Living the Canadian Dream?

Last night while waiting at the check-out, I caught up on the latest Angelina news, plus noticed the cover of the Canadian Living Magazine…….Market Fresh… “185+ recipes celebrating local food from across Canada”. It was a tough choice…but I chose the Canadian Living Magazine. Once home, I sat down and started flipping the pages.

On the second page, there is a very nice editorial about buying local…..visiting your local farmers markets. Telling us, if we buy local…we use less fossil fuel. “We should eat local and eat Canadian”.

I was expecting great recipes using local and/or Canadian ingredients. Canadian Living magazine is always known for their great recipes… (any that I have tried…and there have been many...always turn out yummy).

I was amazed at the foods that are now growing (produced) in Canada. New Brunswick is definitely the weakest link. There seems to be many tasty items in other regions.

I certainly do not feel like I have been missing out on anything…nor have I had cravings where I thought I should end this lifestyle choice. On the contrary…I am very happy with my food choices. However, …it is nice to know the choices from other regions of Canada.

In flipping the pages and scanning the recipes…here is a list of foods I never knew were Canadian;

Figs, cashews, walnuts, almonds, peanuts, lemons, limes, anchovy fillets, raisins, olives, capers, long grain rice, arborio rice, soba noodles, miso paste, pineapple, chocolate, bananas.

I haven’t checked banana labels…just assumed they were imported…but now....I will be checking those little blue stickers. Maybe Chiquita is somewhere close to Chilliwack.

Why would we buy foods from other countries? We have it all right here.