I have less than 3 weeks in Canada until I begin my 2 month trip through Asia and Europe, but it's getting difficult to drag myself away from Toronto when the spring weather here is so gorgeous. When I started my big trip across Europe two years ago, I really fell in love with the different cuisines from around the world. Luckily, my stomach has never had any problems with the random street food that I like to shovel into my mouth.

Since returning to Canada, I have been very interested in our farming industry and where our food comes from. The more I learned, I more I wanted to support local farmers and eat local produce. So I ordered myself a box of organic Ontario produce from Fresh City Farms. I received my first box last week and found a recipe for wild leeks that accompanied the the locally-grown vegetables and fruits.

My mother will testify to the fact that I am a terrible cook, but I felt so enthusiastic about receiving the box of organic food that I decided to give the recipe a try. The result was a pesto lunch so delicious that I had to share on here.

*I didn't have any parmigiano that the recipe called for so I just skipped it all together. I also decided to add some mushrooms.