Back in Toronto

After 3.5 weeks in SUNNY California, I returned home to dark stormy skies in Toronto. Not a good welcome BUT at least I have our family trip to Hawaii on June 22 to look forward to (i.e. More sun! Though I am already sporting a nice tan!). I am happy that I also got to see my parents and Chris (we played Ultimate tonight), as well as Maygan and friends at school. Tomorrow I'll get to see Andrea when we play Ultimate (yay!) and I hope to also catch up with Zoe and Izzy (I miss my little niece!).

Anyway, I miss Jeff lots and lots already (I'm a big baby!) but find comfort knowing that we will see each other again in 18 days (not that I'm counting) on the Big Island. Over this past weekend, I made more of his favourite meals: curry on Saturday night and tomato pesto on Sunday night. Here's a close-up of what the latter looks like as I realized that my previous post did not show it clearly:

Tomato Pesto and BBQ Chicken

Very simple. Very tasty. Very healthy.

-ange xx

"When the moon hits your eye..."

"... like a big pizza pie, that's amore."

Homemade mini-pizza topped with one special pepperoni
Photography by Jeff

Pizza (or "za" as we call it) is Jeff's first love. Fortunately, I understand this and made mini-zas for dinner on Tuesday night. Very easy "recipe" (I think this is my dad's original idea) : just get whatever ingredients you like (pepperoni, mushrooms, zucchini, red peppers, cheese and tomato sauce) and put them on a flour tortilla (no dough required for the thin crust!). Garnish lightly with garlic power and basil, then place in a 375C oven for 12-15 minutes.

In keeping with the theme of Italian cooking, we made another of our favourite meals tonight: pesto pasta with bbq chicken and roasted tomatoes. Again, this is very easy to make: marinate the chicken with lemon juice, soya sauce, garlic, sugar, salt and pepper, for 4-6 hours before bbq-ing. My momma made a suggestion to subsitute lemon with maple syrup or honey - I'll have to try that next time. As for the pasta, simply toss cooked penne and green beans with pesto sauce.

I particularly like having this on a warm night because it's just so fresh! And watermelon for dessert is a perfect accompaniment!

Me in the kitchen also watching the NBA playoffs on my laptop

Photography by Jeff

Summer has arrived with watermelon

Photography by Jeff

Tomorrow, I'm going to try making curry beef and naan bread. Wish me luck!

-ange xx