New & Exciting
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Join us at Eat! Vancouver
EAT! Vancouver Food + Cooking Festival is the ultimate Consumer Food Expo Celebrity chefs, popular local restaurants, wineries, food and beverage manufacturers, cookbook authors, retailers, artisans, and many others from the culinary world will come together for a three day public extravaganza at the newly refurbished…
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Kelowna Christmas Show 2013
This will be our first year at this exciting new event held in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Kelowna Christmas Show is a 2 day show will feature talented crafters and artisans from all over Western Canada. Bring the whole family down, and enjoy pictures in their…
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Sun Summer Salad event!
Lets blow out summer with the Sun Summer Salad event! Send us your favorite salad recipes for a chance to win prize of 3L BIB of Parthena Extra Virgin Olive Oil! Send in your recipe via email to rosie@parthena.ca with a good description and a photo…
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Right to Play Charity
Join Parthena while we support the Dinner, auction & dance hosted by the Zamzow family in support of the Right to Play charity. Help us raise $25,000 for the right to play! All donations matched 3X! With right to play Ambassador “Marathon Man” Martin Parnell who…
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15 more locations added!
It seems the great taste and high quality of Parthena Extra Virgin Olive Oil is starting to catch on! Today we just added 15 more locations across BC & AB! From the high north in Fort Nelson & Rainbow Lake all the way to Victoria you…
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Health & Beauty
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Happy New Years!
We love to ring in the New Years with friends, family, good food and good wine. New Years Resolutions of course come with the turf and just like the majority of people we aim high. According to www.statisticbrain.com loosing weight and getting healthy is the #1 Resolution.…
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Just add Olive Oil – surprise beauty secrets
While most people think of olive oil as healthy to eat or cook with, its high concentration of mono-unsaturated fats, anti-inflammatory agents, omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, and vitamins make it a perfect natural beauty remedy as well. There really are endless uses for Olive Oil but here are…
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Relieve Diaper Rash
Soothe baby diaper rash with extra virgin olive oil! Its safe, simple and no chemicals. Makes the skin supple and smooth! Diaper rash remedy! Mix 2 Tbsp of Parthena Olive Oil with 1 tsp of warm water. Shake or whip the oil and water just until emulsified.…
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Throat & Cough Relief
Relieve colds, sore throats and coughs through the winter with this remedy! In a saucepan mix 3-4 Tbsp of lemon juice, 1 cup of natural honey and ½ cup real extra virgin olive oil. Warm for 5 minutes over low heat until mixture mixes well together,…
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Olive Oil and Cardiology
What does an interventional cardiologist have to do with olive oil? The usual day of an interventional cardiologist in the cath lab is most likely to include cases of coronary artery disease, either in its acute form (“acute coronary syndromes” that is, heart attacks or…
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Kitchen & Recipes
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Greek Walnut Sponge Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup of sugar 1 cup ground walnuts, some can be small bits 1 cup ground almonds, almost flour consistant. 6 eggs, separated 2 ½ tsp baking powder 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp cloves Directions: 1. Separate egg yolk from egg white. Beat…
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Olive Oil is Safe and Effective Natural Household Cleaner
Olive oil is safe and effective to use in many daily household tasks to clean, maintain and repair just about anything that needs special attention… Besides the effectiveness of using the olive oil for household chores, it’s also very safe to use with no harsh and…
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Pork Souvlaki
We love souvlaki, like seriously love souvlaki. When we cook this, we usually pair it with lemon roasted potatoes,traditional Greek salad with pita and tzatziki. With all those ingredients on hand the kids in our house usually make themselves a gyro. If you don’t like pork you…
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Greek Lemon Roasted Potatoes
They’re pungent and wonderful and pair nicely with almost everything, absolutely delicious, and easy to prepare. Ingredients: 4 large russet baking potatoes (8 medium), peeled and quartered 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (3 lemons) 1 tablespoon dried oregano, preferably Greek oregano, plus…
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Greek Walnut Spice Cake
A rich, flavorful syrup infuses this Mediterranean-inspired walnut coffee cake with the bright aroma of oranges and cloves. Heart-healthy olive oil and whole-grain barley flour add subtle complexity and texture to this nutty treat. Serves 12. Cake: 1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped walnuts, divided 1 1/2…
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