Banana bread for cross country skiing trip
By Kari Svenneby
For our upcoming cross-country ski trip our oldest decided that she was going to make banana bread to bring along and she...
Summer Cooking Ideas
There are many ways to connect with food the outdoors in summer. Whether you visit a farmer’s market, go and pick your own berries/fruit...
Fiddlehead Pizza
Have you ever eaten fiddleheads before? Before I noticed them in my local store here in Toronto my first spring here in Canada, I...
Fish pack
We visited an after school program here in Norway that spends all their time outdoors in all kinds of weather. Cooking outdoors on an...
Gingerbread house party
Photos by Stephanie Beeley
My daughter decided to have a gingerbread house birthday this year when we almost always have outdoor birthday parties (yes...
“På tur”: Hiking food
When I grew up in Norway we would always go for hikes every Sunday. In the winter it would be cross-country skiing. Going for...
Local Farm Trip
This year local farms around the Charlotte area hosted their third annual Tour of Farms. Its a great way to introduce city kids to...
Go apple picking : make Norwegian apple cake
Apple pie, apple strudel, crumble pie and apple cake. Different cultures, different recipes. In my home country Norway, we make apple cake to use...
Happy fall, Good-bye Summer! : Fall cooking
Even though I’m sad to see summer go away, I’m looking forward to fall. I love autumn in Toronto with its mild temperatures and...
Picnic Lunches Made Easy by Courtney
We pack picnic lunches a lot. We love to get outside and eating outside affords us more active time- plus no mess for me...
