October 10 2010, Day 282

Bruce took these pictures of me giving Aurora some sweet potatoe for Thanksgiving. I think she's enjoying it :)

September 22 2010 - Day 264

Went out for dessert with friends today :) This was a peanut butter bar from Cactus Club... soooo good!

July 07 2010 - Day 187

Vancouver, a great place to visit. We always enjoy it there. We went to eat at the Old Spaghetti Factory. I had spaghetti with browned butter and Myzithra Cheese. It was SOOOO good! The cheese is dry, like a dry feta, but different too. Absolutely wonderful, and I'll order it again... next time ;)

June 30 2010 - Day 180

Ulysses Greek ribs. Heavenly! As you can see I quite enjoyed them :D

I was so happy to find that they still had them when we drove through Quesnel. It had been about 8 or 9 YEARS since we were there, and they were just as awesome as we remembered :) They were so nice too, as they didn't have them on their lunch menu, but when I explained that we had driven about 800 miles to get some, they made up a special order for us :D TWO thumbs (covered with spice) up for Ulysses Restaurant!

June 28 2010 - Day 178

mmmmm. Bruce makes THE BEST cedar plank Salmon on the BBQ. It's something we look forward to every summer :) It's a great feast for company too.

June 27 2010 - Day 177

YUM! King Crab, steamed over lemon, garlic and white wine. This is my all time favorite food. I love seafood of all kinds... great, now I'm hungry, lol!

June 16 2010 - Day 166

Top Banana ;)

I have been craving banana's since I got out of the hospital, they just taste perfect.

I played with this in Photoshop a lot, can you tell? lol!

and yes, it is a real picture of real bananas.

June 10 2010 - Day 160

Happy Happy Birthday Honey :D

I love you. Sorry for thinking you were older than you are, lol!

June 03 2010 - Day 153

mmmmmm... Earls :D

They make THE best Clam Chowder. Bruce took me there for lunch today. I was going to get a picture of the soup, but totally forgot and ate it all. This was in the menu, and I thought it was pretty funny. I love fonty things too, so that was a bonus.

May 28 2010 - Day 148

I hate being sick :( I know a good thing to cheer me up though. This is THEE BEST chocolate cake ever.

See the secret recipe in the background? splashes of secret ingredient on the well loved paper? :D It is SO moist, and so decadent, and even not TOO sweet, very cocoa-y :D

I had a difficult time making it, even though it's not a difficult recipe, must be my groggy head... here's a little excerpt from an email I sent to a friend about the experience ;)

Clearly I am not all better.... I was making THE chocolate cake this morning, poured it into the pan, threw it into the oven and started to clean up... all of a sudden I shrieked, grabbed the oven mitts, pulled the cake out, poured it OUT of the pan into the mixing bowl and proceeded to add the 1.5 cups of sugar called for in the recipe. LOL! Thank HEAVENS it was only in the oven for about a minute.... It didn't come out of the pan very well once it was baked either as some of the marg that I buttered the pan with had melted off into the batter... BUT I prevailed... BUT then I started icing it while it was too warm and the icing started dripping off the cake... really, it was pretty darn funny... I scrapped the extra icing off the plate, let it cool (at this point it looked like the lunar surface) and finished icing it. Still looks a little odd, but I think it will taste good... I can't believe I didn't burn it too....

April 15 2010 - Day 105

hey there baby cake :)

My neighbour made this awesome cute cake for a baby shower. Isn't it adorable. I have baby on the brain... lol.

March 03 2010 - Day 62

It was so nice out today that Bruce and I decided to take a road trip out to Coombs. Of course anyone who has been to Coombs knows that one of the best things about it is their bakery... mmmm so delicious. I love their breads. The other thing I like about Coombs is the funky old buildings. I love the moss on the A-frame roof of this one.

Feb 23 2010 - Day 54

Yehaw! Road TRIP! We decided to pop up to Comox to visit our good friend 'L', and also her good town restaurant ATLAS. It has THE most amazing food. 'N', 'A' and I hopped in the car. We were going to meet our friend at the restaurant. When we got there, oh the horror, it was CLOSED 'for a short winter holiday'. Well, you've never seen such a pathetic bunch of sad women :( We stood out in the rain, trying to decide what to do. We ended up going for lunch at another restaurant, and it was good, but it wasn't Atlas. I took this in the car on the way back. I think 'A' is showing what she would like to do to them for closing when we were so in the mood for that wonderful tasty delicious food.... hehehe gotcha 'A'!

Feb 13 2010 - Day 44

YUM! Got milk?

Matthew wanted to make some cookies for his friends birthday but his dad and I were on our way out. He said that he could do them without me (which he hasn't done before). I showed him where a few things were and then we left. He did call me 5 times on my cell phone "What does it mean to 'cream' the butter?", "How much margarine is 1/2 cup? I need 125ml", "What do I grease the cookie sheet with?", "Does it matter if I forgot to grease the cookie sheet? It's already in the oven". When we got home from our errands Matt had gone to the birthday party, and he had left us some cookies, and this 'sweet' note. I must say they turned out GREAT! Thanks Matt :D

Jan 24 2010 - Day 24

mmmmmm.... I love this breakfast! It's called Christmas Morning Wife Saver. I love that you put it together the night before and throw it in the oven in the morning. It's so delicious. I got the recipe from Maryanne via her mother-in-law a few years ago and it's become a Christmas tradition, as well as a favorite for when we have company.

Jan 12 2010 - Day 12

This is only the most amazing, delicious, decadent dessert known to man... er... make that WOMANkind. THE most deep dark chocolate cake with toffee sauce, vanilla bean gelato on a crunchy buttery tuille. I believe it's called a Sticky Toffee Chocolate... something or other, lol! Thanks Earls restaurant! and thank you Allison for making me share it with you.