Archive | September, 2011
OAS for Sept. 29th:  Ontario Water Buffalo!

OAS for Sept. 29th: Ontario Water Buffalo!

This week, we’re providing you with both cheese and sausages made from Ontario Water Buffalo!  We hope you enjoy them, along with celery root, cauliflower, delicious pears, tomatillos and more! 

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OAS for Sept. 21:  First day of fall means delicious apples and pears!

OAS for Sept. 21: First day of fall means delicious apples and pears!

Forget the changing colours of the leaves (well, the are nice), but the absolute best thing about fall in Ontario is the delicious apples and pears that our trees produce!  Enjoy them, along with other yummy fall favorites, like squash and potatoes, this week!

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Cook Once, Eat Twice or Even Thrice

Cook Once, Eat Twice or Even Thrice

Being that I operate a small grocery store focused on local and seasonal items, I suffer from a lot of produce waste. Approximately one third of the produce that I bring in ends  up as waste because it has a bruise or has shriveled quickly and lost its sexiness. Let’s face it, we shop with our [...]

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OAS for Sept 15: Cabbages Cabbages Yum Yum Yum

OAS for Sept 15: Cabbages Cabbages Yum Yum Yum

A special thanks to all of you, who each week, are giving your OAS bags a quickie little wipe down, to remove veggie dust and dregs. It makes a big difference on our end for storage and cleaning and we really appreciate your effort. Thanks from all of us at OAS. This week we have [...]

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Recipe: Roasted Eggplant with Walnuts & Yogurt

Source: The Ontario Table by Lynn Ogryzlo, one of my absolute favourite cookbooks as well as picture book.  Full of gorgeous images, personal stories and incredible recipes that work everytime.  It’s a pleasure to sit down with a glass of Ontario wine and plan my dinner out of this book.

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