Keep refreshed and hydrated this summer with Chef's Smoothies featuring CoCos~Pure Coconut Water! Tropic Kiwi Ginger Smoothie *Dairy Free 1 Kiwi, diced & frozen ½ Ripe Banana ¼ cup Pineapple, diced & frozen ½ cup CoCos Pure Mango Coconut Water 1tsp Ginger, chopped 1tbsp Hemp Seeds ¼ cup Ice Blueberry Mojito Smoothie ½ cup Blueberries, frozen ½ cup CoCos Pure Coconut Water 1/3 Ripe Banana 6 Mint Leaves 2tbsp Yogurt 1tbsp Flax Seeds ¼ cup Ice Strawberry Banana Smoothie Bottom Layer: ½ Ripe Banana 2tbsp Yogurt ¼ cup CoCos Pure Coconut Water ¼ tsp Vanilla Bean Paste ½ cup Ice Top Layer: ½ cup Strawberries, quartered & frozen ¼ cup Ice ¼ cup CoCos Pure Pineapple Coconut Read More...
Breakfast Pizza
Pizza for breakfast! #WhyNot Simple, delicious and fun! Perfect for brunch menu ideas or for those who need to satisfy a hankering for pizza featuring New Market Brands Villa Prima Scratch Ready Pizza and Skoulakis Marc Angelo Breakfast Sausage. Ingredients - 8" Villa Prima Scratch Ready Pizza - 2 Fully Cooked Marc Angelo Breakfast Sausages - 2 Eggs - 1oz Shredded Cheddar & Mozzarella Blend Cooking Directions 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees celsius 2. Bake 8" Villa Prima Scratch Ready Pizza for 20 minutes (until a light golden brown) 3. While pizza is baking, scramble eggs in frying pan 4. Cut sausages into pieces and re-heat on frying pan 5. Top pizza with sausage Read More...
CoCos~Pure – Power Your Passion
"CoCos~Pure is proud to bring coconut water, the healing nectar of the tropics, to the World!" This weeks What's Hot item features the new kid on the block, CoCos~Pure! CoCos~Pure is a local Vancouver based company that provides a healthy pure beverage that supports and powers your passion and well being. Available in three delicious flavours: Regular, Mango and Pineapple these beverages are great on there own or add them to your morning smoothie, afternoon cocktail and evening desserts. What Coconut Water is… Coconut water contains properties that have been shown to help rehydrate the body and carry nutrients and oxygen to cells. It is a perfect way to naturally Read More...
Roland Foods Delicious Frozen Desserts Lunch & Learn
Roland Foods is your one stop shop they really do have it all! From the finest vinegars and olive oils, to Indian infusion sautés and spices, to quinoa and pastas, and cocktail mixes and desserts. Roland has traveled the globe in search of the highest quality and traditional ingredients. This was by far the best Lunch & Learn; you just cannot compete with dessert for lunch. This post will go into detail the about delicious frozen desserts that we sampled, and I guarantee you that you will want to yourself! Cream Puffs/Éclairs (France) The Roland Cream Puff and Éclair are made with authentic and traditional ingredients, so authentic they are made in France. Both have a Read More...
Ken Boychuk Celebrates 10 Years with Riverwood Sales
Most people look forward to beginning their day with a cup of coffee, and I look forward to beginning my day with a perky phone call from Mr. Ken Boychuk in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Today we celebrate Ken's 10 years of hard work and dedication with Riverwood Sales. Ken has over forty years of professional mosquito squishing, but even more impressive he has over thirty-five years of combined experience in the retail and food service industry. Ken has an excellent understanding of the unique Manitoba market, having built an extensive network over the years. The great people skills that he possesses, takes a personal touch and he understands that follow-up and follow-through Read More...
Dale K. Larson
You can learn a lot about someone just by looking at their office desk. Some of us let our OCD side shine, keeping nothing but a computer, note pad and pen on a clean surface. This is not the case when you look at Dale Larson's desk. Somewhere under the the piles of POS, MSDS sheets, plastic or compostable packaging samples and product guides you will find objects that truly represent Dale. For example, she has a coffee cup that reads, "It's all about me" in pink swirly text. Next to her computer you will find a frilly pink flamingo pen and red-healed shoe tape holder. Her desk will tell you that she is serious about her work, has a wealth of knowledge about plastics Read More...
Smoked Breakfast Ham Wrapped Turkey Meatloaf
This simple recipe is perfect for brunch and features Piller's Simply Free Smoked Breakfast Ham. Ingredients Ground Turkey Thigh Meat - 16oz Ground Turkey Breast Meat - 8oz White Onions - diced - 2oz Sliced Crimini Mushrooms - 4oz Green Onions - chopped - 2 Medium Eggs - 2 Hy's Seasoning Salt - 1/2tsp Piller's Simply Free Smoked Breakfast Ham - 6 Slices Cooking Directions: 1. Preheat oven 350F 2. In a mixing bowl mix ground meat, vegetables and seasoning salt 3. Place mixture into parchment lined loaf pan 4. Line top with slices of Smoked Breakfast Ham 5. Bake in oven for 45-50 mins or until cooked thru Click here for more information about Piller's Deli Meats Read More...
Chef Is In The House!
Riverwood Sales is committed and getting serious! Different from the owner of Riverwood Sale’s upbringing as a entertaining single guy, Riverwood Sales is committed 100% to culinary excellence with a culinary skill set like no other in the food service industry. It is with great pleasure to welcome Chef Salina Beaudoin full time to the Riverwood Sales Team. I met Salina a few years ago when she had volunteered for the Freestyle World Cup at Cypress, prior to the Olympics. This encounter started the initial relationship and soon afterwards a partnership with Riverwood was negotiated while riding the chairlift at Whistler – Skiing Riverwood Sale’s commitment to offer Read More...
Smoked Sesame Seared Albacore Tuna
Smoked Sesame Seared Albacore Tuna Brown Rice Vermicelli Salad & Soy Vinaigrette Recipe makes 4 portions Ingredients: Bamboo Smoked Sesame Seared Albacore Tuna Loin: 1 Harbour Marine Albacore Tuna Loin 1/2 cup Roland Bamboo smoked sesame seeds Pinch Salt & pepper 3tbsp Vegetable Oil Brown Rice Vermicelli Salad: 1 250g pack Roland Brown Rice Vermicelli 1 Medium red pepper, cut julienne 1 Fuji apple, cut julienne 14 Snap peas, cut julienne 2 Green onions, finely sliced Half bunch of cilantro, finely sliced Soy Vinaigrette: 1 Lime zest and juice 1tbsp Chili garlic sauce 1/3 cup Roland Soya sauce 1/3 cup Roland Toasted sesame oil 2tbsp Roland Rice wine vinegar 2tbsp Read More...
GFS BC Safari Food Show
It's a jungle out there and we saw our fare share of wild browsers at the GFS Safari Fall Food Show in Vancouver, BC. We set up camp inside the PNE's Pacific Coliseum, and boy was it packed! The table decorations were over the top with tiki bars, life size stuffed Lions, palm trees, and roaming sasquatchs. Over at the Riverwood Sales jungle hut we had safari guides Ben Decosse, Chef Salina Beaudoin and Skoulakis's Ken Baird and Catherine Paone. At our first table we featured products from Cardinal Meats. Cardinal Meats has been producing quality burgers and Kettle Cooked products for over 43 years now. At the show we feature three of Cardinal's hottest products: Read More...