The Yum Yum Factor

It's June guys, so that means we have about 4 more weeks to enjoy Ontario asparagus. These delicious spears are always the first vegetable of the season so when I see these fat bundles of joy in the market, I know that spring has sprung. There is a thing called the Asparabus - the Aparagus Farmers of Ontario pair up with The Foodies Group to take a bunch of food bloggers, writers and influencers on a tour of an asparagus farm and then treat us to a delicious lunch, showcasing the vegetable in as many forms as possible so that we can, in turn, get the word out that everyone should be eating local asparagus. This year is the first year I have been able to join the fun and as expected, I had a great day, got see some old friends, meet some farmers, discover a new spot to visit again when I have more time and enjoy a delicious lunch. We started our day at Welsh Bros Farms  where were were brought out to the field to see how asparagus grows. I am not going to lie- I had ...

Once again, a box of frozen puff pastry solved all of my problems. I wanted to bring a nice app to an summer poolside party but although it had to be pretty and delicious, it also had to be kind of quick and easy. Since, as always, I had a box of my favourite pre rolled puff pastry from PC in the freezer and a container of ricotta, it was obvious that I would make a little tart. A quick trip up to the Magical Asian produce store provided some nice yellow cocktail tomatoes, red cherry tomatoes and some Ontario asparagus. You can mix it up and use whatever bit of vegetable you have - it would be just as delicious with freshly shucked peas or leftover roasted vegetables, for instance. You can mix the ricotta hours ahead of time and if you can't find z'atar you can just sprinkle a bit of fresh thyme over the top but do try to find the z'atar because z'atar makes everything better. Tomato, Asparagus and Ricotta Tart makes 24 app servings or 12 large piece...