Wednesday 17 October 2012

Breakfast before school…

A delicious spread on top of toast {l used english muffin} for the quickest out the door breakfast or even snack! It kind of tastes like pumpkin pie filling! {what a treat!}Trader Joe's Pumpkin Butter. Happy Wednesday!

Sunday 14 October 2012

Quick and Easy!

Fried Rice... and not just what you think...

Cook {according to rice package} equal parts of quinoa and rice. Pan fry with 1 cup chopped mushrooms, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 scrambled egg and garlic powder. Pack into a ramekin and place on a plate upside down hold for 15 seconds and remove the ramekin to create a rice tower.

Thursday 11 October 2012

currently snacking on…

Vanilla Dream from Ghirardelli... Just what it sounds like, it's vanilla dream!! White chocolate with vanilla beans!! Mmm... So good!

Tuesday 9 October 2012

Halloween is just around the corner...

Look at what I saw at Save On today. It's a version of 'Coffee Crisp' for Halloween called 'Coffin Crisp' as the makers of Coffee Crisp {Nestlè} say, "same great taste, just for Halloween"

Sunday 7 October 2012

Avocados... My favorite "fruit"

If any of you don't know, on Sept. 21, I went to the Jason Mraz concert, Tour is a four letter word {thanks to Uncle Pierre who those tickets were from for my 9th birthday in May}. Some of you MIGHT not know who that is... Maybe you're wondering what this has to do with food, well, I'll get to that. ;) Anyways, Jason Mraz is my ALL time favourite singer/songwriter. He is a raw vegan and owns an avocado farm in San Diego. If any of you go to San Diego, there is a restaurant called Chipotle right by the farm and Mraz sells his avocados to them and they use them in their guacamole! Here is his website if you want to check it out, and I will post pics of the concert at the end of this post. www.jasonmraz.com


Avocado Mousse/CHOCOMOLE (by Jason Mraz)

1. Mash up 4 ripened avocados until they are like a mousse or a pudding texture
2. Add 1 - 2 cups of {really small}
chopped dates (2 scoops of pitted dates from the bulk section of grocery store)
3. Mix in 1 cup cocoa powder
4. Add 1 tbsp. vanilla
5. Put a few long pours of agave nectar to sweeten to liking

Saturday 6 October 2012

currently snacking on…

Mmmmm..... The simplest dessert panini you have EVER heard of. I'm not talking ANYthing fancy like, caramel chocolate spread or hazelnut-pecan butter... It's all things that you have {or if you don't, you should}.

BEST dessert panini

Butter or Margerine
Almond or Peanut Butter {see Nailah's Note}
Nutella {chocolate-hazelnut spread}
4 slices of multigrain bread

Spread butter on all slices of bread. On the other side of 2 slices, spread the nutella. On the other 2 slices put either of the nut butters. Put a nutella slice against a nut butter slice, do the same with the other 2 slices. Toast on a panini grill for 3 minutes.

Nailah's Note
If you or your child is allergic to nuts, replace the peanut butter and nutella with sunflower seed butter and biscoff spread.