I AM - BECAUSE YOU ARE

Sorry beloved Old El Paso Taco Kit, but I doubt you will not be making a recurring appearance in my house ever again! There is a new love in my life, I think I have died and gone to taco heaven! In July we went to the annual Kahnawake Pow Wow for the first time in a couple of years. As always, there are dance competitions, drumming, singing, artisans and a wide variety of Native foods to sample. I have always been a huge fan of frybread, a flat dough that is fried and eaten alone or with various toppings (both savory and sweet). This year, I decided to try the Amerindian Taco which was a base of frybread topped with traditional Mexican toppings and it was delicious, especially on a hot scorching summer day! So, last night, I made them at home… and they turned out AMAZING! To simplify things, I cheated a little and bought pre-made pizza dough to fry as the recipe is pretty similar. Fried pizza dough While they were frying I sautéed some onions, finely chopped some lettuce, d...

So, one thing I learned the first time I went completely healthy, while pregnant, was that Bagels are the devil to a diabetic! Full of carbs, calories, sugar, and nothing particularly healthy about them. And then there is what you choose to put ON TOP of your bagel as well; butter, cream cheese, eggs, bacon, Nutella… the list goes on! But, they are so convenient to just grab and go! And that is why I finally decided to try and make the “Weight Watchers Bagel”. While I am not following the Weight Watchers diet in any way, nor endorsing them, their recipes are a good fit to a healthier lifestyle. DH was in the US for work, so I asked him to pick up some of Trader Joe's “Everything But The Bagel Sesame Seasoning” packed full of sea salt, garlic and onion. Once he got home, I went out and bought the self-rising flour and low-fat Greek yogurt and made a double batch of mini-bagels right away. The recipe I used can be found at Lord Byron’s Kitchen . And, for once, I followed the rec...

This past weekend we went out to Quinn Farm for the first time and it was a wonderful day out with activities for the whole family. They had live music, barnyard animals, tractor rides, seasonal fruit and vegetable picking and a store with all kinds of home baked goods and preserves, and a variety of local products including fresh eggs, cheese and crafts. The farm itself is a little far from us, but I really wanted the LO to see all of the different animals she has learned about from her books. And, being fall, we had the bonus of apple picking, which inevitably means... baking! Our first stop was to the barn where the LO saw a huge sow gobble up some sweet corn, some sheep in need of a shear, chickens and lots of goats big and small. She giggled and squealed every time she got to pet the goats; she is definitely my child, after all we were both born in the Chinese Year of the Goat! Then we headed over to the tractor ride and they brought us out to the orchards. While apple pickin...