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

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 easier because we take the time to figure out what seasonal foods are available and how we can use them.  If … Continue reading →

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 affordable prices. Much of that food is easily accessible within the city year-round, thanks in part to Bailey’s Local Foods, The Saint Jacobs Market, and of course … Continue reading →

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 Eastern side of Ontario.   My Young Assistant is making a puzzle with his uncle, Madame is reading, … Continue reading →

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 locally much easier because we take the time to figure out what seasonal foods are available and how we can use them.  If … Continue reading →

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 supposed to eat frozen lasagna for dinner last night but I forgot to thaw … Continue reading →

Vegetarian Locavore Menu Plan – September 16 – 22

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 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 … Continue reading →

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 take the time to figure out what seasonal foods are available and how we can use them.  If you live … Continue reading →

100 Mile Dessert: Candied Walnut Maple Ice Cream

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 … Continue reading →

Southern Ontario Locavore Meal Plan: August 26 – September 1

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 take the time to figure out what seasonal foods are available and how we can use them.  If you live … Continue reading →

Southern Ontario Menu Plan – August 19-25

Meal-planning is an important part of our week.  It allows us to be more prepared and reduces stress with regards to our nightly meals.  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 a … Continue reading →