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Recommendation for this morning:⠀
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🧑🏽‍🍳Bake your cravings!⠀
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When you bake at home you have more control over your ingredients. You can pick healthier organic whole grain flours(which you can get delivered from many local producers near you), local pasture raised eggs, healthier cooking fats like grass fed butter, ghee, lard or coconut oil, and you can use maple syrup, raw honey, fruit or spices like cinnamon to sweeten things up.⠀
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Cheers to your amazing creation!
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P.S. Ingredients used in this muffin were sourced from local producers near me in Ottawa. They’re tagged in the pic - check them out to learn more and find out about delivery options :)

#FOODFACT⠀ .⠀ 🌶️The mighty spicy Chillies

#FOODFACT⠀
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🌶️The mighty spicy Chillies are part of the nightshade family of vegetables - 🥔🍆🍅 - vegetables that are coming soon to a farmers market near you. ⠀
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🌶️ The Aztecs and Mayans were the first to harvest and domesticate them 6000 years ago! Chilies are ancient 📜 . ⠀
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😅Ever wonder how the heat of a pepper is measured? ⠀
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In 1912, a chemist by the name of Wilbur Scoville developed a method to measure the heat level of hot peppers. The test is named after him, the "Scoville Organoleptic Test."⠀
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😭Scotch bonnets have a heat rating of 100,000–350,000 ⠀
😂 Cayenne pepper - 30 000 - 50 000 ⠀
😪 Kim Chi pepper - 15 000 - 30 000 ⠀
😓Jalapeño pepper - 2,500 to 8,000⠀
🤧 Ancho Chilli pepper - 1000 - 2000⠀
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On top of being hot stuff, chilies have some amazing health benefits: ⠀
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👉High in capsciacin and anti-oxidant that's boosts your metabolism⠀
👉High vitamin A, C (really high in Vitamin C) and magnesium ⠀
👉Improves digestion ⠀
👉Anti-bacterial ⠀
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We all have our spiciness preference. Some of us like it hot and some of us don't. So refer to a Scoville scale to find out what you'd like to get adventurous with :).⠀
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The pictures of these beautiful dried chili peppers was taken at the farm store @juniper_farms

#MadeWithLove...clearly :)

#MadeWithLove...clearly :)

#FARMACY: Doesn’t this look radish-ing?! 😆 .

#FARMACY: Doesn’t this look radish-ing?! 😆
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This is a purple daikon. It’s part of the cabbage family of vegetables like broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower.
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They're nutritious, delicious and very high in:
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• Vitamin A, C and K
• Minerals like manganese and potassium • Fiber
• Sulphur and an anti-oxidant called glucosinolates, which boosts you immunity.
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Radishes tend to be on the bitter side, and can be spicy or mild depending on the variety. I like to enjoy mine fresh in a salad - they add a nice crunch and flavorful kick! 🥗
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Good news!! Radishes can be planted in BOTH in the spring and the fall. If you can get your radishes from local farmers who grow them organically and sustainably, then that’s your true #Farmacy.

“People spend more time eating. Eating while the

“People spend more time eating. Eating while they’re watching TV; eating while driving; eating while getting dressed; eating while they’re doing almost everything else . . .”⠀
– Karen S. Hamrick, Economist, USDA⠀
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As you spend more time at home these days, do you find that you’re also spending more time:⠀
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🍫snacking⠀
🍪grazing⠀
🍿munching⠀
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🙇...spending more time eating in general? Are you even snacking on something right now, as you read this? If so, put down your snack, head to the link in my bio☝️and read my new blog 📝 : Has social distancing got you snacking? 6 Strategies to Stop Snacking – for good ⠀
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Stay safe and stop snacking

Just had my last local winter squash for the seaso

Just had my last local winter squash for the season 😢. ⠀
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Squash is a "high bang for your buck" food because...they're really low in calories but really high in fibre, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. So they fill you up and fuel you up - all at the same time 😋 . ⠀
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Whether it's an acorn, a kabocha, a Hubbard, a delicata, a red kuri, a buttercup or a butternut they're all high in many essential vitamins like:⠀
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✅Vitamin A⠀
✅Vitamin C⠀
✅Vitamin E⠀
✅B Vitamins⠀
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...and the following minerals: ⠀
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✅Magnesium⠀
✅Potassium ⠀
✅Manganeze⠀
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It's now time to get excited for all the summer squash varieties like zucchini and patty pan squash that are coming soon! 👏 👏

🐷 Pigs' cheeks (or jowl) is the new pork belly!

