Great food and great weekend

On Saturday morning, we had another Croque-Monsieur.  This is so easy to do and yummy to eat.  I love this breakfast.

Then I sliced onions in the food processor and roasted in oven, while roasting mushrooms also to create this wonderful soup.  This is delicious.  I tried it with a toast and swiss cheese on top and broiled.  Even yummier!

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I’ve always said I didn’t like pumpkie pie.  In fact, I may have tasted 2 pumpkin pie in my life and something about them I didn’t like.  Maybe they were too simple and too pumpkie taste and nutmeg (I don’t like nutmeg).

When I saw this recipe of Spice-Kissed Pumpkin Pie, I wanted to try it because it looked different.  I loved the addition of hazelnuts and coconut milk.  When I poured the pumpkin mixture into the pie crust, I had too much, so I put the remaining in 2 ramekins.  I used only cinnamon for the spices.  I used cornstarch.  I used homemade pumpkin puree and I didn’t glaze the crust.

Saturday night for dinner, we had one of my favorite steak marinade.  The side dish was broccoli with cheese sauce.

On Sunday morning, I made Baked Cranberry Nut Bread Oatmeal.  Wow this one is so yummy.  I halved the recipe and got 2 ramekins.  The orange zest is a must in this oatmeal.  I loved the taste.

In the afternoon, I cooked a beef stew.  I still have not tasted it yet.  Probably tonight.  Yesterday for dinner, I was in the mood for garlic bread and spaghetti with my homemade sauce.

I wish you all a good week and I hope it’s going to go fast

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Birthday

Yesterday was my birthday.  My boyfriend invited me to my favorite restaurant (Barbies).  I got a piece of chocolate mousse cake with a Barbies shooter.  It’s 1/4 ounce amaretto, 1/4 ounce melon liqueur, 1/4 ounce banana liqueur and topped with whipped cream.  It was great.  The meal was great as always.  On Friday they have the special, buy one onion soup and get one free.  Their onion soup is so tasty.

I got many great gifts.  My boyfriend always told me I had too many spices and wanted me to have a special rack to put the spices.  He bought me 3 spices rack (total 18 little jar to hold the spices).  And 2 weeks ago he gave me another one that holds 9 magnetic little jar that looks like that.  He gave me cutting boards.  He also gave me a massage cushion for the car that looks like that.  When I drive up to my parents (3 hours drive), I always have back aches.  It will probably help me.  And if it’s cold, I can put some heat

oh and he gave me flowers   3 roses (2 red and 1 blue).

 

 

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Pumpkin-Apple Muffins and Pizza

Yesterday, my boyfriend was home (it’s been a week cause he got a surgery and tomorrow he’s going back to work) and he prepared the pizza.  I made the pizza dough on Sunday.  It’s the second time I do it.  It’s so easy with the bread machine.  It  makes 2 pizza dough.  I separated the balls and put in the fridge with saran wrap around them.  When I arrived home, we did the pizza.  Since I used spicy salsa, I put spaghetti sauce on 1/4 of the pizza for my son who doesn’t like spicy.  I cut all the veggies (mushrooms, red bell peppers and red onion) and then asked my son to decorate his part.  He was proud to do it.  Then I topped the whole pizza with shredded Monterey Jack.

While the pizza was baking, I decided I had the time to do pumpkin and apple muffins.   I prepared the muffin dough while my boyfriend peeled and diced the apples.  I used only 1 cup of sugar.  With 2 cups I’m sure it’s way too sweet.  I did only 12 muffins.  They are big and are moist.  I baked them about 40 minutes.

My son wanted to be in the photo so here he is :

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Click on these Fudge Babies.  You’ll see how cute they are.  I plan to make them soon.  It would be perfect for the Holidays.

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By the way, do you like my new header?  It’s more appropriate for recipes

Yummy Recipes to share

Today in Montreal, it was a beautiful Sunday.  It was sunny.

We began the day with a good coffee and a Croque-Monsieur.

