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Our new store in South Burnaby is NOW OPEN! It's been a long haul but we think you'll love it. We sure do! Come & see us soon Click here for details.

The BC Day long weekend is upon us and if you love food (and we know you do!) it's a great time to live in BC. The province is bursting with lucious home grown goodness: cherries, blueberries, peaches, apricots, peppers, lettuces, tomatoes, and corn! Stock up on BC products this long weekend and check our recipe section to enjoy the flavours of a grown in BC Summer.

Please note we will be closed on Monday, August 3rd so that our staff may enjoy BC Day.

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Sun Patio Chilled Beverage = Summer Smile

All of us here at Galloway's love our food, and consider ourselves lucky to be able to have such easy access to the gourmet foods we import from around the world. This week we want to introduce three new products that need only ice (and perhaps club soda or gin).

Elderflower Presse by Belvoir Fruit Farms: This exquisitively scented blend of freshly picked elderflowers makes a refreshing, extremely quaffable, gently bubbling taste of summer. Served chilled as a sophisticated alternative to an alcoholic beverage, or add white wine for an aromatic spritzer, or mix with gin or vodka for a memorable cocktail. No added colour, flavour, or preservatives; just fresh ingredients.

Pomegranate and Blueberry Fruit Juice by Anaar: It is written that Oprah's favourite martini is made with pomegranate juice. Anaar's 100% fruit juice (no sugar added) combines the tartness of pomegranates with the sweetness of blueberries. Both offer healthy antioxidants. Sip it pure over ice (perhaps with club soda), or blend 1 1/2 cups of juice with 1/2 cup milk in the blender for a breakfast smoothie, or mix 1 oz vodka, 1/2 oz orange liqueur, 2 oz blueberry pomegranate juice; shake with ice; strain into a martini glass; raise glass to lips; sigh.

Cheri's Desert Harvest Prickly Pear Cactus Syrup: Made from the finest hand-picked prickly pear cactus in the southwest desert, this naturally vibrant magenta coloured syrup is traditionally poured over pancakes, waffles, and ice-cream. However, a teaspoon of the syrup mixed with 1/2 glass of Chablis, 1/2 glass 7-Up, and poured over ice makes a most refereshing wine cooler. Make Blush Lemonade by mixing 1/4 cup of syrup, 16 oz lemon juice, 3/4 cup sugar, and 48 oz water, and pour over ice. Then sip summer.

See our new ad in the High Summer issue of Edible Vancouver:

Click here to see our featured tuxedo quinoa salad recipe.