Part 2: Trippin’ in Canada- A New Food Frontier for Me
“I wanna try veggies!” My Granddaughter is reaching for food at my birthday dinner that I had requested. She couldn’t wait. It was the best birthday dinner ever.
I flew to eastern Canada recently. It felt like I was in another country. Right. It is another country – a beautiful, green, clean country. In Canada they eat poutine. It makes your arteries cry out, it tastes delicious but looks like three ingredients that met on a blind date, drunk and forgot one of them had made two dates at the same time.
French fries, gravy with cheese curds. It’s affectionately called “poutine” a national dish.
I had it twice and barely recovered. It looked pretty ugly yet comforting. It was gooey, floating with guiltless gravy smothered French fries, but daring a person to get to the crunchy brown and crispy fries at the bottom. Oh, and then we haven’t added enough fat and heart challenging delights, say Poutine creators. We will add – drum roll – cheese curds! I resisted, I fought it, I ate it. Poutine was delicious.
My birthday takeout dinner: four cheese raviolis, lasagna, canolini and a big salad with Italian dressing.
I requested we do takeout and eat it at home because it’s so much better and easier when you have kids, ages 22 months and 4 years. Gimmy knows. (That’s what my grandkids call me.)
Gimmy enjoying her bday dinner ordered from Little Italy in Ottawa, Ontario. So happy.
Four desserts: mini lemon meringue pie, tarramasu, raspberry cheesecake and chocolate mousse with hazel nuts. Sinfully delicious. Even the bakery logo was a square of dark chocolate.
We also went to special coffee shops which were recommended to us by family.
This one had cocktails also.
Mocha for the retired teacher.
Coffee shop way out in the woods with tree growing up through the roof and fabulous croissants.
A half eaten French croissant because someone couldn’t wait.
Layers of golden delectable thin pastry.
Once in awhile we would stop eating and drinking to ooh and awww at the fall leaves.
Then there were the better than restaurant dishes my daughter and husband prepared.
Homemade nachos. Mmm.
Veggie salad.
Polish sausage from Farmers Market.
Pierogis- just add sour cream.
This coffee shop had an old juke box and a laundromat in back so you could wash clothes and eat pastries and drink coffee at the same time.
Quinoa with veggies that my daughter made.
My son in law made mashed turnip with butter and bread crumbs with Parmesan cheese on top. It took hours to peel and mash the turnips. It was so delicious.
Aunt Gayle brought falafel with two flavors humus and pickled onions and peppers and pita bread- whole wheat or white from a local restaurant.
Grilled cheese was all right with Amelia especially with Dad serving.
Then we went one evening over to the Mexican restaurant across the lake with great views from upstairs and boats moored down below. One big boat was named “Doin’ Nothin’” which fit because it never did a thing the whole 11 days I was visiting Ottawa.
The food was awful but the service and location were amazing. Here’s what Everett ordered even before we got our drinks:
Mac and cheese is called KD in Ottawa. The refried beans were right from the can and Spanish Rice was almost as good as Rice a Roni from a box mix. Everett ordered some of it and a side of sour cream.
Nachos
Pretty presentation.
My daughter and I both ordered this enchiladas with rice and beans.
To save us from this Mexican food from a box that tasted like… uh, I don’t know, we got big margaritas. Sam, my son-in-law, had two just to help ease the food situation.
Margarita #1.
Thanks, family and Canada for a unique and fun food experience!
Breakfast kid style.
Donut machine making apple cider donuts when we were at the Apple orchard. We bought 2 bags.
The donuts were small but yummy and warm.
I think I will go grab lunch back here at home.
Hmmm, tuna sandwich or peanut butter?
Those 70ish Girls 
Three genertions of cuteness in your family.I really enjoyed all of your family vacation blogs.plus the beginning installment of your Venice adventures. More, please.
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I drooled on my phone while reading this blog. It all looked yummy, fantastic, and fun!
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I don’t know why some of this has narrow text. Sorry for the margin issues.
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The first time I looked at it the margins were great! I don’t know what happened. Whatever, it’s great!
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