Food. Book. Forest

October 10, 2021

Parks and Food Trucks

Continuing on from our North Bay trip, we got up Sunday morning, packed into the car, and got on the road. First stop, South Bay Provincial Park (traditional territories of Michif Piyii, and Anishinabewaki). Or so we thought. Normally I do a more thorough check of our destinations, but didn’t...

October 5, 2021

North Bay Roadtrip – North Star Diner

Last weekend we decided to visit North Bay – specifically to eat the East Coast Brunch brunch at the North Star Diner, and because I have a fondness for North-Central Ontario. Currently , I’m eager to take any excuse to travel a bit further than our usual 2hr radius away...

September 25, 2021

Arden, Ontario – the Coachman at Eco Acres

Eco Acres is a large expanse of mostly undeveloped land in the forest with some off-grid cabins and bunkies in Arden, Ontario. It’s just around 3 hours away from Toronto, and 2 hours away from Ottawa. Back in the late autumn of 2017 we stayed at a bunkie called The...

September 17, 2021

Earl Rowe, Fry Trucks, & Getting Outside

A recent weekend was spent at Earl Rowe Provincial Park – which also just happens to have a pretty decent fry truck nearby, so we took care of a few things we like to do on the weekend at once. Parks, Fry Trucks, and road trips. We’ve visited Earl Rowe...

August 29, 2021

DWS Box August 26 – Some pictures and Recipes

Every week, one of the highlights is the dismantling white supremacy box we get from FoodShare Toronto. This week’s box was full of really delicious things, including more perilla leaves, red garden egg, and sharp purple radishes. I like this box, because the greens are always the freshest you can...

August 24, 2021

CrisperKits Plant Based Meal Kits

A few weeks ago I subscribed to Crisper Kits plant based meal kits. Like most meal kits, their whole thing is centered around delivering a kit of pre-portioned groceries (produce, spices, sauces, etc) and recipes every week. You choose how many meals you want (they have 5 options every week),...

August 19, 2021

Vegan Korean Hot Dogs in Toronto

These go by a few different names, Korean Hot Dogs, gamja hot dogs, ugly dogs and more, but whatever you call them, I want you to know that this Korean street food favourite is available vegan from a couple of places in the city (so far.) I recently ordered a...

August 5, 2021

FoodShare DWS FoodBox recipes 08/03

Here I am again, excitedly planning out some meals from our recently arrived Dismantling White Supremacy box. It helps me a lot to have a few ideas of what to do with our veggies, and last week’s missed box totally reduced our green vegetable consumption significantly, so I’m very excited...

August 4, 2021

Unreal Deli Sandwiches in Toronto

I’ve been following Unreal Deli (IG) online for a year or two, and have been curious about trying their products ever since. They looked really good, and I liked the variety of plant meats they had – things like corned beef, turkey, and now steak slices, but they were primarily...

August 2, 2021

Weekend Wanders – Evergreen & Waldorf

On the weekends we tend to leave the house as a family and Go Do Things. Sometimes that involves driving a couple of hours to a Provincial Park and spending the day hiking or hanging out on the beach or going to a farmers market or farm stand to pick...