Winter is over but spring is only barely here. In this in-between time, what local foods can we still focus on? Below are some of the types of meals we have been enjoying lately. To find local foods this time of year we head down to our Kitchener Farmer’s Market or use Bailey’s Local Foods […]
Now that we’re back in school mode I’ve been meal-planning again. In the summer I pretty much stop doing this and just see what happens in a day (for better or for worse!). The meals listed here are what we ate, intended to eat, or hope to eat this coming week. It turns out that […]
The next two weeks we will be cooking almost entirely from one cookbook. We received the cookbook from our good friend who works in publishing (and yes, it is very nice to have friends like that!). The cookbook comes from the brilliant cooks behind Cooks Illustrated, a magazine that is known for its recipes being […]
A few months ago I almost cut my finger off. Not the whole finger, just the tip, which is still an important part of my finger in my opinion! Fortunately I didn’t cut it off but it was a decent wound, with blood getting on the carrots… sorry, too graphic. Let’s see, what do I […]
The end of winter is a beautiful thing. Wait, no it’s actually not very beautiful. Spring is beautiful, but this end of winter seems to drag on a few too many weeks. While it’s dragging on there is no hope yet of new produce. There is no asparagus or rhubarb. The trees are still lacking […]
This meal plan is a bit out of our ordinary pattern and it’s mainly because we’re not at home. We’ve been at my parent’s house—aka my childhood home—for the last two weeks, and will be here the rest of this week before we hit the road for Oregon and California. More on that later, but […]
Meal-planning is an important part of our week. As locavores, it makes eating locally much easier because we take the time to figure out what seasonal foods are available and how we can use them. If you live in a similar climate (we’re in Southern Ontario, which is a pretty classic upper-midwest climate) you should […]
This post was originally written for Food Bloggers of Canada. Welcome to The Local Kitchener! If this is your first time here you should check out the book giveaway going on right now. It’s a book about food, farms, and family, and how those things are all intertwined. My family has been meal planning […]
I’ve told myself it would be cool to do a week of vegan eating at some point. I always assume it will be in the summer when fresh local veggies are coming out of my ears. However, I hadn’t anticipated that we’d be given a vegan cookbook. The cookbook we were given is The Oh […]
Meal-planning is an important part of our week. It allows us to be more prepared and relaxed with regards to our nightly meals. As locavores, it also makes eating locally much easier because we take the time to figure out what seasonal foods are available and how we can use them. If you live in […]