Herb Butters

Inspired by a friend and the fresh herbs from our CSA farm, Jen decided to put into practice her culinary skills and prepared a delicious set of herb butters.

The first step was basically to find and think of flavour combinations.

Fleur de sel added a nice touch to the butters.

Honey and mint...
Lemon balm and dill...
Thyme and oregano...

And the finished product... a delicious assortment of herb butters.

~Luc

Branding our homemade jams

We explained in an earlier post about our homemade jams. In this picture we just wanted to show you our "branding" but don't worry... we are not hitting the market yet...
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In this picture: Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam & Rhubarb Chutney.
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~Jen-Luc

Father's Day - Gourmet breakfast & Lunch

I cannot think of a better way to start father's day with a nice, homemade high quality breakfast. This was Jen's surprise to me on this special day.

We had lemon dill bread (from a local bakery in Paris, Ontario), dark-roasted, fair trade coffee, a parfait made with our own natural yogurt and fresh berries, orange low-acid tomatoes from a local farm sprinkled with herbs from our garden and sizzled with olive oil and a truffle omelet (we bought "a" truffle when we visited France a few months ago).

Since our breakfast was plentiful and we had a big dinner ahead of us, we decided to take it easy for lunch and we came up with this idea: a bbq pizza. We decided to use all our fresh produce from the market and our CSA farm to create this pizza. We wanted a Mediterranean flavour. The secret: brushing the dough with a mixture of olive oil, garlic and anchovies paste (anchovies need a public image work - most people have them in a Caesar's salad dressing but at the same time most would not dare speak the poor fish's name!).
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~Luc

CSA - Some veggies for the week

Out latest visit to our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Farm was very exciting. As the season continues, the quality and quantity of produce both increase.

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This week we got some cabbage, peas, carrots, brocoli, cucumbers, kholbi, spinach, swiss chard, green onions, kale, musclun greens and our regular assortment of fresh herbs and fresh cut flowers.

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This great assortment of fresh, organic and locally-grown produce comes as a great inspiration for our week's menu.

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If you are interested in learning more abour our CSA Farm, visit their blog:

http://www.orchardhillblog.blogspot.com/

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~Jen-Luc