yellow cardigan

I’ve been obsessed with finding the perfect yellow cardigan since spring and after months of checking out different sales, I finally found one yesterday at Old Navy. Needless to say, I’m feeling pretty happy. Now holiday shopping for others…

Cheers to Thursday! Food and travel envy

EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

Rick Mereki’s has a wonderful travel series up on Vimeo. It’s giving me a serious case of wanderlust right now, especially after having to break out my winter jacket and turning down a trip to Hawaii. (Cue the longest and saddest sigh ever. I should mention that the resort my friend was looking houses one of Chef Morimoto’s restaurants…)

Whole wheat pancakes Sunday!

I couldn’t go to bed without posting this lovely brunch Leo made for my family and I earlier on Sunday morning, which included whole wheat blueberry pancakes, breakfast sausages, and scrambled eggs topped with avocado slices. He also made us ‘avocado milk’ later in the afternoon. It was a good day.

Fluffy Pancakes recipe from All Recipe

Vitamin C for Campari

November is the beginning of orange season which inevitably coincides with cold and flu season here in North America, I like to mark the bittersweet occasion with a drink. Even though common efforts to prevent an impending cold with any amount of vitamin C are quite literally fruitless, there’s something nice about fresh pressed OJ in wintertime. The polarizing taste of Campari on the other hand may not evoke the same wholesome goodness of 100% pure squeezed sunshine but the “reddest of the red digestifs” will beckon forth all warm memories of patio season. That said, the simple distinction of being a Campari drinker is reason enough to enjoy it in any season as well. This may be the perfect time to stock up and break hibernation with some classic, you guessed it, Campari & Orange cocktails.

Now according to the mixologists on Campari’s website, Campari and Orange is a cocktail for the “ladies”. So in the spirit of ribald sexism, here is our version for the “LAAAAADIEEES” and the gentlemen. A slight deviation from the traditional 3 parts orange juice to 1 part Campari, but here’s to equality:

Ingredients
Equal parts Orange Juice and Campari.

Preparation
Build in a juice glass filled with ice. Garnish with a slice of anything citrus.

To get your daily recommended intake of Vitamin C, just drink 2. As witty-man Mark Kingwell dictates of that other Campari favourite: “if you like one negroni, you’ll certainly like another”. Same logic applies here.

Wednesday’s lunch

It’s not really a sauce, is it? It’s certainly not light either. But it’s not like you eat pasta for a light meal anyway.

Everything But the Kitchen Sink Shrimp Pasta…Sauce
1/2 jar of store-bought white sauce
15 shrimps
olive oil
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 roma tomatoes
1 celery
1 sausage
handful of snap peas
a sprinkle of chili flakes
italian seasoning
salt & pepper for taste