Web Chef, Kimberly Turner, on ‘Tim Denis in the Morning’
If you missed the radio broadcast of web chef, Kimberly Turner, from CookingWithKimberly.com on Tim Denis in the Morning on Newstalk 610 CKTB yesterday speaking of great St. Patrick’s Day Menu ideas, no problem… You can listen to the podcast & get some great ideas for your St. Patty’s Day Feast! Yes, potatoes & cabbage seem to be the featured stars of Irish cuisine, but by no means do they need to be boring....
How to Cook Boxty: St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Boxty is a traditional Irish recipe for a potato pancake containing both mashed and grated potatoes, giving you the experience of both pancake & hash browns in one. What a good choice for breakfast or supper! It goes well with many other ethnic cuisines as well. I think it would be delicious with smoked salmon, in place of other kinds of pancakes like crepes or blini, served with sour cream or creme fraiche. Salmon is one of the...
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