So today was a weird food day. I cheated right off the bat and ate birthday cake for breakfast at 7am. But I feel like I get a free pass for that because Monday mornings are never fun and this is going to be a particularly stressful week in many respects. So I earned it...so don't judge me. But then for lunch I ate a big delicious bowl of Highwood Crossing granola and a yummy BC apple!
Around 2pm I got my first real glimpse at just how reliant we are on processed, imported, "convenient" foods. When the afternoon snackies set in I usually go for some Triscuits and cream cheese or (because I am fat at heart) some chips. I was surprised at how much I missed the option to reach for those sorts of things, even though I wasn't particularly in need of them. So, instead, I opted for a Kananaskis cookie and a big glass of milk! I think that tomorrow I will buy some Highwood Crossing flour and bake something deliciously local for myself!
At dinner time I came to the harsh realization that we have no carby goodness at our disposal! It really is a shame that Calgary doesn't have rice paddies. I will get potatoes as soon as I can get my paws on them but, for the interim, I made a delicious dinner without a carb dish. Chicken sausages with steamed Innisfail asparagus and sliced vine ripe tomatoes. I cheated a little bit here and put just a few drops of my delicious liquid gold, Nunez de Prado olive oil purchased in Spain, on the tomatoes. I intended on using the Highwood canola oil, but I saw the Spanish wonder sitting there and just couldn't resist. But, here is how I see it. The point of this local food endeavour is, to me, eating "morally", and focusing my diet on food that brings with it a sense of place. While for the most part, eating from the Calgary area is the best way to do that, I feel completely morally sound when I eat oil from an organic family-owned press that I was lucky enough to tour with the olive father himself. And I feel a relationship to my food, which is what I am quickly beginning to feel this is all about.
Quick blog tonight, because I am overtired and need to go to bed. But more updates tomorrow!
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