While the temperature has definitely risen in the last few days, the nights are still a little chilly. Our friends at Hummazing were kind enough to provide us with this easy recipe for lentil soup to keep us warm when the sun goes down.

Lentil Soup

Ingredients:

• 4 cups orange lentils
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tps pepper and cumin
• two med. diced white onions
• 1 shredded carrot
• 1 bunch chopped green onions
• handful chopped Italian curly parsley
• 8 cups water

Directions

Boil at 280 degrees or until the lentils split. Then, simmer at 180 degrees for 10 mins.

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Brandner Farms, a family run farm in Ruthven growing pesticide free products, is now opening ‘the barn’ on Saturdays from 9:00am to 12:00pm. These hours will be available until the better spring weather arrives.

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Bull N Barrel
Be one of the first 100 people in on St Paddy’s Day at Bull N Barrel and receive a free pulled pork sandwich. Doors open at 1130am.

Caesars Windsor
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Caesars Windsor this Sunday! Special menus will be offered in the Market Buffet and Artist Cafe and live music from Three Penny Piece will be on the Cosmos stage.

Walkerville Brewery
Walkerville Brewery is hosting a Pre-St. Patrick’s Day celebration at the brewery on Sunday, March 16, from 3:00pm to 6:00pm, in support of the Welcome Centre Shelter for Women.

There will be entertainment by Tartan Army, sausages for sale by Robbie’s Gourmet Sausage Co. and raffles and draws to support the Welcome Centre Shelter for Women. Admission is a donation towards the Welcome Centre.

Rock Bottom Bar & Grill
Get your Irish on! Rock Bottom Bar & Grill has planned an all Celtic entertainment line up for the big St. Patrick’s Day Celebration.

Live acts will hit the stage from 10:45am to 11:00pm on Sunday and Monday. Also there will be live Irish themed trivia on Sunday at 8:30pm for all you die hard trivia geeks (us included).

Colchester Ridge Estate Winery
Join Colchester Ridge Estate Winery on March 15 and 16, 2014 to take advantage of big savings! The winery is offering two great sales for those wanting celebrate the patron Saint of Ireland.

• Vin Blanc- 2 Bottles for $18.00
• 2008 CREW Merlot – 2 Bottles for $25.00

Visit and you’ll also receive a complimentary toast! The offer lasts until March 31.

The Manchester Pub
The Manchester will feature live music all day.

South Detroit
Get your green on at South Detroit on March 17. Doors open at 11:00am with green beer and food specials being offered all day.

Celebrating at home?
Not in the mood to head out but still want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? We recommend picking up some corned beef from The Butcher of Kingsville and then giving this great dessert recipe we put together at try: Brown Bread & Irish Whiskey Ice Cream. It was so good we had a mob surround us when we made it live on CTV Windsor. Those pesky journalists cleaned us out of all the ice cream we made!

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After a 6 very long weeks of renovations from a massive flooding throughout the building, we are extremely excited to announce the re-opening of Lorelei’s Bistro.

If you recall, back at the beginning of February, the extreme cold weather burst a pipe in the restaurant overnight which caused extensive damage throughout the building.

Along with their relaunch, they’ve also added new added menu items.

They are back to regularly scheduled business hours. They expect to be extremely busy with the re-opening so reservations are recomnmended

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You’ll receive a unique experience and some extras that you won’t be able to have on your own.

Guests will enjoy:

• A tasting and tour of the world famous Canadian Club Heritage Centre and Canadian Club Whisky.
• Jaunt through historic Old Walkerville learning about its architecture as well as some well known and not so well known tales associated with the neighbourhood.
• Be brought through the history and brewing process of Walkerville Brewery while enjoying some brews.
• Learn about the graffiti art behind The Willistead Restaurant before stopping in for a flight of drinks.

Additional Info:

• When: The Drinks of Walkerville walking tours take place on the first Saturday of each month.
• Where: The starting point is the parking lot directly across the street from the Canadian Club Brand Centre, 2072 Riverside Drive East, Windsor, ON.
• Age Restriction: Must be 19+ to participate in the tour.
• Duration: Approximately 4 hours
• How Much: $45 per person. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
• Accessibility? Unfortunately, some portions of the tour are not handicap accessible.

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Businesses and organizations in Windsor and Detroit are collaborating and working together to celebrate cycling.

WindsorEats along with our partners Bike Friendly Windsor Essex, Cycle Culture, and theUniversity of Windsor Cyclists Association will be hosting the Windsor launch to North American Bicycle Week on Thursday, March 27th.

Formed in 2012, Detroit Bike City is an organization dedicated to promoting cycling in the City of Detroit. They gained national attention for their weekly Monday evening bike ride called Slow Roll Mondays that routinely drew crowds of over 1,500 riders; on all types of bikes.

On the Detroit side there are plenty of fantastic events taking place over the week that include the Detroit Bike City Expo on Saturday, March 29 (WindsorEats will have a presence at the show so be sure to stop in and say hello!) and the Slow Roll Season Opener on Sunday March 30.

While we’re still putting together all the fun details here is a breakdown of what we’re planning for the Windsor NoAm Bicycle Week launch on Thursday, March 27th, 2014:

Parade of Bicycles
Bust out that beautiful bike of yours and put on your fashionable trends, because we’re having a parade! We’re inviting the public to strut their stuff, walk down our “runway” and show off their bicycle pride. We have registration set up so we can tell everyone about you! We invite everyone from the community to take part and have fun!

