Friday Lunches Out - Bonfire Bistro

My good friend Sue, who blogs at http://mywithershins.wordpress.com, and I spend a couple Friday mornings each month practicing (trying to learn) Tai chi. We vist a bit with the other participants and then head off to a well deserved lunch.

Sue and I are both inclined to blog about our experiences so we decided to talk about our
Friday Lunches Out and some of the great restaurants we are visiting.

This past Friday we checked out Bonfire Bistro.

Bonfire Bistro is located at 1433 Corydon in Winnipeg.

They have a variety of foods but especially featured are an assortment of salads and an interesting Pizza menu. They have a wood-fired brick oven that is visible on the one side of the restaurant so that was one element that adds a special touch to their pizzas. I especially appreciate that they try to purchase local grown ingredients when possible.

 Sue had a House Salad and I wanted to try the Meat Pizza and Salad that was a lunch special.

The prices are reasonable and the food was very enjoyable.  We talked and talked and eventually decided we wanted dessert too. My choice was an Apple and Pear Crisp with icecream and a nice sauce that was more like butterscotch than a caramel.

The restaurant is open for Lunch from 11:30 to 2:30 and reopens later for dinner.

Trefoil goes to Glenlea Agricultural Research Center

I belong to our local Trefoil Guild. Trefoil is largely made up of retired Girl Guide Leaders who are supportive of Guiding in their community and the word and still enjoy participating in a variety of activities, outings and parties. 

This past week our local Trefoil group went on a tour of The Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre. This new facility is located about 20 minutes from the city and belongs to The University of Manitoba's Faculty of Agriculture.

We had about 14 people attend and we took part in one of their workshops. We took part in a session called From Field to Table led by a terrific young woman. We talked about different steps related to local farming and transportation and export. We then divided into small groups  and made several different types of bread. My small group opted for making pretzels.

While our bread rose and baked we went on a tour of the facility.  It was very interesting with everything from a tractor simulator to drive to interpreting a local weather station. The are windows into a pig barn so we could see breading sows in one area and little piglets in another.

The Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre is the first hands-on facility which will explore the ways in which food is made in Canada.   The centre is located at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment, at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station.

Exciting and interactive exhibits lead visitors from the farmer’s wheat field to the kitchen table.  A highlight of these exhibits are viewing windows into real working pig barn, where visitors will peek into a day in the life of a pig.  

Visitors learn about every aspect of food production from farming practices to retail sales. The Discovery Centre also highlights ongoing research at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment.

The centre's design features flexibility, and includes a multipurpose room, exhibit areas, office and reception, washrooms and storage space.  Other features include a dedicated parking lot, a bus drop-off zone, a landscaped picnic area and outside exhibits designed to mimic river lots upon which Manitoba crops can be grown. The multipurpose space will support hands-on activities and can be used for public presentations and meetings.

Quote from:
http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/afs/discovery_centre/index.html

Welcome to Celebrating Each Day

Welcome to my Newest Blog Home!

I wanted a place on the internet to share all those little fun things that make up life. I have a lot of hobbies and interests, and we do a variety of different family activities.

I have so much I would like to blog about! I like being involved in various community events, and going on lots of outings. I am an enthusiastic Girl Guide leader and have been for over 20 years.  I am a grandma interested in fun things for younger kids to do. I love photography and crafting and music. I need to exercise and loose weight, but I love cooking and baking, I am crazy for Christmas and other holidays.  I am interested in health advocacy. Summer is coming so Cottage projects are starting to reach the top of my "to do" lists. Our busy family's latest member is an adorable Samoyed puppy named Jasper and I can't stop taking pictures of him!

I will still keep my Living a Healthy Life blog going. The other two of my blogs that I am particularly fond of are seasonal; one was for Christmas ideas and one for our Summer cottage.  I will do a bit of cross posting and try to keep them going partly because I use the info in them as a resource mysef and as a family online album.

I am excited to have this new fun space to share my adventures!