Then I made Baked Chicken Delicious.  It’s like chicken cacciatore.  Very tasty.

I had also liver to cook.  I made Wok Style Liver.  It’s very yummy with the veggies and demi-glace.

I made this drink with kiwi.  It’s yummy but full of little chunks of kiwi.

I have a lot of leftovers.  That’s why I like to cook a lot during weekends.  That way I have things already made for our lunches.

I roasted a pumpkin in the oven.  I followed this method from The Kitchen Mouse.  Very easy to do.  I had a great puree.  I have almost 8 cups of puree.

For dinner, we ate a fondue with thin slices of beef.  A few years ago, it was one of my favorite meal.  But tonight I was kind of disappointed.  I don’t like that like I used to do.  I made a mushroom fondue sauce to dip the meat in it.  The sauce was very yummy.

I hope you had a great weekend and great Halloween

Alien Urine Sample (Halloween Cocktail)

I made this drink yesterday.  It was great to have an Alien Urine Sample LOL

The color looks like an alien?  Do you think?  It has a great look.  It’s pretty sweet so if you like sweet drinks, it’s for you.

I made this Apple Crisp today.  There is a spice cake mix that makes the crust.  It’s great

Yesterday for dinner was a steak and mushroom risotto mmmmmm What a nice dinner we had

Today was a weird day but fun.  I wanted to eat oatmeal for breakfast like a did a few months ago : oatmeal, peanut butter and brown sugar.  I don’t know what I did, but it was crunchy, not cooked enough.  I was disappointed of it.

Then we went out to buy candies for Halloween.  We came back home at 1 pm.  Too late to cook lunch (I wanted to do a recipe with liver but it was 1 hour to do in total).  So we made sandwiches with fresh ciabatta baguette and spicy capicollo, ham and gouda cheese.   Then I had a headache and went to bed until 4:30 pm.  It rained all day.  But at 5:30 pm we were ready to go outside for Halloween.  The sun was shining a little bit and no rain   I went with my son for Halloween.  We really had fun.  We walked fast cause we wanted to have many candies.  He didn’t complained too much.  But at the end, his feet were hurting a little bit.  Me too.  I was tired of walking.  We were out walking for 2 hours.  That’s good for a little boy of 4 years old.  Sometimes he went alone to ask for candies.  I was proud of him.  I have to show you a photo of him in his tiger costume (the photo was taken yesterday morning to the daycare) :

When we came back home, we were supposed to eat a fondue but the meat was still frozen  and it was already 8 pm.  Too late and I was too tired to cook something.  My boyfriend asked me if I wanted to order something.  It was easy to say yes LOL  We ordered pizza and beers.  Both arrived at the same time.  Tomorrow I’ll cook a bit more.  I have to cook the liver, chicken breasts, probably a pizza with chicken, 2 pumpkins to cook, and then muffins with the pumpkin and a mushroom and onion soup mmmmm

I’m a vampire

Thanks to Picky Palate for giving us the link to create photos of ourselves.  I had fun.

Here is my family in photos

Here is a photo of me taken this summer.  I have brown hair but they are colored dark brown espresso.  I’m going to turn 30 years old next Friday Ohhhh LOL

This is my son Lou (4 years old) and Thierry (my boyfriend and father of Lou).  We’ve been together for 7 years.  This photo was last Saturday when we celebrated my son’s birthday.

The three of us.

His Scooby-Doo cake.  He loved it.

Here is our “little” baby cat.  We named him Cashmire.  He’s 2 years old and still crazy like a baby.  And he sleeps on my pillow each night.  And he is so nice with my son.

Here is my boyfriend’s cat : Cotonel.  He’s old and is boring.

Here is the last baby we bought at the end of August.  Our little baby Sookie.  She won’t be more than 3-4 pounds.  She’s a lionhead rabbit.  I’ve already had rabbits when I was living with my parents.  But this one is the best.  She’s very nice and soft.

I hope you enjoyed the show

Have a nice weekend everyone.