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Apple Muffins

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These muffins were excellent. I am not generally a baker — my cupcakes tend to either not rise at all or over flow too much — so I was taking a risk making these. But I love apples, and I love muffins (just not the ones I usually make), so I decided to give it a shot. My roommates have decided that they love my new job, as long as I keep making this tasty treats like these! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ white sugar
  • ½ brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ¼ tsp vanilla
  • 4 apples
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
Grease muffin pan
In a large bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
In another bowl, beat together butter, sugar and eggs until smooth.
Mix in vanilla extract
Grate four apples
Stir apples into butter mixture
Gradually add flour mixture to apple mixture
Mix everything together
Spoon into muffin pans and bake for 20 minutes
Enjoy!

Seven Sensational Summer Food Events

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There is always a lot to in the summer. The weather is warm (hopefully!), the days are longer, and generally good times are had. There are music festivals, farmers markets and festivals to go to. With all of these hip happening things going on, it’s hard to keep track. In hopes of helping ease the stress of all that event coordinating, I have developed a list of the top seven food events happening this summer, enjoy!

Royal City Farmers Market Fundraiser

May 26th, 6-10pm – Heritage Bar & Grill, New Westminster

The Royal City Farmers Market fundraiser is a key necessity in keeping the market running. With tickets only $20 (includes a burger and drink) it’s a steal of a deal for a great cause!

Tofino Food and Wine Festival

June 2 – 5, various times – various locations around Tofino

Now in its third year, the Tofino Food and Wine Festival features amazing (and delicious!) events such as an Epicurean Showcase, Bienvenue! A taste of BC Bubbles, The Cocktail Show, and, their main events, Grazing in the Gardens —located at the beautiful Tofino Botanical Gardens. Tickets to the festival differ per event.

EAT! Vancouver, Food & Cooking Festival

June 10 – 12, various times – the new Vancouver Convention Centre, West Wing

Eat! Vancouver is a massive event that gives people the opportunity to learn about different food, and different ways of cooking. Chefs from restaurants all around Vancouver will have samples of their best dishes available for a small charge ($1 – $2.50). Venture over to the Grapes and Hops Stage to try out wine and beer from all over BC. Adult tickets are $16.

BC Shellfish Festival

June 17 -18, various times — Comox, BC

The BC Shellfish Festival is the largest seafood festival in BC. This year it will have exciting events such as a Chef’s Dinner (tickets – $120), and two main stages (tickets – $5) featuring cooking demos, an Oyster Shucking competition and a Chowder Challenge, and live music! The event promises to be fun for the whole family!

Canada Day Pancake Breakfast

July 1, 9 – 11am — Krauseberry Farms, Langley

Come out and celebrate Canada Day and contribute to a great cause — Breast Cancer Research.  There will be hay-rides, horse-drawn wagon rides, face painting, live entertainment and, of course, a delicious pancake breakfast. Entry is by donation (all proceeds go to Breast Cancer Research)

Outstanding in the Field

July 10, 4pm – Glorious Organics, Aldergrove, BC

Outstanding in the Field is a traveling culinary adventure that moves around North America trying to reconnect food eaters with the food they eat. This year Outstanding in the Field will take place at the Glorious Organics farm, who is a major distributor to restaurants throughout Vancouver. Tickets are $190.00.

Annual Farmers’ Feast

July 17 – Krauseberry Farms, Langley

This year will mark the 6th Annual Farmers Feat. Come out to Krauseberry Farms and meet the local farmers and business people in your community. This is a great oppurtiunty to learn some new things about farming and the business behind it. There will also be tasty food, live entertainment, hay-rides, horse-drawn wagon rides, face painting and a petting farm!

Summer 2011 Season Poster

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If you live in an apartment complex, would you mind putting up our seasonal poster in your lobby or common area? While we often are able to get up our posters in the fantastic local business community, we can’t always get into the apartment buildings and complexes and we want to make sure everyone knows about the market! Our summer season starts soon – on June 9th.

PDF Download available down below.

Our poster this year was designed for us by the very talented Miranda McMurray at hudsonny design + handmade using photos that she and Briana Tomkinson at Tenth to the Fraser snapped and graciously allowed us to use.

PS: Are you into photography? You should get yourself ready for our photo contest this season – the prize bag is full! You could practice by coming to our 4th Annual Fundraiser on May 26th.

DOWNLOAD THE PDF HERE.

New Westminster Horticultural Society’s Plant Sale

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This Sunday, May 15, will mark the 15th Plant Sale put on by the New Westminster Horticultural Society. The event will take place at The Armoury — 530 Queen’s Avenue (corner of Queen’s Avenue and 6th Street) — and promises to have a variety of excellent plants to choose from. The sale features both local and rare plants, and new this year will be a plant collector’s booth (featuring rare and uncommon plants) and items from the New Westminster Parks collection.

Eating flowers is not generally the first thing that comes to mind when going to a plant sale, but this recipe for a Nasturtiums and Raspberry Vinaigrette Salad from Canada’s Food Network certainly puts things in perspective.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons raspberry vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon honey
  • 1/2 cup peanut or grapeseed oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • 6 large handfuls of mixed greens
  • 6 nasturtium blossoms

Method:

1)      Whisk together the vinegar, mustard, and honey with a fork. Gradually whisk in the oil. Taste and adjust the seasonings. Add a handful of raspberries.

2)      Put all the ingredients except the salt and pepper in the blender. Purée into a smooth red dressing. Taste, and season with salt and pepper. Makes about 1/2 cup/125 ml.

3)      Mix the vinaigrette. Put the greens in a salad bowl and toss with the vinaigrette. Strew the blossoms over and serve immediately.

Recipe: Apple Maple Crumble

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This is the first thing I’ve actually made in my new apartment, and I’m happy to say it turned out great and delicious (much to my surprise).

I hadn’t tried this particular recipe for Apple Crumble before but as all of my cookbooks are hiding in a box somewhere I had to improvise. I found the recipe from allrecipes.com, it came with mixed reviews and some alterations suggested. I like the sound of it so I followed the recipe more or less exactly.

Ingredients:

  • 5 Apples (buy here or here)
  • 2/3 cup of maple syrup
  • ½ cup of butter
  • ½ cup of brown sugar
  • ¾  cup of all-purpose flour
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • ¾ cup of rolled oats

Method:

1)   Preheat oven to 375° F.

2. Have your baking pan and your recipe handy.
3. Peel Apples.
4. Cut and core the apples and then place apples in the baking dish.

 

 

5. Pour maple syrup over the apples (don't forget to measure!).
6. In a bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Stir in the flour, salt and oats.
Well mixed!
7. Sprinkle oat mixture over apples.
8. Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes, until golden and bubbly and apples are tender.
YUM!

Allie Davison is the 2011 RCFM Summer Intern, assisting us with marketing and maintaining our social media. She’s studying professional writing at Douglas College and will be working to gain experience and portfolio pieces this season. Here’s more info.

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