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Vegenaise is new this month at Foodstuffs! Come check out these great mayo alternatives and dressings that are gluten free, vegan, dairy free, non gmo, cholesterol free and kosher! Plus as a bonus, they're delicious!
Goldberg’s words of wisdom: “Our advice is our name. Passion is absolutely at the center of success. And you can’t be passionate about something you don’t care deeply about. I think that’s why Follow Your Heart has had the measure of success that it’s had. Our objective was never to be a megastore, but a gem. Gems don’t have to be big to be really beautiful.”
Essential Oil Insect Repellent
9 drops citronella
9 drops peppermint
9 drops lemongrass
1 tbsp. grain alcohol (ex. Vodka)
¼ cup spring water
Combine in a spray bottle and let mellow for a few days.
Essential Oil Insect Repellent
3 ounces distilled water
1 ounce grain alcohol
6 drops lavender
3 drops tea tree
3 drops citronella
Combine in a spray bottle and let mellow for a few days.
by Seamus Heaney
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.
Under my window, a clean rasping sound
When the spade sinks into gravelly ground:
My father, digging. I look down
Till his straining rump among the flowerbeds
Bends low, comes up twenty years away
Stooping in rhythm through potato drills
Where he was digging.
The coarse boot nestled on the lug, the shaft
Against the inside knee was levered firmly.
He rooted out tall tops, buried the bright edge deep
To scatter new potatoes that we picked,
Loving their cool hardness in our hands.
By God, the old man could handle a spade.
Just like his old man.
My grandfather cut more turf in a day
Than any other man on Toner's bog.
Once I carried him milk in a bottle
Corked sloppily with paper. He straightened up
To drink it, then fell to right away
Nicking and slicing neatly, heaving sods
Over his shoulder, going down and down
For the good turf. Digging.
The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap
Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge
Through living roots awaken in my head.
But I've no spade to follow men like them.
Between my finger and my thumb
The squat pen rests.
I'll dig with it.
We have all the cherry-pitter gadgets you need. And a lovely poem to inspire you...
We've got in new giftware in many forms this summer. Glass goblets, pitchers and tumblers. Stone "houses" for tea lights. New mugs and bowls. Salt & pepper shakers in cute animal designs. Tea pot and tea cup tealight holders (wow, that's a lot of the word tea...). Frog and Turtle key holders. There's so many cute items you just need to come see them all. Maybe take some home if they call to you. They will. They're like that.
Canada has a great history and July 1st is the time to celebrate it - Happy Canada Day everybody! Here are some fun facts about this amazing country and it's people:
1. "O Canada,” originally named “Chant National,” was written by Adolphe-Basile Routhier (French lyrics) and Calixa Lavallée (music) and first performed in Quebec City in 1880. The song was approved by the Parliament of Canada in 1967 as the unofficial national anthem and adopted officially on July 1, 1980.
2. The border between Canada and the United States is officially known as the International Boundary. At 5,525 miles, including 1,538 miles between Canada and Alaska, it is the world's longest border between two nations.
3. At 3,855,103 square miles, Canada is the second largest country in the world, behind Russia.
4. In 1642, a group of religious mystics from France were inspired by a vision to build a missionary city in the Canadian wilderness. Led by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve and an Ursuline nun name Jeanne Mance, they founded Montreal.
5. While ice hockey is Canada's most prevalent sport, lacrosse is the country's official sport. The modern game of ice hockey was developed in Canada, based on games that have been played since the tenth century. The rules were first published in the Montreal Gazette in 1877.
6. Canada has the longest coastline of any single country in the world at 151,600 miles.
7. In 1527, John Rut of St. John's, Newfoundland, sent a letter to King Henry VIII—the first letter sent from North America.
8. Charles Fenerty, a poet from Halifax, Nova Scotia, was the first person to use wood fibers to make paper. He started experimenting in 1839 and produced paper from wood pulp in 1841.
9. Canadians have made many important inventions, including Kerosene, the electron microscope, the electronic organ, insulin, the IMAX film system, the snowmobile, and the electric cooking range.
10. Manitou Lake on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the world's largest lake within a lake (41.1 square miles).
And now you know! Hope you learned something fun! I did.
Here at Foodstuffs we have a love for butter. We have Organic Meadows pasture fed butter, L'Ancetre organic butter, Goat butter, butter churners by Kilner, butter keepers, butter spreaders...The list goes on. So if you have a love for butter come on in and check out our buttery goods!
Giddy Yo Yo creates the most amazing chocolate you'll ever eat.
Oh and delicious! They have so many varieties. Some of our staff favourites are raspberry, sweet vanilla, chai, lemon lime. The list goes on - and is somewhat dependent on the weather... and our moods.
They also make body butter (that you can eat - called Love Butter!), flavourless-high-altitude-mountain-lake spirulina, maca, dried bananas and many more well-minded nourishing products. Come in and get Giddy today!
www.giddyyoyo.com
I tasted quinoa for the first time during a backpacker trip after my studies. I must admit that it was not love at first sight … this yet unknown little grain served unwashed and simply boiled in water had a rather bitter taste. At the time, I was far from suspecting that quinoa was to become the center of my professional activity.
My name is Martin Bilodeau, president and founder of Cie 2 Ameriks, and here is my story in just a few lines.
After working in the world of financial communications, and after starting a family with my wife Clara, I began to dream of founding my own company and to do it within the values that inspire us. I returned to South America in search of organic and fair trade products. Chocolate and coffee were already present but quinoa was not yet certified fair trade in North America. We managed to obtain certification in Canada and from there launched the product line GoGo Quinoa, organic and fair trade.
The operations began in 2004 with the arrival of the first container and two years later, to solidify our relationships with our business partners and taste the local culture, we decided to settle our little family in La Paz, Bolivia. Back in Montreal seven months later with many projects, memories and a third baby almost to term, we purchased our first equipment for mixing and bagging products locally and hired our first employee.
Today, we are headquartered in a twenty thousand square feet facility in the neighborhood Ville St-Laurent, in Montreal and continue to grow our line by developing and manufacturing products that incorporate local ingredients and fulfill our customers tastes and needs. GoGo Quinoa ™ range now includes more than 40 references organic, gluten free and vegan made from quinoa and other Andean grains and distributed throughout Canada.
2 Ameriks Co. is a manufacturer specializing in Andean grains and superfoods. Our goal is to provide healthy and nutritious products and that the whole family will enjoy and safe for those with allergies or food intolerances. Our list of ingredients is simple, short and at the reading level of a 6 years old child. All the beauty is in the simplicity.
We thrive in making high quality products and our wish is that you enjoy them in confidence, always in good health and with a smile.
Thank you for your interest in us.
www.gogoquinoa.com
