Harvest Dinner Recipes: From the Canadian Prairies! 🍽️🇨🇦 | The Social

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: cottage cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Cottage cheese offers lower fat while maintaining creaminess.

quinoa

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: white rice

Brown rice is more affordable and still provides fiber.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier but canola oil is less expensive.

zucchini

🥗Healthier: yellow squash

💰Cheaper: cucumbers

Yellow squash is similar in taste and texture.

Introduce the concept of a harvest dinner, emphasizing seasonal eating.

Discuss the use of bison in the shepherd's pie, noting its lean quality and local availability.

List the ingredients for the shepherd's pie: squash, carrots, caramelized onions, and apple.

Explain the addition of apple to balance the bison's sweetness.

Introduce the autumn fruit crumble with wild blueberries and pears, highlighting its simplicity.

Mention the spices used in the crumble: allspice, cloves, and cinnamon.

Describe the crumble topping ingredients: butter, oats, and brown sugar.

Share a personal story about the connection to the crumble recipe from a friend's family in Manitoba.

Introduce the rhubarb lemonade drink, explaining the use of rhubarb and lemon.

Walk through the rhubarb concentrate preparation: finely chop rhubarb, simmer with water and sugar for 8-10 minutes, strain, and add lemon juice.

Discuss the sharable snack made from leftover root vegetables, roasted and blended with cottage cheese.

Explain how to prepare the vegetable dip: roast vegetables until tender, blend with cottage cheese for a velvety texture.

Mention the use of beet greens in the dip, boiled or sautéed and chopped for added color and texture.

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