My family has a tradition of gathering at one particular Chinese food restaurant. It is THE Chinese food place to go to and share a meal! The place is a little hole in the wall (which in my opinion always makes a great place) called Gows. It's in the west end of Ottawa in a … Continue reading Home-Made Egg Rolls
Cheesecake By Moi!
I had a love - love relationship with cheesecake. I love it so much that I found an ice cream that is cheesecake and chocolate flavoured ice cream with spots of chocolate sauce within the ice cream! LOVE IT! This recipe was originally from my Mom but I had used the basic recipe as a … Continue reading Cheesecake By Moi!
War Cake
Happy Canada Day everyone! In celebration for our great nations 150th birthday, I'm going to post a family recipe for war cake. This cake came into life during WWII by women trying to work with what little they had. I think that it's important to remember the past while we celebrate the present. My Aunt … Continue reading War Cake
Happy Canada Day Weekend and er, Your Grocery Sales
July 1st marks Canada's 150th birthday! Happy Canada day everyone! There are so many things to do this weekend so what are your plans? Are you going to brave the crowds and security measures to make your way to Parliament Hill? Watch the show and the fireworks right on the Hill? Maybe you'll find a … Continue reading Happy Canada Day Weekend and er, Your Grocery Sales
Mango Grilled Chicken
My cousin Kim is a beautiful woman! You might remember that I spoke about her in a previous post. She thinks that she needs to lose weight which is ridiculous because she's a size medium! I mean really? How thin do we have to be so we'll be happy with our size? I'll tell you … Continue reading Mango Grilled Chicken
Weekly Flyer Review – Groceries
Did anyone notice that I completely forgot about Metro last week? Yeah, totally slipped my mind. And, here's the really bad part, I had emailed myself a list of the sales! I saw it the next day and thought, well that's a dumb-ass move! lol To avoid missing it again, I think that I will … Continue reading Weekly Flyer Review – Groceries
Aunt Paul’s Stuffed Jumbo Pasta Shells
This recipe was inspired first, by a recipe that I had found on the AllRecipes site (I'll provide the link at the end) and secondly by a recipe on the back of the Italpasta jumbo shells package. You see, I had emailed the Allrecipe one to my family awhile back and it was a huge … Continue reading Aunt Paul’s Stuffed Jumbo Pasta Shells
This Week’s Flyer Review – Yummy Food Sales
I have to say that coming up to Father's Day weekend, I'm supremely dissatisfied with the sales this week! I would have thought that I would see great sales on steak and meat in general. I know, I know that I'm falling into that stereotypical thinking that all men want a whole side of beef … Continue reading This Week’s Flyer Review – Yummy Food Sales
Pork Souvlaki And Home-Made Tzatziki
One of my favourite types of food was Mediterranean food. I could have happily lived solely on it. Well, okay maybe that's not true because I loved eating a great number of styles of food but I could have eaten a whole lot more! Except octopus! I draw the line on my beloved Mediterranean food … Continue reading Pork Souvlaki And Home-Made Tzatziki
Just A Quick Post…
Today was the ALS Walk here in Ottawa, Ontario. I want to thank all of you that donated and/or participated in the Walk! I have not been feeling well this week so it's even more important to me that you spent your Saturday walking on my behalf. And for those who are living with this … Continue reading Just A Quick Post…
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