If you've been inspired by the young athletes of the Olympics to get out and skate or ski or snowshoe, Around the Sound has some great food to take along with you for your lunch and snacks.
Kelsey's breads or ciabatta buns for carbs - have you tried the seedy oat bread yet? Marg makes gluten-free alternatives too. For proteins, GrassRoots is now bringing us Black Forest ham and of course their amazing all-beef summer sausage. Axel's already-baked lamb pies make a hearty lunch or supper - try it with Marketside's Magnetewan relish.
Smoked fish is a delicious and elegant carry-along, perhaps with some goat chevre or Wooldrift cream cheese. The variety of cheeses has never been better - this week the popular organic cheddar with sundried tomatoes and garlic will be back, and there is a buttery gouda for gentler palates. Remember your fruit and veggies - there will be Ontario cucumbers, fresh-dug carrots and local apples again this week.
For snacking through the day, look for cheese curds, hemp hearts, trail mix, organic almonds, fair-trade chocolate or Ontario peanuts. And remember the drinks - ginger and lemongrass or cranberry orange sodas are really refreshing and fair-trade hot chocolate with chili is our newest hot treat.
When you get home, there are lots of delicious suppers to warm you up. Maybe start with soup - take some of Brenda's chicken noodle out of the freezer in the morning. Ned has been bringing us fresh soup from The Dhabba - he made a Ukranian chicken borscht last week that brought a Polish customer to joyful tears. Fish is a quick choice - check the freezer for more choices - pickerel,whitefish, rainbow and lake trout. And Ken's Wow Wasabi (in the cooler) is still first choice of condiment at our house.
If you can wait an hour, or have someone to put it on so the house smells sooo good when you come in, one of Brenda's turkey pies or Sara's chicken lasagna's is sure to do the trick.
Check the blackboard at the front and the list by the freezer for new additions all the time at Around the Sound. We're open Thursday and Friday 10 until 7 and Saturday 10 until 4, at 685 6th Street East at the lights at 7th Avenue.
See you there.
Anne
519-370-2333
www.aroundthesoundfood.com
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