Sarah’s Staples
Member | SARAH’S STAPLES
Victoria, BC
Small batch premium preserves made by hand on the Saanich Peninsula. Created using minimal added sugars and locally sourced ingredients whenever possible.
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Sarah loves methodical processes like folding laundry. So when a friend invited her many years ago to do some canning, she immediately fell in love with the methodical, logical process that went in to making jam and pickles. “I loved being able to control the quality of the ingredients involved in the recipes,” she says.
That spark of interest really ignited six years ago when they bought a home in North Saanich. Her husband, an avid gardener, began producing 50lbs of tomatoes and zucchini, so Sarah took it upon herself to preserve it all. She took what she had learned about jams and pickles and expanded into trying relish, chutneys, sauce and mustards—all of which are now usual products for her hobby-turned-busines, Sarah’s Staples
Now into her fourth year in the farmers’ market circuit, she has an assortment of jams and mustards in stock at all times. “These are my ‘Staples’ that I personally love to eat and feed my family with, and what I always want to have on hand in my own kitchen,” she explains.
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