My daughter turned 12 this year and in the Jewish religion it signifies a special age where a girl becomes a young independent woman. So although she’s not really independent yet (and I’m ok with it – don’t get me wrong), I though the occasion calls for a special cake. I thought quite a few […]
It’s been a looooooong long while since I last posted, I know. Life just became a bit more complicated in the past few months. We were supposed to have my sister take care of my baby girl for 6 months, which fell through and put us all in a swirl of hectic searches for a […]
Fall is here and will soon make room for winter (noooooo) and along with its beautiful colours it also brings yummy flavours, especially when it’s chilli outside and I pass by a Starbucks drive thru ? You just gotta love those pumpkin spice lattes. But anyways… Back to our subject…fall brings Thanksgiving along and this […]
I’ve been away from the blog for what seems like forever now. I have to say that this time I have very good reasons. For starters, back in April I found out I was pregnant (yay) so it’s been kind of hard handling food for the first little while (those morning sicknesses? yeah they lasted […]
Having 2 growing kids (now 8 and 11) I find they tend to want to munch on something more often. Maybe it’s boredom, maybe growth, maybe both, not sure. What I do know is that I need to make sure they are either busy or munching, or both – busy munching 🙂 To make sure […]
Nothing says spring more than lemons right? their color, their smell, their freshness, it just feels like after a long winter nap, your senses come to life. My husband’s parents have their own lemon tree, and every year like a clock, it gives so many lemons, and they’re all so big a juicy. The only […]
I’m not always patient. In fact, most of the time I just want things to be ready in like 5 minutes, but we all know that’s not always possible (except when you make an omelet). So the other day I craved for something sweet with my tea, I figured that by now I should sort […]
A few days ago I celebrated my birthday. I’ve noticed that from some reason over the past couple of years, I’ve been having these moody birthdays. Not sure if it’s hormones or what, but every time it was my birthday I was unhappy about something, too sensitive, moody or grumpy. This year I decided that […]