Companion Guide Planting Guide

Erin (masterful urban gardener) and Suz are running a companion container gardening workshop this evening.

Should be fun – if you would like to join us we will be at Main St at 6pm tonight!

Here is a list companion planting guide you can follow! 

PLANT	GOOD COMPANIONS	BAD COMPANIONS
bean	carrot, cauliflower, celery, cucumber, pea, potato, radish, squash	garlic, leek,
beet	cabbage, cucumber, onion
broccoli	celery, nasturtium, rosemary, sage	oregano
Brussels sprout	nasturtium, potato, sage,	rosemary
cabbage/kale	bean, beet, lettuce, nasturtium, pea, spinach	oregano
carrots	bean, celery, chives, garlic, leek, lettuce, onion, pea, radish, rosemary	dill, parsnip
cauliflower	bean, celery, nasturtium,	potato
cucumber	beans, fennel, garlic, nasturtium, onion, pea	potato
lettuce	bean, cabbage, carrot, celery, garlic, onion, radish
nasturtium	Broccoli, Brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, lettuce, squash	parsley, parsnip
onion	beet, carrot, cucumber, lettuce	runner beans, pea
pea	bean, carrot, cucumber	onion
potato	bean, Brussels sprout	celery, cucumber
radish	bean, cabbage, carrot, lettuce, squash
spinach	cabbage, celery, potato
squash/pumpkin	bean, nasturtium, pea, radish, sunflower	potato
sunflower	squash	potato, runner bean

EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS – BEER TASTING & PIZZA MAKING

To celebrate Earth Day Rocky Mountain Flatbread is hosting an Earth Day Pizza Making and Beer Tasting event on Monday evening, April 22 from 5 pm onwards, featuring both Stanley Park and R&B Brewing craft beer samples.

Learn to make an artisan pizza with five of your favourite ingredients, kicking things off by enjoying a salad and fresh bread.

Register by phoning 604.730.0321 (Kitsilano) or 604.566.9779 (Main Street). Tickets are $25 with 10% of all evening sales being donated to Earthbites, an local organization that teaches kids to grow their own food.

FREE EARTH DAY WORKSHOPS

Ever the community-minded restaurant, Rocky Mountain Flatbread Pizza Company is holding a series of Earth Day workshops this month at both their Kitsilano and Main Street locations. Lighten your footprint on Mother Earth while learning about urban farming techniques, creating your own bubble bath and scrubs, and preparing organic ravioli and fettucini.

Pasta Making
April 15, 6 pm, 1876 West 1st Avenue, Kitsilano
Learn from Chef Wout Schipper how to make your very own organic ravioli and fettucini.

Spa Products
April 10, 6 pm, 1486 Main Street
Suz will demonstrate how to make your own bubble bath, scrubs, and creams using all-natural products.

Companion Plant Container Gardening
April 17, 6 pm, 1486 Main Street
Learn how to grow your own food by creating a companion plant container with Munisha, an urban farmer.

Kids Gardening

April 27, 10 am, 1486 Main Street
Join Sarah and Suz as they read the award-winning book Uno’s Garden and plant pea shoots.

Register for the above complimentary workshops by phoning 604.730.0321 (Kitsilano) or 604.566.9779 (Main Street).

Also on offer is an Earth Day Pizza Making and Beer Tasting event on Monday evening, April 22 from 5 pm onwards, featuring both Stanley Park and R&B Brewing craft beer samples.

Learn to make an artisan pizza with five of your favourite ingredients, kicking things off by enjoying a salad and fresh bread.

Register by phoning 604.730.0321 (Kitsilano) or 604.566.9779 (Main Street). Tickets are $25 with 10% of all evening sales being donated to Earthbites, an local organization that teaches kids to grow their own food.

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Spa Product Recipes

We are holding the first of our Earth Day workshops today.  If you are not too busy pop in and join us tonight at 6 pm at our Main Street location.

We will be making home made bubble bath, sugar scrub, body lotion & nail strengthener.

HOMEMADE COCONUT BUBBLE BATH RECIPE

For a super moisturizing delicious bubble bath mix together:

1 cup of castile soap

1 oz almond oil

1 oz coconut oil

10 drops of your favorite oil.

Pour 1/4 of your delicious home made mix in your bath for lots of bubbles!

SUGAR SCRUB

For a non stinging super moisterizing exfoliation mix together:

10 tsp grapeseed oil

4 TBS sugar

6 drops of your favorite oil

HOME MADE BODY LOTION

Mix together:

2 TBS shea butter

2 TBS virgin coconut oil

4 TBS sweet almond oil

1/2 tsp vanilla

Store in your fridge for up to one year (it will never last that long it’s too lush!)

 

Hemant Rao Playing Live at Rocky Mountain Flatbread, Main Street, Saturday, April 6th

We are very proud to host Hemant Rao, talented singer and songwriter this Saturday evening 7.45pm onwards at our Main Street location.

• Originally from Montreal Hemant Rao now calls Vancouver home. His music will set the tone for a fun and friendly Saturday evening at Rocky Mountain Flatbread.
• RMF, Main Street, will be featuring our 8 After 8 special. Available from 8-10pm 8 after 8 includes a glass of local beer and a personal-sized artisan pizza with one topping of your choice for only $8.00.
• To check out Hemant’s music visit his website at http://www.hemantrao.com.

Roasted Halibut With Tarragon and Hazelnut Brown Butter

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As we noted a week or so ago, herbs are the first plants in our garden that really "pop" with the coming of spring. And while we get plenty of fresh goodies from the farmers market, there is nothing quite like getting the first taste of produce from our own garden. It sort of "hardens" the idea that spring is really here (for us, at least).

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I know it is so exciting to be picking my own parsley, mint, tarragon & more.

A Local Favourite: Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company {& a Giveaway!}

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After our recent Shopping Sense tour, some of my {awesome} mama blogger friends and I planned on grabbing a cup of coffee, sitting down, and catching up for a bit.  The thing was, it was already lunch time, we were all hungry, and the kiddos were tired of being restrained in shopping carts. They needed to play.  So where can you go to catch up with friends, grab a fresh delicious meal, and let your kiddos play all at once?  

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Visit Mama Papa Bubba to win a free space in our Spring Break Cooking Class!

BEET & GOAT CHEESE RAVIOLI FILLING RECIPE

In my previous blog I posted how to create your very own ravioli dough.

Here is a recipe for creating your own ravioli filling – beet & goat cheese.  I think this maybe my favorite ravioli filling of Chef Wout’s!!  

Our next ravioli cooking class will be on Monday, April 14th, where Chef Wout will share all of his top ravioli making secrets.

Photo: Ariane@Design

Beet & Goat Cheese Ravioli Filling

Four portions 

350 gram beets

100 gram goat cheese

salt, pepper

1 bay leaf

1 sage leaf

Directions:

Peel the beets and chop them roughly. Put them in a pan with the bay leaf, salt and pepper.

 Add water till the beets are just covered. Bring to a boil and cook until they are tender. About 15 minutes. Discard the bay leaf and strain the beets… But carefully. We don’t want the whole kitchen painted red.

Weigh out the goat cheese. Combine them with the sage in a food processor. Mix until it is smooth enough. Can be a bit chunky, that will give it some texture.

Season with salt and pepper to taste.  The filling can be used when it is firm enough. Might need some cooling down time. Scrub your hands and remind yourself to wear gloves next time you peel beets.

Recipe: by Chef Wouter Schipper