The green beans, cupcakes and red potatoes are from the market. The saskatoons, corn and broccoli are from Crampton's. I also picked up some cinnamon swirl bread from Crampton's that a friend recommended and holy cannoli! Is it ever addictive!
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This was my within 100 miles dinner. Mighty tasty! |
This was my Sunday morning breakfast! French toast with what is left of the cinnamon swirl bread (that's right, bought on Friday, gone by Sunday) along with some saskatoons and good ol' coffee with a little cream and vanilla syrup in my treasured Guinness cup.
On Saturday, M. and I decided to spend the day at Gimli this past weekend for two main reasons:
1. Take in the sights
2. Go to the local pub for some cheap pints of Guinness and a deluxe veggie platter replete with a variety of cheeses and pickles.
There is a third reason, but those are the main two. Well, the third reason is to go to Integrity Farms for some wood fired oven pizza... yeah, that's another really good reason to go as well. *smiley face*
We made our way to Gimli by 1pm. We first walked around its Farmers' Market and then along the seawall.
We then went around the town to explore where we found this little gem!
Organic? (check!) Gluten-free? (double check!) Vegetarian? (Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?) A health foods store in Gimli? I am all over it!
(Next time...)
I was not really expecting to find something like this in Gimli. I was very happy to see that this store was accessible for not only the town but for the cabin dwellers. They had an extensive selection of fresh fruit and vegetables (all organic!) along with various grains, cheeses, beans (even cannellini which always seems so difficult to find in Winnipeg) and the standard health snack foods like sea weed or kale chips! I was really impressed. Even if you are a meat eater, they had tons of frozen meats (all organic) and I think I saw some bison and elk in there. They have been open for less than a year and you can find them on Facebook. If you are in the area, I highly recommend that you check it out.
We finally made our way to the pub (remember, beer and ice cream don't mix!) and we found out that there were new owners of the Ship and Plough (cool!) but unfortunately that meant new menu and higher priced beer (boo!). Still a good selection on tap (alright!). I ended up getting a pint of St. James Pale Ale and a salad. My pint of Guinness would have cost me ($7.50) which is not bad and it was on tap. But, on a hot summer day, Half Pints was all I wanted.
M. and I ended up playing a couple card games that included crazy eights and speed while having a couple pints before we moved on to...
Integrity Farms!
Integrity Farms is located 10 mins North of Riverton (approximately 30mins North of Gimli) where they have wood fired oven pizza available every Friday and Saturday night over the summer. We went a couple years ago and we had a wonderful time. M. and I really like it because they have what is called a 'garden' pizza where you go into their garden and pick any herb, vegetable or edible flower that your little heart desires and they then put that on your pizza.
How romantic! You can eat your pizza in the garden!
M. and I picked up a zucchini, spinach, rosemary, sage, basil, broccoli and a jalapeno. They didn't have tomatoes in the garden or garlic but they added that to our pizza.
Bye pizza! See you in 20 mins or so...
Off to see the animals!
Mama Lama
Our pizza had arrived and for a large at $22.50 it was very much worth it. They also used a whole wheat crust and they had refreshing lemon mint iced tea available for all.
Yes, it takes an hour and a half to get here but we were well fed and we got to hang out with a lama. All in all, we were two very happy campers.
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