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beige…

01 Saturday Apr 2023

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had a delightful day yesterday… got to cook for my grandsons…

made stuffing (one of their absolute favourites), prepped mashed potatoes, boiled a turnip (to use the water in the gravy), cut up cucumbers, cooked mushrooms, and opened a can of cranberry jelly…


such a treat to have them for a home-cooked meal, lol… and fun to make dinner for more than one or two people…

put the chicken into the oven and the final piece was to make the gravy and pull out the cranberry jelly (only two of us like that)…

as always, while I work away making the pieces of the meal, I am thinking about the people who will be eating the meal with me…

dinner turned out delicious, although it was a bit on the beige side, lol… sadly, only one of them was able to come as the other was home sick with a stomach bug;-(… I did send home a goodie bag for when he feels better…

Paderno…

30 Thursday Mar 2023

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started Thursday morning with a stop at The Butter Tart Lady where we picked up some delicious items… pampushki and sausage rolls…

later we had a lovely wander through Canadian Tire as we had no time constraints… found the cutest hockey tape in rainbow and purple;-)… picked some scrubbies up and then found a new Paderno saucepan to replace one which had started to lose its non-stick coating, and was on sale…

no idea what I will do with the hockey tape, but I’m sure I’ll come up with something, lol…

and the lid from the old saucepan fits on the new pan so will continue to hang on the wall with the pots…. yay…

grandsons…

27 Monday Mar 2023

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got to have my grandsons over for dinner…

haven’t seen them for ages, so it was a wonderful treat;-)…

we caught up and they shovelled part of the driveway for me…

the shovelling was a big job as the driveway hasn’t been cleared for months, but it was a beautiful day… and, in the process, the youngest lost his AirPods… in a white container;-(… we spent quite some time digging through all the snow they had moved but did not find them…

we had Chinese food for supper…I’ve been craving it for a while so that made it especially good…

after supper I dug out a set of earbuds from my collection of ones that don’t fit my ears and gave him those… everyone played on their phones for a while as we chatted before they headed home;-)…

they have become lovely young men, although they still bicker like brothers, lol…

simmered…

07 Tuesday Feb 2023

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spent a good portion of the day in the kitchen… it smelled lovely the whole time…

pork hocks and cabbage slowly simmered all day long…

then I made garlic mashed potatoes mid day so that they had time to cool before being reheated…

and then it was supper time;-)…

all that simmering worked as the meat was fork tender and delicious;-)…

doughnut…

28 Saturday Jan 2023

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Thursday’s adventure after aquasize was a trip to Oh Doughnuts…

it was close to the pool and had a buy one, get one sale…

not that I should have had any, but I chose a coconut cream and Nanaimo bar…

ate the entire coconut cream after a very healthy lunch;-)…

on Friday, I cut the Nanaimo bar doughnut and had half with lunch and the final half with dinner…

also got extra steps in after each meal…

they were both very tasty;-)…

char…

19 Thursday Jan 2023

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went to The Leaf, had lunch at Gather Craft Kitchen and Bar, and then wandered through the biomes…

lunch was relaxed and delicious… the burger was juicy… the arctic char on potato salad was smoky with a touch of dill and very tasty…

as our food arrived we went online and purchased our tickets… wanted to be sure we didn’t have to rush our meal…

ended with chocolate mille-feuille and Earl Grey Creme Brûlée, both of which were delightful…

a sharp knife made eating the mille-feuille much easier and the spoon worked perfectly for the brûlée, lol…

we watched bus loads of folks arriving to tour the gardens as we enjoyed our lunch…

the space is comfortable, the staff attentive, and the company excellent;-)…

looking forward to the next visit…

spice…

17 Tuesday Jan 2023

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had lunch with my buddies on Monday to celebrate a couple of birthdays…

ordered from Spice Circle the day before and we picked it up… we always need to check because many restaurants are closed on Mondays, which we have learned the hard way, lol…

we had a variety of items and found the food hot and tasty… my goat thali was very nice… the one thing I might change was the packaging as it didn’t all fit into one container…

but there were leftovers for another meal for everyone;-)…

gnocchi…

12 Thursday Jan 2023

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had a good time at aquasize and then we took a drive to DeLuca’s…

I got spinach wraps, gnocchi, canned tomatoes and two different types of bread…

apparently I am still craving bread, lol… now I just need to learn how to cook the gnocchi…

once home I made two little peanut butter and banana sandwiches for my lunch…

they were very tasty…

escargot…

04 Wednesday Jan 2023

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for years we celebrated New Year’s Eve with steak and lobster… this started with friends before we had kids;-)…

at some point it moved to New Year’s Day as the kids wanted to participate but were off celebrating on the night before…

this year I enjoyed the preparation as I worked on getting escargot stuffed mushrooms, baked potatoes, fried mushrooms and sautéed Brussels sprouts ready…

the kids arrived, got the barbecue going and then grilled the steaks and lobster tails…

dinner was delicious and we had a great time…

on Monday, as I emptied the dishwasher and put away all of the pieces we used, I revisited the fun and special moments…

and the tradition continues…