This recipe really amplifies the taste of usually ordinary green beans. Tossed in freshly minced garlic, shallots, butter, and toasted pine nuts, these green beans will look elegant sitting on your Thanksgiving table. This recipe serves four but feel free to double or triple as required. Green Beans RECIPE Ingredients: approximately 30 green beans, washed 1 Tbsp. salted butter 2 Read More …
I think most would agree that a Thanksgiving feast is just not complete without stuffing. With ingredients like Ace Bakery croutons, carrots, celery, onion, Granny Smith apple, sage, and walnuts, this all vegetarian, homemade stuffing not only looks great served alongside your main, it tastes great and is full of flavour too. This recipe easily feeds 4-5 people but feel Read More …
Canadian Thanksgiving is just a few nights away and since this was a popular request, I will be sharing my recipe for mashed potatoes today. The first secret to creamy mashed potatoes is choosing the right potatoes. Always opt for starchy and creamy potatoes such as Russet or Yukon Gold potatoes and organic for better flavour – I always gravitate Read More …
These honey-glazed baby carrots always make an appearance during Fall and today was the perfect day to make them for the first time this season. Rich, and buttery, they make a great vegetarian side dish to compliment your Thanksgiving meal. Although this recipe is a really simple one, the addition of quality ingredients like real butter, organic carrots, and raw Read More …
This week, our lessons will be apple themed! Our week began with an excursion to the farm to pick apples yesterday. We picked Empire, Gold delicious and honeycrisp apples as they were ready for picking at Downey’s Farm this week. In language we will be writing a recount about our trip to the orchard and an acrostic poem. In science, Read More …
After posting my older two children striking at the Global Climate Strike at Queen’s Park on Friday, I received a few similar DMs asking the following: 1. If my kids understood what they were striking for 2. If I thought they were too young for activism. As a parent, I feel that it is my responsibility to educate my children Read More …
Inspiring, young activists such as Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, Canada’s Autumn Peltier , US’ Mari Copland, India’s Rhimida Pandey, Brazil’s Artemisa Xakriaba and many others are leading the fight against global climate change. Because of their activism hundreds of thousands of people around the world, including my kids went on strike today to demand emergency government action against climate change. Human Read More …
These two have been waiting to use a microscope ever since we bought one so this week we’ve been doing just that. Yesterday they learned about the parts of a microscope and what they do, how to correctly hold a microscope, and how to calculate magnification. We also learned to focus using already prepared slides. Today we prepared an onion Read More …
Art is getting just as much attention as the core subjects around here. Whenever possible we’ll be drawing/sketching/painting outdoors. It’s a great way to relax, get inspired, and connect with nature. This week we worked on watercolour techniques. I wish I had taken a picture of how much the kids learned and how much they had improved in just under Read More …
As part of our homeschooling journey, we started nature study this week. This gives us the motivation to get outdoors for fresh air, sun, and exercise while stimulating curiosity, cultivating observation skills, and connecting with nature all at the same time. On yesterday’s nature walk, we saw a wild turkey, a rabbit, beetle, ants, a spider, mushrooms, moss, leaves in Read More …
