Canada Day is soon approaching so here’s a few suggestions how to celebrate!

1. HOTEL TONIGHT
Cue the fireworks! This Canada Day, celebrate the nationwide party and then flop into bed, courtesy of Hotel Tonight. In honour of Canada’s 148th year, Hotel Tonight is offering hotel room deals at top hotels from $48 – $148 on June 30 and July 1. I just secured my room and I’m pumped. So download this app. Stat.

2. WHITTAMORE’S FARM

Nothing like going strawberry picking. Just make sure you don’t wear white. Trust me.

3. ATTEND A BASEBALL GAME

For baseball fans, the Toronto Blue Jays will be playing the Boston Red Sox at 1 p.m. July 1.

4. PLAY TOURIST.

Have you ever done this? Recently I went up the CN Tower…just for fun. I honestly couldn’t remember the last time I went up the CN Tower.  PS. You can buy a Toronto CityPass that will allow you to access 5 Toronto attractions. Click here for more information.

5. HEAD OUT OF TOWN.

A few weeks ago, I went to Elora for the day. It’s such a charming small town and worth checking out.  Next time, I hope to stay over night and really explore this city!!

 6. HOST A BBQ:

T’is the the perfect opportunity to celebrate Canada Day with a BBQ. Head to Walmart for great value on  OurFinest hamburgers, chips and drinks (plus many other products).  Add a salad or two. plus dessert and bingo you have you the perfect BBQ. For a full list of OurFinest products, please click here.

Wishing everyone a Happy Canada Day!!

Disclosure: Parts of this blog post were compensated or complimentary, however all opinions are my own.

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Thought I might share a few things to do on Canada Day.

1) Get up at 9am and take advantage of this $49 deal that’s been offered by HotelTonight!

Here’s more info:  To show their love for Canada, HotelTonight, (a last minute hotel booking app) has announced a special Canada Day promotion for Toronto, Ottaw, and Vancouver. For only $49 – on JULY 1st ONLY.

Participating hotels:

Toronto: Thompson Hotel, Gladstone Hotel, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Pantages Hotel.

Montreal: Hotel Chez Swann, Hotel St-Paul, St. Martin Hotel Particulier.

Ottawa: the Lord Elgin Hotel, among others.

Vancouver:  Hotel Le Soleil, Granville Island Hotel, Moda Hotel.

There are some more details you should know!!

• Rooms are limited to first come, first served and the $49 rate is only applicable for a July 1 stay. 
• $49 deals will go live at 9 a.m. local time in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver. 
• Look for deals in each destination marked “CANADA DAY.”
• HotelTonight will have great deals all day, but the $49 rooms and limited. If you see one you like, GRAB IT!

2) Go Strawberry Picking….This is one of my favorite activities and the perfect activity for Canada Day.  My go-to- farm is Whittamores. (8100 Steeles Ave E, Markham). Here’s what I have learned over the years: wear sunscreen, hat, bring water, FLAT containers, and wear black clothes!

3) Visit an outdoor hotel pool – this is such a treat! I recently spent the day at the Sheraton Toronto Outdoor Pool (123 Queen St. W) and when I say “spent the day” …I mean it. I was there from 11 am to 8 pm.  Please note there is a fantastic fitness centre so you can bring your gym cloths and squeeze in a workout in between suntanning!

4) Visit one of the many conservation areas we are lucky to live near…Mountsberg, Crawford Lake, Kelso. My fav this time of year is Kelso because of the beach.

5) Just chill and relax! Nothing wrong with that, right?

Happy Canada Day!

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Today was one of those days that was just perfect for raspberry picking. So off I went to Whittamore’s Farm armed with a few empty shallow containers!!!

Then I went home and the fun started!! I proceeded to make a “few” (ha) raspberry crisps. Here’s the recipe I used:

RASPBERRY CRISP (taken from Taste of Home)

4 cups of frozen or fresh raspberries

1/3 cup sugar

1/3 cup plus 3 tablespoons of all purpose flour

3/4 cup quick cooking oats

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup cold butter cubed

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, gently toss raspberries with sugar and 3 tablespoons flour. Transfer to a greased square baking dish.

2. In another large bowl, combine the oats, brown sugar, remaining flour; Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles course crumbs. Sprinkle over berries

 3. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Remember those 3 containers of raspberries? Well add 3 quarts of blueberries (on sale at Metro 3 for $5) and this is how many crisps you will get!! (16 individual, 3 medium sized portions, 1 large)

I clearly had a productive day. Felt great to be back in the kitchen again!!

Happy Baking.

For more information:

Whittamore’s Farm...(906) 294 3725

PLEASE NOTE: the last day for SUMMER pick your own will be MONDAY AUGUST 5th (from 9 am to 5 pm). The farm will then be closed for a week and will reopen with late summer/autumn crops on Wednesday Aug. 14th.

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