Sylvan Star Cheese

Home of award winning Gouda cheese, you will find Sylvan Star Cheese in Central Alberta, between Red Deer and Sylvan lake on the old Highway (11A).

What’s so special about Sylvan Star cheese?

• It’s made at the farm with their very own cow’s milk
• Contains No additives
• Contains No antibiotics
• Is lactose free
• Varieties include Gouda, Edam, sheep Manchego and Gruyere

Sylvan Star cheese can be sampled at some of Alberta’s finest restaurants including the Fairmont Banff Springs.

To learn more or to find out where you can purchase click on Star Cheese.

Did you know that eating Gouda and Edam cheese are two secret weapons to fighting cancer?  To see the complete article click Secret. 

Simple Yummy Dessert

Fill favorite dessert container 2/3 full with Greek zero fat yogurt

(above is blueberry flavor)

Add 2 scoops whipped cream

Stir

Serve plain or add your fresh or frozen fruit

Enjoy!

Greek Organic Yogurt

 

Greek organic yogurt by Liberte.  Head Office is in St-Hubert, Quebec

A rich & creamy organic yogurt, made with milk & fruit that are certified free of pesticides, herbicides and chemical fertilizers.

Greek yogurt contains three times more milk than regular yogurt, and you get twice the protein.  This one is low in fat.

For more details go to Greek Organic Yogurt

 

Hardbite Potato Chips

100% Natural Gourmet Crisps

Hardbite^TM Potato Chips are made by Naturally Homegrown Foods Ltd, which is located in Maple Ridge, BC.  The company was started 4 years ago, by 2 young entrepreneurs and has been under new management for the past 2 years.  Since then annual sales have grown by 450% and expanded all over Canada.  They have also expanded into Asia and US markets.

Hardbite^TM chips:

• Are available in 9 different flavors
• Are kettle cooked by hand
• Contain no MSG and no dairy
• Are cooked with non-hydrogenated sunflower/canola oil
• Are made with Himalayan crystallized salt – a low-sodium salt
• Have been ranked #1!
• Have been selected by Fairmont Hotels Chain, for their Gold Room clientele
• Have been featured on Dragens Den on CBC - To watch click video.

To read what customers are saying about Hardbite^TM chips or to learn more, click here.

Canada No. 1 Medium Maple Syrup

It’s 100% pure maple syrup!

Industries Bernard & Fils, is a family owned and operated company is located in Saint-Victor, Quebec.

They have a variety of flavors, including blueberry, cranberry, and pomegranate.

Whether certified organic or conventional, Industries Bernard & Fils, only puts ingredients that are good for you in their syrups.  So there are no preservatives, high fructose corn syrup, sodium, artificial flavors or colors in them.

For more information or to view other products click on Industries Bernard & Fils.

Did you know maple syrup contains the 5 essential nutrients - Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Zinc and Manganese?

Golden Acres Honey

Did you know there are approximately 7,000 beekeepers in Canada?  And of the 600,000 colonies of honeybees approximately 475,000 are located in the prairies.  The top three honey producing provinces in Canada are; Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and they produce about 80% of Canada’s honey crop.

Golden Acres Honey is located in Three Hills, Alberta

They sell Clover/Alfalfa honey in a variety of formats, creamed, natural, raw, organic, and buckwheat honey.  All their honey is Kosher.

One of their premier brands is, McKenzie’s Natural Honey.  They also carry the Alpha brand in addition to Golden Acres Honey.

For more information about all of their products click on: Golden Acres Honey.

Come Join Me

This blog is about food.  Yummy food!  Food that is fresh, tasty and grown as close to home as possible.

I am looking for the specific niche of “Made in Canada”.  That means it is grown here (if it grows here, I realize our climate is limited) made or processed, and packaged right here in our own Country.

I am particularly fond of raw, natural or organic varieties and will focus on those products primarily.

Come join me on the journey from coast to coast, province by province, all over this beautiful land, in pursuit of Canadian Food and discover all those creative and caring people who labor to bring it to our table.