Our “100 Mile Diet” breakfast

Want to eat more locally-grown, seasonal food? Strangely, there can be a steep learning curve to incorporating more local whole foods into your diet. Easy recipes are one solution; learning how to properly store fresh vegetables is another secret weapon.

Here are some handy tips and easy, yummy recipes we’ve collected over the years.

NOTE: we are in the process of adding our recipe collection to this website. Please bookmark this page and stay tuned!

Vegetable Recipes

• Makaria Farm’s storage tips and a recipe for (almost) any leafy green (e.g. kale, chard, beet tops, spinach)
• Roasted Seasonal Vegetables (use whatever veggies you have in your fridge)

Carrots

• (storage tips)
• Braised Carrots

Garlic

• Garlic Scapes: General Info & Pesto Recipes from Ken and Valerie
• Fresh-pulled Garlic: storage info and how to eat it
• Roasted Garlic Bulbs

Kale

• Clemens and Sheila’s Kale Fry
• Kale Chips

Lettuce

• (storage tips)
• Lettuce Tacos (inspired by Brian and Erin)

Parsley

• Parsley Soup

Stinging Nettles

• Stinging Nettles: Handling Tips & An Easy Recipe

Squash (summer and winter)

• Winter Squash: Makaria Farm’s Storage Tips & A Basic Recipe
• Winter Squash: curing & storage guide from the fine folk at Johnny’s Selected Seeds
• Pumpkin Pie (using an actual pumpkin)

Fruit Recipes

• Award-Winning Walker Family Pie Crust (possible Cowichan-grown fillings: pumpkin, apple, strawberry, rhubarb, blueberry)
• Strawberries (how to freeze the harvest and make a mean strawberry daiquiri, plus some random info that will make your strawberry experience even better)

More Local Recipes

Check out these websites for more great recipes from local-food lovers:

• Windhorse Farm (certified organic, pasture-raised and finished beef)
• IslandChef.ca
• EAT Magazine
• Vancouver Island Diet