Category Archives: Island Estuary Breakfast’s

Fresh Bread at the Island Estuary

Enjoy your morning breakfast with some fabulous home made breads that we serve at the Island Estuary.  We get our flours from True Grains Bakery in Cowichan Bay – spelt, rye, kamut, 12 grain… we try lots of different recipes … Continue reading

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Island Estuary Breakfast Scones

Steel Cut Oats are fabulous as a morning breakfast cereal, however, we discovered a wonderful recipe to use them in scones.  Here it is….. In a small mixing bowl, pour 1/2 cup milk over 1+ 1/4 cup steel cut oats … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Bread

Enjoy your afternoon tea with  a slice or two of pumpkin loaf – we made ours with locally sourced ingredients including spelt flour, eggs, honey and pumpkin.  To make it even more delightful we toasted it and topped it with … Continue reading

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Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes 5 eggs separated zest  1 large lemon 1 cup of milk 1.75 cup of ricotta cheese 1 cup all purpose flour 2.5 teaspoons baking powder 0.5 cup sugar dash salt Preheat pan or skillet on medium heat. … Continue reading

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Artist stay at the Island Estuary

Breakfast at the Island Estuary with Guest Artists Sugiomoto Hiroshi (Japan) and Jason Grondin, Victoria and wife Lize Art Jam, 2010 July 09 – 23rd www.ladysmithwaterfrontgallery.com Art Jam is a Collaborative Art Show of Coast Salish, Japanese and North American … Continue reading

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Great Breakfasts with local cheese

We love our local producers!!!  We are so fortunate to have such abundance on this magnificient island.  This morning we served cheeses from Hilary’s in the Cowichan Valley.  We also use splet flour and red fife flours from True Grains … Continue reading

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