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Locavore Menu Plan for Southern Ontario Oct. 28 – Nov. 3
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Locavore Menu Plan for Southern Ontario Oct. 28 – Nov. 3

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Meal-planning is an important part of our week. It allows us to be more prepared and relaxed with regards to our nightly meals and reduces stress. As locavores, it also makes eating locally much easie…

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My Locavore Dream…

This was originally posted at the Waterloo Region Food Systems Roundtable . Kitchener/Waterloo is a great place to live for a locavore. The surrounding region provides many incredible foods at afforda…

Butternut and Caramelized Onion Pizza
locals only vegetarian

Butternut and Caramelized Onion Pizza

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 Easter…

2 Sweet Ways to Preserve Sweet Peppers
locals only vegetarian

2 Sweet Ways to Preserve Sweet Peppers

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 …

Locavore Menu Plan for Southern Ontario October 7-13
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Locavore Menu Plan for Southern Ontario October 7-13

Meal-planning is an important part of our week. �It allows us to be more prepared and relaxed with regards to our nightly meals and reduces stress. �As locavores, it also makes eating lo…

Polenta with Sofrito and Fried Eggs
gluten-free vegetarian

Polenta with Sofrito and Fried Eggs

We were very late with our meal plan this week, waiting until Monday to do it, and I have been revising the plan as the week went has gone on (which is part of why I never posted the thing). We were s…

Harvest Season is Busy
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Harvest Season is Busy

I have more or less stopped blogging. Â Mostly because I’ve been so busy, but also I’ve had a shortage of ideas lately. Â Anyways, this is simply an update on what I’m up to lately around here at the …

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Southern Ontario Local Menu Plan – September 9 – 15

Meal-planning is an important part of our week. It allows us to be more prepared and relaxed with regards to our nightly meals and reduces stress. It also makes eating locally much easier because we t…

Southern Ontario Menu Plan for September 2-8
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Southern Ontario Menu Plan for September 2-8

Meal-planning is an important part of our week. It allows us to be more prepared and relaxed with regards to our nightly meals and reduces stress. It also makes eating locally much easier because we t…