After a few hours at the St. Jacob’s Farmer’s Market, Trevor and I went to Guelph where we planned on spending the rest of our weekend. Prior to this visit, we had never been and the only thing I knew about the town was that the university is a pretty big deal.
When I was doing research for our road trip, I came across Guelph’s downtown website and it was based on this that it seemed like the perfect way to spend the weekend. If you’ve read my About Me, you’d know that one of my favourite things to do is get coffee and check out bookstores. Based on their website, downtown Guelph had some fun looking bookstores and more than enough cafes, diners and coffee shops to keep me happy.
When we first arrived, we were pretty hot and tired from the market and were in desperate need of caffeine to keep the weekend going. Rather than being overwhelmed by the variety of coffee places (see: hot and tired), we chose the first place we saw. I ordered an iced Americano and Trevor got his signature double espresso.
My drink was just what I needed – bold and cold. Trevor said he enjoyed his drink too (you can be amazed at how many places can mess up a double espresso).
Once we were caffeinated, we explored a little bit of downtown. One of the nice things about downtown was the 2-hour free parking and since it wasn’t busy, no one seemed to care that we parked there a little longer than our 2-hour limit. Another thing that was great was there was room to walk on the sidewalk. Since we both work in downtown Toronto and take the subway everyday, we’ve had to get used to the city pace and the crowds. Not in Guelph!
When I first discovered St. Jacob’s Farmer’s Market back in 2010, my Mom and I were in the process of moving my brother into residence. He was about to start his first year of university and to make the most of the trip, we also planned to visit some family members. Since it was late August and we were driving, we also planned on picking up some local produce. Word on the street is that one of the best places to do it this was in St. Jacob’s Country.
I’m a little ashamed to say that since we moved to Southern Ontario, I haven’t been back to St. Jacob’s. I’ve checked out other farmer’s markets in my area, but in my honest opinion, nothing compares. So when Trevor suggested we leave the city for the weekend and take a road trip, I knew I had to fit this stop in our agenda.
We left the city before noon, but the highway was full of cars and moving s-l-o-w-l-y, so we set the GPS to take us on an alternate route. It took us a little longer than usual, but Trevor really enjoyed the scenic route. I just enjoyed not being stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
When we arrived the market was packed, the weather was hot and we were starving. We did a quick walk around to check out the different food trucks and finally settled on roasted chicken sandwiches on fresh buns.
While Trevor ordered our food, I started playing with my camera.
I swear, this summer heat is almost worth it because I could eat these popsicles all day. In fact, I’ve been keeping a measuring cup full of this yogurt mixture in the fridge and every time another popsicle is eaten, I quickly fill up the popsicle mold and stick the whole thing in the freezer again.
Yogurt popsicle for breakfast? Check. Lunch? Double check. In fact, I should have bought a couple more popsicle molds. At the rate I’m eating them, they’ve barely have time to freeze.
Of course, once the heat wave was here, it left almost immediately. Ever since Friday, we’ve had nothing but cloudy skies with cold blasts of wind and rain. Oh, there will be the odd moment the sun will peak out of the clouds, but now it’s like someone turned the dial back on summer and now we’re experiencing the spring weather we missed for most of May.
Would you believe that this isn’t my first blog post for these no bake banana chocolate cookies? The first one I started when these cookies were resting in the freezer. I typed out the recipe, went to do other things….and then – poof! Somehow it didn’t save. A week later, when I finally had time to go and edit what I had started, there was nothing.
I blame the internet. These cookies were so good that it just went and ate it. 🙂
Since a week had gone by, I could barely remember the recipe and had to make it again. I’m sure in another world this would have been a terrible thing, but I was looking forward to eating more of these cookies, especially in this heat wave that Toronto seems to be having.
Canadian food blogger, baking and eating her way through life. Musical theatre fanatic. Personal finance nerd. Sometimes runner/yogi. Green smoothies are pretty amazing.
