To all the good moms out there – Happy Mother’s Day – hope you had a pampered day today – afterall, it is your day!  relax, enjoy and love always.

Planning a play date for Chloe and her friends was a fun one for me – not only because I get to buy all sorts of food to introduce to them – I also get to plan all kinds of games for them to play with.  Of course, I had help from my good old friend Mabel and her brain teaser puzzles  and we were all set to entertain a few of Chloe’s friends from school and church.

We bought some cheese calzone from the Old World Bakery down on Main Street and the kids loved them – and wanted more.  Full of real cheese in them and some tomato paste making the calzone so yummilicious .  This makes a meal by itself but since we had other food for the kids to eat – we cut them into bite sizes.

We also bought some Baklava for everyone – and this turkish dessert was a delight to all the kids – it was really and had peanuts in them – lucky for me I checked to make sure that no one was allergic to peanuts.

We had cookies from the Farmer’s market.

Actually a variety of cookies but of course, we let them play on their own as well with dolls and watch a movie.  The play date went super well – and all the kids went home happy and fed with junk.

I loved the Assam fish paste that Jen had sent from Toronto so much – because it’s so easy to cook and so healthy too.  Better than eating burgers and pizzas that’s for sure.  I can’t seems to get enough of the Assam seafood paste that I had asked Jen to send some more to me soon.

Fragrant Jasmine rice with tofu, salmon, fish balls and tomatoes – a wonderful lunch and easy to cook – 15 mins max.

The weekend came and went so quick, I do wished sometimes we had 48 hrs a day and not just 24 – don’t you ?  so what did you do for the weekend?  Well, we had a BBQ on Saturday with friends and relative and on Sunday the weather was so good, we went to Cape Fuchu to fly our model aircraft with some friends and extended family, then we had a feast of pizza and cake.  Our model aircraft wasn’t working so well but PB’s uncle used a clevis pin and fixed it or hold it together and since he wouldn’t let us pay for the clevis pin – we bought lunch for everyone.   We all had chicken and pineapple pizza from Greco and cake from Superstore, we decided that everyone should order what they liked and most ordered the same thing and I was too hungry and didn’t get pictures of the rest of the pizza except ours.

The truffle cake was so yummy – it was all mousse and chocolate and no cake in it – Chloe loved it.

Very rich but not too sweet even I couldn’t resist it – I had some.

While we finished up our food, the kids and their fathers went off to play with their model aircraft till late in the afternoon.  Then we headed over to the in-laws and had supper there.

I was invited recently by a top green food radio show in United States to talk about my blog thru’  audio conferencing with them about food blogging and all about blogging and making money thru’ blogging.   The fans of this green food radio show wanted to know as a food blogger how can one make our passion turn into money.   I was very honored of course but since everyone listening in must loved food and good food, they of course qualify to be a food blogger and as to how to turn your food passion into money, well, that’s even easier.  Like the green food radio show, I too have a following too and the more people read your blog, the more money you will make.  Traffic is the key to all blogs and if you have something they like and want to know about you, well, half the better is already won.  As for the rest, everything will fall into its place.  Our audio conferencing with other food bloggers around the globe was an interesting one, hopefully, they invite me again – the next time they want more tips about making money with food blogs.

We have been eating a lot of home cooked food of late because for the entire month – it was either Chloe was sick and down with a cold or me and then followed by PB.  After we got over the cold, I had a bad sinus attack which caused me so much pain on my cheeks and teeth that I had to pop advil like I was a druggie.  That was no fun!  finally – we found the cause of it and got the right medication to stop the sinus infection.

You cannot imagine the delight when I finally stopped popping advil – I was kinda afraid that it might burnt my liver out – now that wouldn’t be fun at all.  Anyhow, we have been cooking simple meals from home – so that we don’t have to eat outside food and hopefully soon – things will go back to normal.  I loved assam fish so much but when the fish ran out – I just fried an egg and had the rest of the seafood with the assam fish soup.  It was definitely a simple but yummy meal.

Yes, I had a cake party on my birthday – some home made like this lemon meringue by Aunt Helena – which by the way was yummilicious.

A very awesome carrot cake from George and John with real butter cream.

And this absolutely fabulous chocolate cake with chocolate glace – and easter chocolate eggs also made by Aunt Helena.

And a customary birthday cake bought at Sobeys by PB.   Now isn’t it awesome to have your birthday on the same day of Easter?  double celebration.   This year grammie didn’t bake me a cake like she used to – this is the first year in many years that I’ve not had a celebration without grammie.  It’s kinda sad to be honest and even though my birthday is usually quiet I kinda missed having her bring me the cake with lighted candles and Chloe all excited and wanted to blow the candles.  We all missed her.

We’ve all been sick – down with something – the entire week – so soup it is for us – and today I had Tim’s beef and noodles – it was ok – nothing to shout about.  I would have preferred Gary Kent’s soup to be honest – but it wasn’t a Saturday – so not much I can do but to take what’s best next.  We have been cooking a lot of noodles soup and thank God for good friends like Lynette who had brought some fishballs back from Halifax for us – so we’ve been eating noodles with fishballs a lot too.

Yes, something new at the Farmer’s market – fruit flan and cream horn as well as cream cheese ones.  I didn’t try any this week as I already bought some savory items but next week, I’ll be sure to try some.  Plus, check out the peanut butter and chocolate cookies – that chloe loved so much  – for it reminds her of her Grammie – they used to bake them together.

I really want to try the fruit flan – next week – I’ll be sure to go earlier.

Came across these liquid water enhancer at our local supermarket and since the shape of the carrier was so unique, I stopped to check it out.  These liquid water enhancers are actually bottles of different flavor to flavor your water to make it more interesting and drinkable.  0 calories and no sugar in them – great for diabetics like myself.

I liked that they’ve got so many flavors for you to choose from and the cost?  less than $4 – worth a try – so I’m going to get some and try it out and let you know what I think of them.  Sometimes, just plain water can be hard to swallow and if a little flavor can make one drink their water – why not right?