100 Mile Challenge Barbecue Notes and Menu

Arowhon Pines

1st Annual Civic Holiday Monday

"100 mile challenge" Barbecue

All food is produced within 100 miles of the resort.

The 100 mile challenge is based on the food blog and book "The 100 mile diet" by James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith, and it has become a series on Food network Canada. The challenge is to create a menu or diet using only product from within 100 miles of your location.  the idea is to raise awareness that locally produced food is not only environmentally friendlier, but delicious as well!  Muskoka agriculture and forest products have sustained people in this area for a thousand years—we are all excited to continue that tradition.

The Menu:

Beverages:  Cedar Iced Tea, Rhubarb-ade (a hit!) and mint julip.

 

Muskoka summer salads:  New Potato & Radish, Broccoli with Mushroom,

Tomato & mixed herbs, Roasted beets with tarragon, Cucumber with dill, Coleslaw.

 

From the grill:

Chicken Skewers with Yoghurt

Baby back ribs

Marinated flank steak

Lamb & mint shish kebab

Hamburgers and sausages

Lake Huron Pickerel

Pulled shoulder of Berkshire pork

Grilled trout

Marinated & grilled vegetables

Vegetable Burgers

 

All herbs and spices are from our garden.

Desserts: Summer fruit, Butter tarts, Fudge, Squares & Berry tarts

all sweetened with honey, maple syrup or stevia from our garden

Housemade ice creams: Lavender, Plum & Raspberry Ripple

*****

The 100 mile challenge allows for some cheating. Here are our cheats: 
*  tomatoes & some other fruits come from Bradford, Ontario, outside our limit. These fruits aren’t quite ripe yet in Muskoka due to a very wet spring.
*  flour used in the desserts and the ice cream cones were milled in Ontario but not within 100 miles
*  Muskoka coffee roastery in Huntsville roasted the beans, which came from 100% Rainforest alliance certified farms in central and south America.
*  salt, white sugar and sweet n low for coffee, tea