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Despite the devastation of the recent flood, the Calgary Stampede went ahead as planned.  Thanks to the many volunteers, you could never guess that just a few weeks ago, the Stampede grounds were flooded.

We managed to make it to the grounds twice this year. Here’s a little glimpse of what we ate.

This Sunday, head on down to Prince’s Island for the annual World Partnership Walk. This walk has been around for almost thirty years and it’s a tradition in many households, like mine. This walk has grown over the years and it’s so great to now have my son participate. He’s collecting funds this year and if you’d like to make a donation, we would be most grateful.

Funds raised at this walk go directly to fund international development projects. What makes this different than other fundraisers? 100% of funds raised by the World Partnership Walk go directly to the projects – not one cent is spent on administration!

Click here to check out the many activities happening at the event. After the walk, there are some awesome food vendors which include some of Calgary’s awesome food trucks. Check out the menu below.

Hope to see you there!

Last Sunday, we enjoyed a fabulous brunch at Julie‘s house.  Charmian Christie, a food writer and blogger from Ontario, was in town and Julie graciously invited some local food bloggers for a potluck.   Julie has the best potlucks and this was another hit. 

Julie made some lovely scones which were amazing with clotted cream.  It was great seeing Vincci again and she made a very delicious deep dish french toast.  This is definitely something I will try making soon.  I finally met Dan for the first time.  I’ve been following him on twitter for so long, I feel like I’ve known him forever!  He made a quiche topped with roasted tomatoes.

It was fun to meet Pierre, author of Kitchen Scraps.  As promised, he brought something roasty and toasty – welsh rarebit, and something jiggly and fruity – a gelatin infused with lemon verbena and loads of berries.

Gwendolyn made a very yummy glazed applesauce cake.  It was great meeting Wendy from Yelp who brought a delicious baked oatmeal dish.  My friend Cheryl brought a tomato crisp as well as some chocolate tonka bean scones. Both were amazing!

Along with some mini egg cups, I brought some coconut cake pops.  This is my new venture as Sweet Somethings by Food Mamma.  These aren’t the traditional cake pops of crumbled cake and icing made into balls.  These are pure balls of delicious cake.  I was a bit nervous bringing these to some food aficionados. 

Thanks for another great potluck Julie!

 

This weekend, we attended a community potluck at Julie’s house.  Inspired by a potluck she attended in Tofino, Julie, from Dinner with Julie, bravely invited the internet (!) to her house for a fun little get together.

Julie and her husband Mike were gracious hosts and made everyone feel welcome.  It was great to meet her devoted readers and eat their delicious assortment of food.  It was also nice to catch up with fellow food bloggers, Cheryl from Backseat Gourmet and Gail from The Pink Peppercorn.

Q had a lot of fun with the kids in the back yard and hubby enjoyed himself as well.  The food was amazing!  Ranging from cookies, salads, vegetables and even fresh bread, it was nice to try a little bit of everything.  I especially loved the quinoa salad which we made tonight and had for dinner.  It will definitely be a regular at our house!

It was hard trying to decide what to bring to a potluck, and at Julie’s house no less.  I brought along dhokra, savoury steamed cakes made with wheatlets.  I figured it was something different for everyone to try.  I also made some red pepper shrimp which I stuffed in to puff pastry shells.  For those that asked, the recipe for the shrimp can be found here.  For the shells, I cut little squares of ready made puff pastry which I put into muffin molds and baked at 325 degrees for about 20 minutes until they were golden.

Thanks again to Julie for the great gathering!