Blessing of the Bikes
Come out have good fortune wished upon your bike for the 2014 cycling season. We’re working on having a local celebrity wish riders well and happy travels for the upcoming season. It’s a non denominational event and everyone is welcome.

North American Bicycle Week Windsor Launch
Following the Blessing of the Bikes we’ll have a group ride to a local pub to continue the celebrations and have a jolly good time.

Visit North American Bicycle Week site for updated information on all the events and keep checking in to WindsorEats on our own wonderful event!

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There are true known truths in this world: people love ice cream and the Irish know how to make a good whiskey. So we’re combining the two!

This is a dessert that Pina has  shared with Sean’s side of the family to celebrate their Irish roots during St. Patrick’s Day. It uses Philadelphia style ice cream as a base as opposed to the French custard style that uses eggs.

Irish Whiskey and Brown Bread Ice Cream

Preheat oven to 350 F

Ingredients:

• 4 slices day old whole wheat bread, cut into small pieces.
• 3 tablespoons of butter, melted
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
• 2 cups heavy cream, 35%
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1  tsp vanilla extract
• 4 tablespoons of Irish Whiskey

Instructions:

• Combine bread crumbs, melted butter, cinnamon and brown sugar in a mixing bowl, ensuring the bread is completely coated. Spread over a large baking sheet and bake in oven until the sugar has caramelized. You want the bread to be crunchy and turn a nice brown colour. Once out of the oven, let it cool completely.
• Pour 1 cup of the cream into a medium saucepan and add the sugar. Warm over medium heat, stirring, until the sugar is dissolved.
• Remove from heat and add the remaining cream, the vanilla extract and 2 tablespoons of Irish whiskey.
• Chill mixture thoroughly in the refrigerator, for at least eight hours or preferably overnight.
• Insert the ice cream canister (which has been in the freezer for at least 18 hours) into the ice cream machine and process according to manufacturer’s directions.
• Near the end of the process when the ice cream is starting to look like soft serve, fold the caramelized bread crumbs and remaining whiskey. Feel free to add just a wee bit more Irish Whiskey!
• Serve immediately for softer ice cream or place ice cream in freezer for at least 1 to 2 hours for a firmer consistency.

Please note: because of the alcohol, this is not a kid-friendly dessert.

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Do you enjoy wine?

Can you sell in a fast paced retail environment?

Do you have strong social media networking presence?

Can you provide mature, professional, energetic and memorable customer service?

Are you interested in part time work at an award winning estate winery?

Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery are looking for a handful of bright, energetic, connected and sales orientated people to join their retail sales staff. If you feel like you meet the above criteria they want to hear from you. Wine knowledge or formal wine education is a major plus but it is not totally necessary for this position. Cash handling experience is a big asset as is visual merchandising. A candidate who is active in social media and willing to help promote winery events and initiatives via their own personal social network is also a plus.

If you are willing to learn and possess the other attributes they are looking for, email your resume to tanya@sprucewooshores.com or drop one off in their retail store.

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Spaghetti Pesto
Feeds 2 people

• Cherry tomatoes x 12
• Basil leaves two bunches
• 4 garlic cloves
• Pine nuts ( optional ) 3 table spoons
• olive oil as much as you would like to use
• 200 grams of Gluten free pasta ( other options can be regular pasta , spaghetti squash , rice noodles or risotto )
• Parmesan cheese as much as you want
• Sun dried tomatoes 8 pieces

To make basil pesto . add basil and garlic in a blender or bullet. add a olive oil enough to get a creamy finish
pine nuts optional and grade 2 tbs spoons of Parmesan cheese.

Cook pasta in boiling water for desired time on packaging and two tbs of sea salt , in a sauté pan add olive oil and pesto
and heat up the pesto and cherry tomatoes sea salt to taste , add pasta when cooked toss very well and place in bowls
add grated Parmesan cheese and diced sundered tomatoes.

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After two months of painstaking trial and error, tweaking and perfecting, Robbie Bornais is ready to release the Walkerville Brewery Chorizo to the public.

Robbie’s Gourmet Sausage Co. and Walkerville Brewery have partnered up for this limited edition sausage, made with Walkerville Brewery’s Black Lager. What makes it so special is that the Walkerville Black is down to its last few drops, so once the sausages are all gone, there won’t be any more of the beer to make a new batch for 2014.

“I knew I wanted to do something with Walkerville Brewery, specifically with Chris Ryan, because of the positive atmosphere he provides, but more importantly, because of his reputation as an approachable and generally caring business person,” ” Robbie says.

Robbie mentions that he tried to profile and target Chris’ likes and dislikes and was able to come up with a very original take on chorizo.

What Can You Expect From The Sausage?

Locally raised Berkshire pork from Wagner Orchards is the core ingredient of the sausage. Robbie then reduces a large amount of Walkerville Black with a rich German chocolate and a balsamic vinegar from Modena, Italy. He then adds fire roasted poblanos, fresh garlic, roasted cumin and several secret herbs and spices to get a very original, decadent sausage like no other.

“Up front it comes off as an extremely decadent sausage, rich and full bodied,” Robbie explains. “But, I would definitely say that the main cultural culinary influence comes from my love of Caribbean cuisine.”

The Walkerville Brewery Chorizo is part of the Sausage N’ Beer promotion that both Robbie’s and Walkerville Brewery are putting on during the month of March. Each Friday from 4:00pm to 7:00pm, patrons to Walkerville Brewery can order one of Robbie Gourmet Sausage Co.’s creations. The special sausages for this week, March 7, 2014, will be the Walkerville Brewery Chorizo, Bacon Double Cheeseburger and the Coronado. 

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