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Seville Orange Marmalade

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Jazz up your charcuterie with crunchy wholegrain A

Jazz up your charcuterie with crunchy wholegrain Apple Mustard 😋 made with fresh pressed apple cider
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🍋🍓A little lemon juice to make the fruit *po

🍋🍓A little lemon juice to make the fruit *pop* in our small batch jams.
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It's hard to express just how happy I am to be using only local berries in our Strawberry Jam this year. They really make all the difference in the flavour, and I love that short supply chain magic when you've got connections to local farmers ✨
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Bulk jams going out to @littlejoberrys and @wilf_ada this week! Hooray for our bakery and restaurant clients keeping us busy in the lean times 🤝🥰
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😤Pressure canning😤 . Getting those Molasses

😤Pressure canning😤
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Getting those Molasses Baked Beans pressure canned so they can safely sit on a shelf!
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When I learned about pressure canning about 15 years ago it was such a game changer for me. I had a really small fridge and freezer and was living alone in a bachelor apartment. I would pressure can leftover soups and braises so I could keep them safely on my shelf and share them with friends. I loved making soups! When I first started my business you might recall I was selling pressure canned soups at the farmers market! Funny how things change!
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🤔I've been thinking back to soups lately. I wanted a task to break up the repetitiveness of the winter preserving schedule (root vegetables and marmalade all day every day) and I wanted to find a way to use some of our vegetable scraps.
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Now we make a big pot of soup once a week! We are delivering it weekly to @highjinx to warm and nourish our neighbours. It has been a lot of fun getting back to cooking for my community, something I was doing in my twenties when I was volunteering with the Carleton Food Collective (Garden Spot) and AIDS Community of Ottawa Living Room Program.
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So far we have made several hearty vegetable/bean soups. This week I plan to make a blended carrot and squash soup.
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Drop your favourite soup ideas below! Bonus points for carrot-heavy recipes because we have a lot of carrot "ends" this time of year while we are in Spicy Pickled Carrots production!
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💘💘💘Lovingly Local Pop Up✨✨✨ . We ar

💘💘💘Lovingly Local Pop Up✨✨✨
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We are collaborating with pals @baroqueblooms and @tl_chocolates on something special. A pre order "bundle" and a flowers and chocolate pop up shop! All happening Tuesday February 14.
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Pre orders close Feb 10th and are highly recommended if you want to secure a bouquet of flowers - available in three sizes.
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Check our website "Collaborations" to place an order.
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Brighten your day with this bundle of local goods. You'll receive a one-of-a-kind floral arrangement, 4 pack of unique, hand painted chocolates and small batch preserves while supporting three local independent businesses!
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Each Lovingly Local Bundle comes with
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-a jar of Top Shelf Preserves Maraschino Cherries
-Box of 4 Valentines Day collection bonbons by Tin Lont Chocolates
-a floral arrangement by Baroque Blooms

Floral arrangement options:

Sweetheart Bouquet (small)

Sweet and cheery, these petite bouquets are a charming Valentine's Day gift.

Darling Bouquet (medium)

Oh darling, do we have the perfect Valentine's Day bouquet for you.This is a medium size bouquet perfect for a table vase and is sure to make your sweetheart smile.

Radiant Bouquet (large)

Say you're smitten, but do it with flowers. This large bouquet is radiant and makes a bold statement - perfect for Valentine's Day.

Each bouquet is sustainably wrapped in kraft paper and includes beautiful specialty cut flowers and foliage in curated pink, white, and purple colour palettes. Flowers will be similar varieties to bouquets pictured however substitutions will be made based on availability and quality as necessary.

Pre order for pick up at 527 Gladstone Ave. or local Ottawa area delivery on Tuesday, February 14 between 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. with @trexityapp (select preferred method at check out)
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Sweet, salty, and crisp Bread & Butter Pickles! Re

Sweet, salty, and crisp Bread & Butter Pickles! Restock coming soon 💛💚💛💚
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Molasses Baked Beans. Available in store and at se

Molasses Baked Beans. Available in store and at select stockists: @breadbyus @zupsbyward @almanacgrain @thewholegrainhearth @shopburrow
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Why do our Pickled Beets taste so good? Pickling l

