A Made in Manitoba Sunday Dinner
The gang enjoying our Made in Manitoba dinner, including the Wee One.
Beep, J1, J2, Boo and The Frenchman recently had a siblings meeting and decided that this Christmas they are going to limit their gift exchange to home-made, fairly traded or locally produced items. This concept got me musing about the number of excellent Manitoba made food products available on the market.
Coincidentally, a bulging basket representing the bounty of provincially produced items arrived at my door.
I incorporated as many of the items into one dinner as possible. Our menu included:
Chicken thighs marinated and grilled in Danny and Buck’s Honey Mustard BBQ Sauce,
Naosap Harvest Wild Rice Pilaf
(prepared with local garlic, mushrooms and a minced stick of Danny’s Pepperoni),
carrots roasted in Manitoba Canola Oil and then tossed in Wendell Estate Honey,
crusty loaves of Sleepy Owl Bread washed down with Naughty & Spice Porter from Fort Garry Brewing with
scrumptious Piccola Puccina’s Coconut Almond Macaroons for dessert. I received accolades for all the dishes and comments that sips of the porter were like tasting a spicy cookie!
Our offspring regularly depart from our place with left-overs or items that we know that they’ll appreciate. We sent Hemp Pro 70 flavours home with one for her morning smoothies and Hemp Hearts for granola and salad toppings with another, both from Manitoba Harvest. Yummy and healthy Zenbars were snatched up by one and D tucked the GORP Clean Energy Bars into his knapsack to help him get through his afternoon slump.
The next morning I ground and brewed organic and fair trade Arabica beans from Green Bean Coffee Imports as I prepared to assemble a fruit crisp utilizing Rolled Naked Oats from Adagio Acres. A Made in Manitoba basket similar to the one I received would make an excellent Christmas gift for persons on your list.
Since this dinner, I have met another Made in Manitoba creator: Peter Fehr of Gourmet Inspirations. I think another themed dinner is in store for my family with this line up of amazing sauces.
Here’s how you can buy the items included in my basket:
Piccola Cucina Macaroons are available at Chocolatier Constance Popp, De Luca Specialty Foods, Generation Green at the Forks, GJ Andrews, High Tea Bakery, Organza, Vita Health Stores
Sleepy Owl Bread Bakery located at 751 Wall St.
Organic Naked Oats from Adagio Acres retail listing http://adagioacres.com/our-retailers
Manitoba Canola Oil, see their blog at http://canolaeatwell.com/
Naosap Harvest Wild Rice, products http://www.naosapharvest.com/Ordering.html
Wendell Estate Honey, where to buy https://secure.wendellestate.ca/
GORP Clean Energy Bars, where to buy http://www.gorpworld.com/wheretobuy
Zenbars, ordering details zenbars.ca
Hemp Hearts by Manitoba Harvest, to buy online http://manitobaharvest.com/category/13/Hemp+Hearts.html
Green bean Coffee Imports, who sells http://www.greenbeancoffeeimports.com/index.php/en/restaurants-and-stores
Danny’s Whole Hog, where to buy http://www.dannyswholehog.com/
Naughty & Spice Porter, more info http://www.fortgarry.com/
Kath’s quote: “You can’t buy happiness but you can buy local and that is kind of the same thing.” unknown
Love-that is all.
