All the main ingredients in these meals are locally grown or produced. Common exceptions include spices and seasonings, as well as other staple items that are typically added in small amounts. If you’re curious about where something is from just ask!
In the summer we love our homemade ice cream, and try to utilize as many local ingredients as possible. I think the best all local ice cream was our Maple Walnut Ice Cream which was super delicious. In the winter though we don’t crave ice cream nearly the way we do when we’re sweating and […]
This blog began a bit less than a year ago and in that time it has ebbed and flowed, much like the seasons around me. I began blogging shortly after moving to Kitchener, Ontario with my wife and two young boys. Prior to our move I was working full time as a teacher in Atlanta, […]
Here are pictures from our trip out to the Cider Press at Rolling Acres near St. Jacobs, Ontario. It’s a 20 minute drive from our house and we’ve been there three times this fall. You can read about our trip here. The press is in the silver building on the left. The apples are rinsed […]
I’ll try to keep this post short because I’m about to go for a walk. We are enjoying (Canadian) Thanksgiving today with my wife’s family. It’s a lovely fall day here in the Ottawa Valley on the Eastern side of Ontario. My Young Assistant is making a puzzle with his uncle, Madame is reading, […]
My Youngest Assistant and I stopped by the incredible St. Jacobs Market (which is still awesome in spite of burning down a month ago!) on Thursday and grabbed a huge bag (1/2 bushel) of sweet yellow peppers. The bag cost $8. Considering that peppers can cost as much as a dollar each at the grocery […]
This is it, our first 100% local ice cream. Sweetened with maple syrup and honey, it features local cream, milk, butter, and eggs (quite a few eggs it turns out). The walnuts are farm-direct (back in May we visited Grimo Nuts) from less than 100 miles away in the Niagara On The Lake area. It is […]
After returning to town we didn’t have time to hit up all of our favorite sources for fresh local foods, but we did find Ontario peaches and plums at the grocery store (they seemed to be from the Niagara region) and they were delicious! As it were, I was craving salsa (this is pretty much […]
As I’ve already stated, I’m pretty much obsessed with pizza. Maybe my favorite thing about pizza is the freedom to put whatever you want on a piece of dough and still be able to call it pizza. The discovery (well, for me it was a discovery, for others it was pretty old news) that fruit […]
Pizza is my favorite food. It’s my favorite food to make from scratch. It’s my favorite to go out for. Frozen pizza is even my favorite store-bought food (and one of the only ones I’m willing to eat)! Since pizza varies so much depending on where it’s from—homemade, pizzeria, grocery store, etc.—I don’t mind eating […]
Like most seasons, strawberry season happens once a year. (Thank you, Jon, for pointing out the obvious). Because of that around our house we feel the need to really cram the strawberries in. We have them at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We have them pretty much any time we pass through the kitchen. At breakfast […]