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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue 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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
For several years I was a vegetarian*. Because those years were very formative years for me as a cook I have continued to prepare mostly vegetarian meals since my return to occasionally eating meat. In my view veggie burgers do not replace meat burgers. They are simply a different food, probably owing more to falafel … Continue reading
(Alternate Title: What to do with all the dandelions that you’ve been weeding!) Before this year I had never really accepted dandelions as an edible plant. Okay, so I knew that they were edible but I hadn’t bothered trying them. I believe that the main inspiration in finally trying them this year came from Chef Jeff … Continue reading
This post looks at Bailey’s Local Foods, a local online farmer’s market serving the Waterloo Region (which includes Kitchener!). I had the chance to sit down with the founder, Nina, a few weeks ago and one of the current owners, Rachael, a little while after. It was great talking with both of them about the … Continue reading
My contribution this week for 100 Mile Monday is a fairly light meal—salad and rolls! But the salad is not such a light salad, as it has lentils, beets, cabbage, blue and cheddar cheese, and… bacon! And the rolls are actually whole wheat popovers (or according to our friends, “Yorkshire Pudding”). Enjoy this meal by … Continue reading
Well, in lieu of posting a new 100 Mile recipe today I had a great conversation with Jennifer from HOMEGROWN.org. You can check out the chat we had here (it reads from the bottom-up because it is a “comments interview.” In the meantime, I’ll be posting a new recipe in the next day or two so … Continue reading
The Local Kitchener 