Farmer's Market

On Saturday, we went to the farmer's market in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. It was not a huge market, but was just the right size and had everything that we were looking for and then some! It was so nice to be able to purchase fresh from the farm fruits, veggies and eggs. Everything tasted wonderful and was not too expensive. We purchased kale, red lettuce, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, and blueberries. Jay and Arabella shared a fresh baked granola cookie and we also bought some cranberry chocolate bread, boy was it yummy! Jay even decided to try some duck eggs...I was not going to be the adventurous one, but he seemed to like them and said that there really wasn't too much of a difference in taste. They look like regular eggs, just a little bit larger and with a thicker shell. I cooked the potato's for dinner. All I did was cut them up, add some fresh garlic, herbs (from our garden) and a little olive oil and then baked them in the oven until they were a little crispy, Oh So Yummy!! After hitting the farmer's market, we walked along the canal and boardwalk. Arabella had fun checking out the boats that were tied up along the canal and also looking for the trains as the passed overhead. It was a beautiful day, a little warm, but was nice to walk along the canal. The canal links Saint Lawrence River/Lake Saint-Louis and Lake of Two Mountains at the mouth of the Ottawa River. Originally, the canal was an integral part of the Montreal-Ottawa-Kingston inland shipping route from its opening in 1843, however, today it is used mostly by pleasure boaters. It was fun to see how the canal and locks work.



Here is a video of the lock opening...it was really interesting to watch them fill the lock with water and then open the doors to let the boats out. It was also amazing how many boats they actually cram into the locks before they fill it up with water.



After walking along the canal, we had lunch at a little cafe. I had an amazing goat cheese and veggie sandwich, I think it may have been the best sandwich I have ever had. Jay had one with salmon and Arabella had breakfast for lunch...eggs, and she ate them all! After lunch, Arabella had some "cream" what she calls ice cream, she thoroughly enjoyed it!