Wednesday 22 March 2017

Oh umm, hi. I'm still here...I promise. With dreams and wishes of having enough time to start this blog up again.

I did have that baby I talked about before I stopped blogging. One of the main reasons I haven't had enough time.  He was born 2.5 weeks early so I was not prepared. Emotionally yes, but the rest of my life was in no way organized. No food prepped, my bag wasn't packed, car seat was not installed.

Fox William Francis - born February 17th

My husband was able to take a couple of weeks off to spend with us. I've since recovered from birth and am getting back into a routine. I do hope blogging will become part of my routine again...but it may be a few more weeks (months?) before I am able to get going on it again.


Tuesday 1 November 2016

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Hey guys,

Sorry I let this blog go for so long. It's been busy and stressful around here for many reasons and I haven't had a chance to blog in a while.

I promise to get blogging again very soon!

Hope you all had an awesome Halloween!


Wednesday 12 October 2016

Guess What?


I'm very excited to let you all know that we are expecting another baby in March!



Saturday 8 October 2016

Jars and Jars of Tomato!

Our tomatoes seemed to take forever to ripen but one day they suddenly turned red. All of them. And they have stopped. We can hardly keep up with all the tomatoes. We actually pulled out 2 whole plants because they were just taking over the garden and all our time.



Daphne is very skilled at picking tomatoes and she loves to help!


Thankfully for us my mom offered to can them for us so we got 5 big jars of garden tomatoes! 


Check out my moms blog at readymadecosmos.blogspot.com. She has a post up about the jarring process!


Tuesday 4 October 2016

Vegan Tofu Coconut Curry

A fast and easy vegan curry for a week night meal. I always start by toasting the chickpeas so they are a little crunchy but you don't have to. Infact, if you skip the roasting and add chickpeas straight from the can this recipe takes even less time.


Start by adding extra firm tofu, chickpeas and spices (curry powder, turmeric, garam masala, chili powder, chili flakes, s&p) to a large pan with some oil and cook for 5-7 minutes. I never measure my spices... I throw them in to taste but usually I am heaviest on turmeric as I like that metallic flavour it has. Weird, I know.


Then you add one can of shaken coconut milk and half a small can (like 2 tablespoons) of tomato paste. Let it simmer for a few minutes and the add chopped garlic. I used 3-5 large cloves but I'm pretty much made of garlic. The flavour cooks out a lot but it's still obviously garlicy so add whatever amount you would feel comfortable with.


I also roasted the cauliflower to give it a little extra flavour before I added it to the curry. About 10 minutes at 400C. You can skip this step to save time, as well, just by chopping the cauliflower florets pretty small and letting it simmer in the curry (lid on) for 10 or so minutes.



Serve with basmati rice or naan. It thickens up nicely and you can control how much sauce is left by cooking with the lid on or off.


I have't been much into meat lately...and by that I mean I have gone back to my glory days as a vegetarian. I was meatless for about 15 years before I got married. It has given me some motivation to find new and exciting meatless dishes. This one was a real winner. There was obviously no meat in it but the tofu soaks up so much curry flavour you can't really tell what is is :P 

And for $2.79 worth of tofu we had two dinner portions and 3 meals left over for lunches...can't beat the meatless savings.


Sunday 2 October 2016

Pumpkin Patch

We were driving past a pumpkin patch the other day and I mentioned how much I love pumpkins.

Will said "it's gourd-geous"

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Thursday 29 September 2016

Playtime at the park!









Saturday 24 September 2016

Progress in Lady D's Room

We finally got Daphne's room painted! Settled on mauve for the walls after 2 or 3 last minute changes of mind. It looks great and it's going to go perfectly with the decor I've picked out so far.















Still have a few more things to pick up but we have lots of time. Thankfully my parents have a dresser that they are no longer using and is already painted the colour we want. Thanks ma and pa!

We still don't have the floors installed. It's been 3 weeks since they were ordered so I think the company is just dragging there feet at this point. I was ok with the delay cause it made it easier to paint without having to worry about the floors. But now that the walls are all done I'm a little perturbed. I'm gonna pull out my best "don't fuck with me" voice and see how quickly they get done. Wish me luck!

Once the floors are done the contractors will be back to install the trim, electrical stuff and ceiling light. Then we can finally start moving stuff in. Everything is living in our room right now and I'm getting pretty sick of looking at it scattered everywhere!

Tuesday 20 September 2016

Chickpea/Sweet Potato Buddha Bowls!

I finally got around to making those buddha bowls I talked about like 2 months ago. Roasted sweet potato, onion, broccoli and kale. Crispy and spicy chickpeas. All topped with a light yogurt and lemon dressing.




It was almost too easy. It's literally just a giant bowl of vegetables. I've made this a few times since I finally tried it out. I love a big bowl of such colourful veggies!



Yum


Friday 16 September 2016

Basil Overload

We can hardly keep up with our basil this year! It's terrfic. We love pesto and there has been no shortage.

It's really too bad Daphne doesn't like pesto pasta.


Just kidding!








Pesto is a full body experience for Daphne :P