If you read this blog with some regularity you may have noticed that there was no meal plan posted last week. Some weeks life just gets too busy to plan. It’s not quite true that we didn’t make any plan, but what we had was a list of possible recipes, without any formal designation as […]
“Just the smell of summer can make me fall in love.” (Thank you Modest Mouse). Well, Summer is today! And I’m happy to report that here in Southern Ontario it feels like Summer! Yesterday I was shoeless for much of the day, as were the boys. My younger assistant was also diaper-less for much of […]
The Falls: Niagara Falls was incredibly awe-inspiring and beautiful. We had so much fun seeing the falls and exploring the region while Madame was at a conference (and if you’re wondering about my assistant’s helmet, he had been practicing riding his balance bike)! By the time we got home however, I was sick of […]
Things are getting better–I mean in terms of the arrival of summer. It was a long winter and spring has been quite full of cold, windy, dreary days (like winter in Atlanta…). Today however is beautiful! We went as a family to the Kitchener Market and found lots of wonderful things to add to our […]
June 3-9 These days the menu features lots of green items. It’s wonderful. It also would seem that there is some debate on the internet (and maybe beyond) as to whether it’s healthier to eat leafy greens raw or cooked. Since my 3-minute internet research session was inconclusive I’ll stick to just not worrying about […]
May 27 – June 3 Yeah… so it turns out we didn’t menu plan last week… er… my fault! We still ate local and well, but it was stressful not having our reliable menu plan! Our trip to Atlanta last week was awesome, it was so good seeing everyone–great friends, church family, my old students–but […]
May 13-19 This week’s planning was different (which is why if you follow this blog you may have seen a mistake post this morning!) mainly because we got our produce on Thursday and Friday instead of at the Saturday morning Kitchener Market. Thursday we picked up our “bag” (it was a bin) from Grand River […]
May 6-12 Spring is beginning to arrive at the market and that is good. It also is beginning to arrive in my backyard where I’ve been able to harvest small amounts of leaves from various young plants—dandelions, mustard, spinach, kale, and lettuce. So this is good. However, asparagus hasn’t come yet (Friday we will get […]
29 de Abril- 5 de Mayo Spring? Maybe it has arrived. We feel it a little bit more each day. In terms of planning our menu for the week Cinco de Mayo should be an obvious meal choice (if it’s not obvious, it’s going to Mexican!). However, I will still do my best to utilize […]
This week I wrote a post for Foodlink, Waterloo Region, in their Local Dish. Foodlink as a really cool local non-profit organization that works to promote local food in the Waterloo Region. They work hard to link local producers to consumers. One example of how they do this is with their Buy Local! Buy Fresh! […]