A lot of stores will be closed for Family Day tomor­row, includ­ing ours, so we thought we’d put up a post today to give you some ideas for how to fin­ish up your long week­end. This way you can stock up on what you need today and have a fun, stress-free day tomorrow. 

February is com­ing to a close, and while March is never really spring-y, it still sort of feels like win­ter is on his way out. That being said, we should all embrace what lit­tle bit of win­ter we’ve got left and get out­side. Unfortunately there is barely any snow on the ground but there is lots of ice — at the skat­ing rinks around the city.

We have more than forty rinks in Toronto, get out there and try one. We espe­cially rec­om­mend the Brickworks,

1. If you have young chil­dren — the mean­der­ing path of ice dis­cour­ages wannabe NHL stars and speed demons.
2. If you’re on a bud­get — skate rentals are PWYC.
3. If you care about food — Chocosol hot choco­late, Rowe Farms all beef steamies, Tiffinday vegan Indian snacks
4. And loca­tion — this rink is a gem at the beau­ti­ful, his­toric Brickworks location.

After all that health­ful exer­cise in the frigid air it would be nice to come home to some­thing lovely and warm for din­ner. We’ve got you cov­ered. This year we’ve spent a lot of time post­ing about brais­ing, roast­ing and the use of crock pots. You could make baked beans and molasses bread, or a text­book per­fect roast beef with gravy and Yorkshire pud­ding, or hearty oxtail soup served with a mug of dark win­ter beer.

You could make elk osso bucco, sav­ing the trim­mings for an elk tar­tar to serve as an appe­tizer, or go veg­e­tar­ian and try a lus­cious pump­kin soup fol­lowed by a cran­berry maple cake for dessert.

Whatever you choose to do have a won­der­ful long week­end filled with fam­ily, fun and really good food. Happy Family Day!