The Yum Yum Factor

Photo: Jeffrey Chan courtesy of Eat Well Canola *all activities and food were by Branding and Buzzing for this sponsored post, but, as always, all opinions expressed are my own To celebrate I Heart Farmers, the fine people of Canola Eat Well invited a small group of city kids to join them for a day in the country for some apple picking, flower arranging and picnicking on delicious, heart healthy foods, all prepared for us using Canadian canola oil by cookbook author, nutritionist and living Canadian legend, Mairlyn Smith .  Applewood Farm and Winery, where we all picked a peck of apples and threw down a shot or two of Boozey Apple Jack before hopping back on the bus The first stop on this warm, sunny, fall day, was to AppleWood Farms for some apple picking and a cider tasting before making our way to one of the prettiest farms I have ever seen,  South Pond Farms , to learn a bit about flower arranging and a lot about how canola is farmed, process...

Christmas season is upon us and, as always, I have a couple of cookie exchanges coming up and  have been combing the internet for inspiration so I can make something shiny and new. I also wanted to enter the cookie contest over at  Manitoba Canola Growers  but the deadline is today at 4pm so that put me on a bit of a deadline. I tend to procrastinate until it's almost too late and then I fly into action - I enjoy working under pressure. I have been told that all that stress will burn away the pounds but I have yet to find this to be true. It probably doesn't help that my stressful energy is spent baking things that must be tasted I suppose.