Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Products
Inexpensive “old-fashioned” substances can easily replace more toxic cleaners and chemicals around the house. Safety First Many people prefer vinegar to ammonia due to the strong fumes. Be sure never …
Kale is Enjoying Greater Popularity
With the current interest in healthy eating, kale is enjoying increased popularity. It originated in the eastern Mediterranean but is consumed in many countries. It is low in calories and …
Flax versus Fish: Good Sources of Omega-3 Fats
Many consumers are asking an important question: Are the omega-3 fats in fish the same as those found in flax? The answer is that omega-3 fats are like siblings – …
Making Jam and Jelly
Making jam and jelly provides an opportunity to be creative. You can try new combinations of fruit, nuts, coconut or raisins to meet your family’s taste preferences, or provide …
Working With Chocolate
Storing Keep chocolate in a cold place, below 75°F (24°C) if possible. At higher temperatures may turn chocolate grey (called blooming). This colour change indicates the cocoa butter in the …
What To Do When Your Jelly Doesn’t Set
Anyone who has made jelly has probably had a failure – the jelly doesn’t set. Before you give up hope, give it time. It can take up to 48 hours …
Learn How To Cook Your Beef
A new naming system for beef cuts has taken some of the guesswork out of buying and cooking beef. Many people in the beef industry are wondering why we didn’t …
How To Use Chokecherries
During August and September on the Prairies you’ll find gleaming black cherries hanging in dense clusters on shrubs along the roadside, or in bluffs, ravines and open woodlands. Known as …
Mold and Cheese: The Good and the Unsafe
Good molds play a key role in the production of many of the world’s finest and most popular cheeses. Cheese-makers use specially cultured molds to produce the veins in flavorful Stilton, Roquefort, …
Enjoy Crabapples All Year Long
The distinctive tart flavour of crabapples can be captured in apple juice, sauce, pie, butter, jam or jelly for year round enjoyment. Crabapple trees can be found in many prairie …