Why do our Pickled Beets taste so good? Pickling liquid! Our fresh in-house pickling spice blend is simmered with vinegar and brown sugar. We strain the spices out so they don't turn bitter as the pickles age. The aromatic liquid is poured over prepared beets and water bath processed the old fashioned way. Voilà!
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Bread & Butter Pickles and warm sunbeams make us h

Bread & Butter Pickles and warm sunbeams make us happy ☺️
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I hope you're all staying cozy today! Shop is open regular hours if you decide to venture out into the cold. Noon to 6:00 p.m.
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These will hit the shop next week!
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🎨 February colour palette 💜🧡 . #TopShelfP

🎨 February colour palette 💜🧡
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📣GuYs, iT's mArmALaDe sEAs0n 🍊🤡🐶🍊✨
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Our Tomatillo Salsa is made with fresh, local toma

Our Tomatillo Salsa is made with fresh, local tomatillos! Grab a jar in store - 527 Gladstone Ave. in Ottawa.
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Open Wednesday to Saturday noon to 6:00 p.m.
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🏆Pepper Sauce with eggs. Definitely a favourite

🏆Pepper Sauce with eggs. Definitely a favourite bite of 2022.
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We make it in small batches with fermented scotch bonnet peppers and onions. Available exclusively at our retail shop, 527 Gladstone Ave. Open 12-6 Wednesday to Saturday.
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Hey guys! Hi it's me, Sara 👋🏼 January is ove

Hey guys! Hi it's me, Sara 👋🏼 January is over already?! Hope you're all hanging in there!
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We're over here quietly making awesome seasonal preserves and shipping out wholesale and bulk orders weekly. While things have slowed down on the retail front we have lots of other ways we stay busy in the lean times.
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🍋This time of year I'm excited for fresh citrus, milky coffees, and staff lunches. I miss biking to work and I am hoping the Rideau Canal opens soon. I'm grateful for overwintered root vegetables like beets and carrots so we can restock our retail partners after the busy holiday season.
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I'm looking to grow our wholesale and restaurant accounts this year to keep pace with inflation 🥵
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📧Give me a shout! Email and phone links in bio
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🥳Lots of new stuff coming this spring and a TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY MAY 1st! 🎉
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📷Pic by kitchen mainstay and Top Shelf Preserves hero @tennisbump - slaying it on production and taking sly pics of me creating content.
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🍆Cheesy toast with Spicy Pickled Eggplant and m

🍆Cheesy toast with Spicy Pickled Eggplant and mature cheddar 🤤
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We have jars of Spicy Pickled Eggplant available exclusively at our shop!
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Classic Strawberry Rhubarb Jam made with local fru

Classic Strawberry Rhubarb Jam made with local fruit 🍓🍓🍓
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Another gem of the Canotek business park: @zoescor

Another gem of the Canotek business park: @zoescorner! I popped by on my lunch break to grab my favourite skin care products and saw they have our pickles displayed in the window 🥰
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Zoë's Corner offers a Canotek basket with goodies handmade right here in the business park! Their little shop is nestled in the front of their production facility and you can smell the essential oils, bath bombs and curing soaps while you shop. I love that they have testers of their products and that everything is available zero waste. 👏
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Just bopped over to @almanacgrain for an afternoon

Just bopped over to @almanacgrain for an afternoon pick-me-up and grabbed one of their new bars made with our Plum Jam. Damn, it's good! Buttery, coconutty and jammy. Always love seeing what local bakeries do with the bulk jams they purchase from us 💓
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11/10 would recommend! 👍 Canotek business park has so many awesome treasures!
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It's citrus season and we've got our first round o

It's citrus season and we've got our first round of blood oranges!
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Prepping lots of Blood Orange & Pomegranate Marmalade - a popular flavour for all your Valentine's Day frēäks 💘
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😴💭Make your marmalade dreams come true. Our

😴💭Make your marmalade dreams come true. Our Cranberry Orange Marmalade is made with generous hand cut pieces of navel orange with tart local cranberries folded in. A bold flavour combo that's great on toast, cheese boards, and even makes a lovely glaze for game meats or seared duck.
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Cranberry Orange Marmalade is on sale until the end of the month! Grab a jar online or in our bricks and mortar shop on Gladstone Ave in Ottawa. Open 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. daily Wednesday to Saturday. Local delivery is also available via @trexityapp - select it at check out!
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Marmalade prep continues in perpetuity! Cranberry

Marmalade prep continues in perpetuity! Cranberry Orange Marmalade is on sale until the end of the month!
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