Eatin's Canada

10/07/2024

Health Canada recalled several items over the past week due to a number of health and safety concerns.

PC Blue Menu brand Original Margarine and Margarine with Olive Oil
Reason for recall: PC Blue Menu brand Original Margarine and Margarine with Olive Oil recalled due to possible mould. Health Canada said the microbial contamination is classified as non harmful. The recalling firm is Loblaw Companies Limited.

What to do: Do not use, sell, serve or distribute the affected products.

What products are impacted: Some Original Margarine and Margarine with Olive Oil. Loblaw confirmed the PC Blue Menu brand Original Margarine and Margarine with Olive Oil recall impacted Loblaw grocery (i.e. Real Canadian Superstore, No Frills, Zehrs, Wholesale Club and Shoppers Drug Mart stores) nationally. Loblaw says these products have been removed from shelves.

08/11/2024

At last!

08/04/2024

Apple fritters

06/21/2024

A long time coming, but it's coming along!

Let the bells ring out, Let the banners fly...

The Gayle's Greek Gourmet FOOD SAFETY PLAN is finally submitted for approval!

2 application forms, 4 written documents, and one kitchen illustration...

While at the same time...

I dug up and moved 140' of garden beds, grew over 300 tomato seedlings in 54 varieties, attended 7 farmers markets as a merchant, planted 4 varieties of onions, 5 varieties of garlic, 5 varieties of potatoes, 15+ types of herbs, 4 varieties of drying beans, over 70 tomato plants (and counting)... and turned a w**d patch into a garden oasis.
..while also running my marketing business (A Good Mind) and food blog, Eatin's Canada.

I hope to have approval relatively soon and be able to start cooking for you using my own vegetables... Sadly I have proven to have no talent for growing spinach.

But I have most of the rest of the ingredients ready to flourish and feed. As much as possible, the veggies I cook will be from the Garden of Eatins!

Available soon through Cowichan Milk Company and Cow-Op. I am also in discussion with some local food stores.

05/16/2024

One of the destinations for my tomatoes.

Homemade ketchup - easy to make and uses the scraps from tomato canning and sauce making. I've been making variations on this recipe for nearly 20 years now. This is the best version of this sauce to date . It's especially timely now while tomatoes are at their most plentiful, and an ideal wa

05/08/2024

Hamburger and hot dog buns.

04/25/2024

Getting ready for the Spring Market tomorrow at The Hub at Cowichan Station

The first of the tomato plants are going on sale tomorrow!

Open from 10am - 2pm at 2375 Koksilah Road, Duncan BC: Behind the parking lot

04/23/2024

The Farmstand is OPEN at 843 Cherry Point Road!

It's more exciting to grow plants than sell them. Lost in seeding, watering, potting up, and talking to the plants, I almost forget to get them to the farmstand. Still...it is the goal to provide my friends and neighbors with the most exciting tomatoes, peppers, garlic, potatoes, herbs and other

04/21/2024

04/02/2024

"Hi, my name is Gayle, and it has been 0 days since my last seed purchase. Arugula, since you asked, but it's Tomatoes that bedevil me with their luscious charms. I have 55 varieties of tomato seeds to plant in 2024. It's going to look like the image below, but more so. If the article is tldr, there

03/24/2024

Micro tomato plants. Still waiting for them to make their big first growth spurt

03/16/2024

I'll be working at the Cow-Op table today at Cobble Hill Seedy Saturday . Drop by to say hello.