The Galiano Club

Steering Committee meeting

Soup for Seniors--All Welcome

Food Program

These recipes are from Nettlefest 2008, a celebration by the Galiano Community Food Program.

WILD NETTLE AND POTATO SOUP.  Serves 8.
4 tablespoons olive oil, 2 cups chopped onions, 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes,peeled, cut into 1-inch pieces, 8 cups (or more) water, 2 bay leaves, 1/2teaspoon dried crushed red pepper, 4 garlic cloves, minced, 15 oz. (300g) freshnettle leaves, stems trimmed (use gloves !), Sour cream and choppedparsley for garnish.

-Heat 4 tablespoons oil in heavy large pot over medium heat.Add onions and sauté until tender and golden, about 8 minutes. Add potatoes;sauté 3 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for another 2 minutes.

-Add 8 cups water, bay leaves and crushed red pepper. Bring toboil. Reduce heat. Simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Addnettle leaves just before blending to preserve brightness.

Galiano community: enthusiastic, resourceful, and committed to food programs.

The Galiano Club founded the Community Food Program in March, 2008 after receiving funding from VanCity, the Vancouver Foundation, and the Victoria Foundation to hire volunteer coordinators for various community food programs. The Vancouver Island Health Authority currently funded a project focused on gleaning teams, establishing a Farmers' Institute, developing a meals program and hosting an all Islands Food Security Conference. In addition, the Food Program has received funding from New Horizons for Seniors (Government of Canada) for our Food Forever Project and a commercial freezer for the Seniors' Soup Program. In late spring 2011, United Way of Greater Victoria approved our application for a Seniors' Soup Garden at the Community School along with a fruit tree mapping project involving students and elders.

Follow this link to the Food Program website for upcoming events and for more information about the program and its goals: www.galianofoodprogram.ca

Contact: Janice Oakley or Alison Colwell, Food Program Coordinators
539-2175 ext. 2 to leave a message, or galianofoodprograms@gmail.com