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The weather has been amazing lately and that only means one thing - patios and BBQ! Luckily for us, Samuel Adams is teaming up with 15 restaurants across Toronto to bring us  Toronto BBQ Week ! What does that mean exactly? 15 BBQ joints across Toronto is offering an amazing deal - $15 for a dish paired with a pint of Samuel Adams Boston Lager  We're pretty stoked about the restaurants that are participating in Toronto BBQ Week and we got to try out a few places so we can give you the 411 on what they're offering!  Our first stop was  The Harbord Room.   Chef Cory Vitiello's vision behind The Harbord Room  is to focus on using local and seasonal ingredients so it doesn't surprise us that their featured dish would be a Lightly Smoked & Grilled Ocean Trout with Grilled Summer Vegetables, Roasted Cherry tomatoes & Salsa Verde. It was definitely nice to see a different option from the usual pork or beef BBQ.  Photos by Jeffrey Chan courtesy of Sam...

We recently moved downtown and having to think of new things to cook for lunch and dinner is starting to consume a lot of our time. Let's be real, after working 9-5 we're really not up for having a new recipe for each day of the week. We prefer making big batches of food to last us through the week and this Chorizo, turkey and lentil medley is perfect for that!  Soups and stews are great to make ahead of time because they are filling, keep well and even last in the freezer for a few months! We did an adaption of a recipe from Tasty Kitchen    using Muir Glen Organic Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes.  Muir Glen  tomatoes are field grown and vine ripened under certified organic practices which means they aren't using any synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Enter their  #OnlyTheBest campaign for a chance to win a Muir Glen prize pack.  We love chorizo but we decided to opt for a more healthier eating option of adding ground turkey and the resu...