Eat Your Greens Workshop

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present another FREE workshop (funded by Vancity)!



Eat Your Greens

Wednesday, April 29

6:30 pm - 8:15 pm

Brentwood Community Resources Centre (2055 Rosser Avenue / Burnaby - map)



Join Maya Thau-Eleff for this tasty, hands-on workshop!



Learn how to make delicious stir-fries using greens that are in season and already in your fridge -- and without buying sauces or adding sugar.



Registration is required. Space is limited! To register, please call (604) 618-3581 or email us.

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Vancity Grant for Burnaby Food First

Vancity, Canada�s largest community credit union, has contributed funds that will help support some exciting upcoming gardening projects in Burnaby!

Cheque presentation ceremony at Vancity North Burnaby Branch

Pictured (from left to right): Maria Michayluk (Vancity), Stephen D'Souza (Meals on Wheels),

Joyce Cameron (Burnaby Food First), and Carmela Busto (Vancity)

Credit: Jennifer Lee

They have donated a grant that will help Meals on Wheels, partnering with Burnaby Food First, to deliver free gardening workshops to the local community. Part of the funds will also go towards supporting the Sharing Backyards project, an initiative that helps increase the availability of local gardening space.




Burnaby Food First is grateful to Vancity for their generous funding of our programs.



Leona Skovgaard, chair of the Burnaby Food First Steering Committee, gives thanks for this on-going support:

�Thank you to Vancity for the grant and to Meals on Wheels for partnering with us to provide gardening workshops to the community. These workshops will help residents of Burnaby grow their own fruits and vegetables, as well as create a more engaged community through sharing backyards, community gardens, and participation in workshops.�

The first gardening workshop, to be held on April 18, will help participants plan their garden; registration has already been filled. Leanne Zmud, program coordinator, is very pleased with the overwhelming response.



She encourages anyone interested to get involved. �We will be scheduling more free workshops soon, so please keep checking our website for upcoming events.�



You can find details about all of Burnaby Food First's workshops and projects on the Burnaby Food First website. Check back for information on future workshops.

Ethically sourced veal and foie gras on CBC's Weekend Morning Show!

This morning I presented the following dishes for CBC's Weekend Morning Show with host Terry MacLeod.  I chose these as they are considered controversial but do not necessarily need to be, if sourced and handled properly.  It is important to get to know your butcher, farmer or producer to understand the products offered.

The Foie Gras comes from Brome Lake, Quebec.  It is a free range duck.  They are not penned and walk around freely.  They come to be fed.  The whole duck is used in different products.  They provide an excellent foie gras and is available at DeLuca's on Portage Ave.  

The Veal steak is also a free range product and not treated as large commercial production of milk-fed veal.  This was Halal and is available at Millad's Supermarket on Notre Dame in Winnipeg.

Photo coming soon!

1. Seared Foie Gras with fig or pear compote

Prepare crostini or toasts and top with warm compote as recipe follows;

1/2 - 1 whole sliced pear or 2-3 sliced fresh figs
1/2 tsp butter
ground hazelnuts (optional)
deglaze with Frangelico or Disorrono

Cook pear or figs in pan and cook down with liquor.

Prepare foie gras slices by slightly seasoning with sea salt.  In a hot pan, sear foie gras on both sides until brown and deglaze with liquor.  Place on prepared toasts, top with a few grains of Fleur d�sel or good sea salt and serve immediately.
Enjoy!

2. Veal TBone steak
Talk with your butcher as to wanting free range or ros� veal.  Halal veal would qualify.

Prepare steak as to your desired doneness, recommend rare, serve as desired.

Enjoy!

Evening for Burnaby Food First Volunteers

Join us on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 for an evening of

• Getting to know one another over tasty desserts (including gluten-free options)


• Learning more about Burnaby Food First's volunteer opportunities


• Making seedling pots for yourself as well as Burnaby Food First

New volunteers welcome!



Where: Tommy Douglas Library (7311 Kingsway / Burnaby - map)



When: Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 6:30 pm to 8:15 pm



To register, please email Joyce or call (604) 293-1748.

Planning Your Garden Workshop

Burnaby Food First is pleased to present our first FREE workshop of the season (funded by Vancity)!



Planning Your Garden

Saturday, April 18

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Goodlad Community Garden, Backyard (7912 Goodlad Street / Burnaby - map)



Join Kayla Gagne to get a jump on spring! Come learn how to plan your garden and start thinking about the veggies you want to grow this season.



Please dress for the weather. We will be outside, rain or shine.



**REGISTRATION CLOSED**

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Enjoy Burnaby Food First workshops? Want to get involved as a
volunteer?

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Strawberry Balsamic Vanilla Sodas

I�m going to keep this pretty short and sweet.
Today is/would have been my dad�s 63rd birthday. We�re having a little family birthday-Easter celebration. I'm making a twist on his favorite spring dessert (a tart with mascarpone and fresh strawberries), we're going to play several rounds of ruthless, competitive, cross-country croquet, eat a lot of Amanda�s amazing pulled ham, and of course, we're going to hunt some Easter eggs (with which we'll make classic deviled eggs, maybe this deconstructed egg salad, and probably this sriracha-sesame egg salad).

We�ll also sip on something fizzy, like these springy strawberry-balsamic-vanilla sodas! They�re sweet, but also a little tart, with tons of warm vanilla flavor. Super for a spring brunch or Easter lunch.

hbd, jfk. <3



Strawberry Balsamic Vanilla Sodas
Makes about 6 sodas

You can use regular vanilla extract, but I like the vanilla paste, because it adds little flecks of vanilla bean!

A little more than 1 cup fresh strawberries, diced
1/4 Cup balsamic vinegar
1/4 Cup honey
1 Teaspoon vanilla paste (or regular vanilla extract)
1 Pinch sea salt
1 Pinch fresh ground black pepper
Ice & soda water to serve

To a saucepan, add all ingredients except ice and soda water. Stir together, and heat over medium-low heat until honey is dissolved and the berries start to break down, about 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature, the blend until smooth. You can strain through a fine mesh sieve or cheese cloth if you desire, but I like the berry seeds.

To serve, add about 1.5 tablespoons of syrup to a glass, fill with ice, then fill with soda water. Stir, and add more syrup as desired.

My Buddy and Me

Warning -- Satire -- April Fools Post

I have a sheepish confession to make: until recently, I had a tapeworm, and that's why I'm lean.

In 2006, I took a trip to Mexico with a few friends. We often traveled through rural areas, and of course sampled the local cuisine wherever we went. In many parts of Mexico, pork is an important food. Some of it may have been a bit undercooked.

At the time, my interest in food and health was growing, and I was making many changes to my diet. I was glad to see the chubbiness around my neck and waist begin to disappear. The diet was working! Or so I thought...

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