🐷 Pigs' cheeks (or jowl) is the new pork belly!!⠀
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🇮🇹 In Italian cooking, jowl has traditionally been used as a cured pork product, known as Guanciale (scroll to third photo, taken in Italy). If you’ve ever had Carbonara - a classic Roman pasta dish - you know what I’m talking about. Guanciale is kind of like pancetta, but its texture is delicate, tender and juicy. I braised mine for three hours, and it literally melted! (Scroll to second photo to see my dish.)⠀
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🇺🇸 The southern U.S states also love a cured Jowl. There it’s known as “jowl bacon” or “hog jowl” - and it’s a soul food staple. ⠀
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🌱 Like all meat products - not all Jowl is created equal. There’s a saying that goes, “you are what you eat,” but I prefer saying, “you are what you eat – eats!”⠀
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👨‍🌾 That’s why I get my jowl from a farmer who raises his pigs on pasture, and with love. And you should do the same. In my area, that means buying from Trevor at @terraformfarm (make sure to check out the pics of his pigs!) ⠀
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💪🏽 Meat that’s pasture-raised or grassfed has less fat and calories then grain-fed animals. It’s also significantly higher in Omega 3's vitamins E, A, D, and beta-carotene. It’s a completely different food.⠀
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Bottom Line: Source good food from good farmers, and #getcooking !

🌳 Somewhere in the woods right now, ramps (or w

🌳 Somewhere in the woods right now, ramps (or wild leeks) are perfuming the air - and foragers are getting ready to snatch them up for their delicious garlicky-onion-ey taste (and nutritional benefits).
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😃 Why is this exciting?!?
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Because they’re just as high - if not higher - in all the similar medicinal benefits found in garlic and onions. Generally, the wilder the variety of family of vegetables, the more nutritious they are.
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👩‍🌾 So look out for these at your local farmers market (which I’m stoked to hear is an #essentialservice ) because you’re unlikely to find them anywhere else.
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🥘 COOKING TIP for ramps and the onion family of vegetables:
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🧅 Sautéing this family of vegetables reduces their pungency, brings out their sweetness, and increases their nutritional value.
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So are you ready to try them? Give a 👍🏽 in the comments below.

Breakfast of champions🏅... as long as you follo

Breakfast of champions🏅... as long as you follow these rules👇🏼:⠀
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✔️ Use a good hearty, GMO free and preferably organic pancake mix or flour ⠀
✔️Aluminum free baking soda and powder⠀
✔️Pasture raised or organic eggs 🥚 ⠀
✔️Grass fed milk or organic alternative 🐄 + 🌱 ⠀
✔️Grass fed butter 🧈 ⠀
✔️Pure maple syrup 🍁 or raw honey 🍯 ⠀
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Get the good stuff, you're worth it! 💪🏽⠀
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Curious if your flour mix makes the cut? 🤔Ask me in the comments below!

I had a lot of questions about the Barley Sweet Po

I had a lot of questions about the Barley Sweet Potato Loaf I made yesterday. It’s a great afternoon “goûté” - so here’s the recipe for you to enjoy:
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Ingredients:
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• 1 can @farmersmarketfoods sweet potatoes
• 2 pasture raised eggs
• 1.5 cups @againstthegrainfarm barley flour
• 1.5 tsp baking soda
• pinch of sea salt
• 1/4 cup of your preferred healthy fat (I used coconut oil but grass fed butter also works)
• 1/2 cup @caminoamigos chocolate chips (I used a mix of 100% and 71% cacao)
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Mix all ingredients and pour into loaf pan. Bake at 350 for about an hour and fifteen minutes. The ingredients are nutritionally dense, so this loaf needs a bit more time in the oven.
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If you have a sweet tooth, you could add in some maple sugar or maple syrup (the real stuff) or use just the 71% chocolate chips for a bit more sweetness. If barley is a bit too “earthy” for you, you can substitute some for organic whole wheat flour.
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Served with a hot chocolate - also made from @caminoamigos #fairtrade cacao powder. 😋
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Always remember- Healthy food and tasty food are not mutually exclusive!

Once you’ve stocked up on toilet paper 🧻, I s

Once you’ve stocked up on toilet paper 🧻, I suggest you stock up on some organic beans.
Beans will make you full and keep you lean - all at the same time 💪🏽.
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I get my beans from Dain’s OldSchool Organic Farm when shopping at my local farmers market. Dain is a great guy and makes a delicious bean soup👍🏽.
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Fun Fact 📝 - In 2005 a group of researchers tested 100 of the most common fruits and vegetables and discovered that 3 of the top 100 most nutritious foods came from the legume varieties.
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Beans are very high in a variety of nutrients, including soluble fibre, protein, B vitamins and iron
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I heard some good news that Farmers Markets may be opening up again soon - they’re an #essentialservice after all. So when they do, make sure to stock up on your beans from Dain or a local source in your area.

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