Weekly Rituals

It seems to be that about once a week I go through this interesting night where I cant fall asleep to save my life! It is now 2:46 am here in toronto and I am wide awake. I tried going for a walk. Having a Snack. Reading a book. Watching tv...pretty much everything I listed in my blog last week and nothing seems to be working. Maybe its a time in my week that my mind is giving me to be creative. So I am planning. Planning my course of action for the next 8 months...while i watch season 2 of Departures.

Easter with my Toronto Family

It was pretty wonderful, and my scalloped potatoes were a hit. We also chowed down on some bone in ham glazed with fruit juice and skewered with dried fruits, green beans, bacon wrapped dates and Swiss cheese and some veggies and dip to start....the dip we had was absolutely amazing i could have eaten it with a spoon. It was a Peruvian style dip...I will have to get the recipe from my friend Salim to share with everyone!

Other then that we drank wine, listened to music, chatted, played with Kylie ( Salim's dog) and had a wonderful time!

I hope every ones Easter weekend was as full of love and good food as mine was!

Till tomorrow!

Vegan Experiment

Tonight me and my selected family (best friends) are having our easter dinner, I working at a butcher shop decided i would supply the lovly bone in smoked ham, but I also have wanted to challenge myself as of late. I have been trying to think of different food challenges that would fit me that I could test out and write about for a month or longer...Trying out a vegan lifestyle is one of those choices. So along with my ham I am going to bring with me some vegan scalloped potatoes :) wish me luck, when you are use to cooking with cheese and dairy and eggs, it can make thing a tad difficult. here we go! this is the recpie that I found and am going to test out, i might tweek it a little bit!

2lbs yukon potatoes
1 1/4 cups water
1 cup plain soymilk
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
2 tablespoons raw cashew butter
1 teaspoon white miso

off to the store I go :) 

Happy Earth Day :) My gift to the inter-earth, my nephew : being as cute as ever!

Sunday Dinner on a Friday and Happy Earth Day

So its Good Friday today so we are celebrating our Easter dinner today because its the only day we can all get together.

Holiday dinners means that mom is cooking, this makes me super happy. Not only do I not have to cook, and get to enjoy my moms wonderful cooking, but I get to spend more time with my nephew...and write this blog post.

Post on dinner and Earth Day Later this eve.