Island Estuary Bed and Breakfast

Running a B&B gives you the opportunity  to meet some really interesting people. We were fortunate to have Adam Hart stay with us this year along with his family as they explored Vancouver Island.  Adam is a  nutritional expert, whole foods chef, professional speaker, coach and author. (E3 for Life)

After his stay we picked up his book and have been working through some of the recipes and ideas for obtaining optimum health and happiness. Sometimes if feels difficult to find that healthy balance. Adam has a simple proven formula for achieving that balance – e3 for Life begins with the Food you eat, followed by the THOUGHTS you have and concludes with your HABITS  that produce your results.

Here is one of his recipes that we adapted to include some of our local produce here on the island.

Lentil Shepherd Pie

1 can organic black beans, 2 cans organic lentils, 3 medium sweet potatoes, 1 egg, 1/4 cup milk, 2 tbsp. butter, salt & pepper to taste, 1 cup carrots chopped, 1 cup broccoli chopped, 1 medium onion chopped, 4 cloves garlic chopped, 1 cup wild mushrooms chopped, 1 tbsp dijon mustard, 2 tbsp fresh basil and rosemary.

Boil potatoes until tender then mix with a hand blender along with butter, milk, salt and pepper.  Keep aside until ready to use.  Saute the onions and garlic in olive oil for a few minutes until softened.  In a food processor, combine all the other ingredients and mix  until it forms together. Place this mixture into a medium sized baking dish and then spread the potato mixture over the top and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  Really Good!!!!  To increase the nutritional content of this already highly nutritional dish, garnish with ground nuts or seeds.

My friends from St. John’s arrived bringing with them the salt meat, mustard pickles and Newfoundland savoury in order to prepare  a feast of turkey and jiggs dinner for us and our guests from the community.  Parsnips, turnip, brussell sprouts, beets, turkey, cabbage…. we had it all and then some!!

There was no stopping them once they hit the kitchen… in fact, there was no stopping them once they landed in Ladysmith!!  Loved serving up all this wonderful food on local pottery from Mary Fox and Jo-Vic and certainly enjoyed sharing the meal with Vic & Josie from Jo-Vic Pottery and Sheryll and Bud from Sealeggs Kayaking.  Thanks to Bud for washing up all the dishes after the meal!!

What a feast!  Thank you Eileen and Susan – come back soon!!!!!