Healthy Food and Wine in Niagara Region
I love to prepare delicious food that tantalizes and teases the palate, I delight in creating nibblies that are unique. In fact I often think about creating a cook book about healthy eating and preparing food with wine.
Living in the Niagara Region, I often joke that we are in the tropics of Canada, the deep south where the peaches and grapes grow.
Niagara is also a tourist destination, set with vineyards and history shoulder to shoulder, this warm and inviting atmosphere has made it a retirement destination where our average population age is 55 years old! Why I feel like a spring chicken teetering on the edge of turning 50!!!
Even though I almost always create my own recipes, I love cook books! I used to frequent a shop in Toronto that only sold cook books. At one time I have had shelves and shelves of them: International cuisine, poultry (was a big one), pasta, soups, deserts - You name it!
My favorite cook books had lots of full page photographs with large glossy mouth watering pictures of food artistically displayed in gorgeous containers (where do they get those dishes???? - no garage sale I've ever been to).
Fortunately, my husband and I also love photography and have a serious eye for aesthetics. He is a Surf Photographer, and I'm just a hobbyist.
Since moving to the Niagara Region I feel it is my duty to learn as much about wine as possible - of course to support the local industry. So we have embarked on a campaign to try as many local wines as we we can. Within reason of course!
First I decide on a menu, then ask my local wine shop which wine they would recommend. Quite often I will include wine into the actual creation of the meal, either as a marinade or in the sauce. This creates marvelous tones to the meal. Always tender and moist and a total delight to the palate.
Health above all. Now let me introduce my concept of health food. I remember reading somewhere, and I'm almost certain it was Readers Digest, that the best way to shop for food in a supermarket, and by best I mean: Healthy and economically, is to shop around the outside of the store, avoid the aisles.
The outer perimeter of a supermarket is were you find the least processed food! Fresh veggies, breads, meats and dairy products! Every store I've ever been in has that same set up! Certainly keeps things simple.
A number of stores now offer organic foods as well, I'll do another entry on that subject another day. Our main concern is healthy eating.
The basic ingredients should be as fresh as possible, date stamps are wonderful! Keep your eyes out for freshness.
Less processing is better…that way you know what the ingredients are. Food can be just as fast and easy to prepare - and better for you!
…. I think this is plenty for now - come back and visit soon - I'll be adding tips and recipes as we go.
Living in the Niagara Region, I often joke that we are in the tropics of Canada, the deep south where the peaches and grapes grow.
Niagara is also a tourist destination, set with vineyards and history shoulder to shoulder, this warm and inviting atmosphere has made it a retirement destination where our average population age is 55 years old! Why I feel like a spring chicken teetering on the edge of turning 50!!!
Even though I almost always create my own recipes, I love cook books! I used to frequent a shop in Toronto that only sold cook books. At one time I have had shelves and shelves of them: International cuisine, poultry (was a big one), pasta, soups, deserts - You name it!
My favorite cook books had lots of full page photographs with large glossy mouth watering pictures of food artistically displayed in gorgeous containers (where do they get those dishes???? - no garage sale I've ever been to).
Fortunately, my husband and I also love photography and have a serious eye for aesthetics. He is a Surf Photographer, and I'm just a hobbyist.
Since moving to the Niagara Region I feel it is my duty to learn as much about wine as possible - of course to support the local industry. So we have embarked on a campaign to try as many local wines as we we can. Within reason of course!
First I decide on a menu, then ask my local wine shop which wine they would recommend. Quite often I will include wine into the actual creation of the meal, either as a marinade or in the sauce. This creates marvelous tones to the meal. Always tender and moist and a total delight to the palate.
Health above all. Now let me introduce my concept of health food. I remember reading somewhere, and I'm almost certain it was Readers Digest, that the best way to shop for food in a supermarket, and by best I mean: Healthy and economically, is to shop around the outside of the store, avoid the aisles.
The outer perimeter of a supermarket is were you find the least processed food! Fresh veggies, breads, meats and dairy products! Every store I've ever been in has that same set up! Certainly keeps things simple.
A number of stores now offer organic foods as well, I'll do another entry on that subject another day. Our main concern is healthy eating.
The basic ingredients should be as fresh as possible, date stamps are wonderful! Keep your eyes out for freshness.
Less processing is better…that way you know what the ingredients are. Food can be just as fast and easy to prepare - and better for you!
…. I think this is plenty for now - come back and visit soon - I'll be adding tips and recipes as we go.
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