Another delicious EatSavvy shoot! This month the focus was on fish.
We made some yummy Fish Tacos, the salsa really makes this dish:
Fish Quesadillas was the toddler dish:
Grilled Tilapia with Lemon-Almond Pesto was the dinner party dish:
And Fish Chowder rounded out the meals as the make-ahead dish:
As always, I look forward to the next EatSavvy shoot and what I’ll be photographing and then eating!
On Tuesday Noah and I made a very yummy batch of Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies (see recipe below). A mom from Noah’s school was kind enough to share the recipe, as I’ve been searching for a fantastic oatmeal cookie recipe, and this one fits the bill!
Since we already had the oven heated up, I thought I would throw another batch of cornbread into the oven. On Sunday I had made this Cornbread recipe from Whole Foods. Noah loved it. Rebecca wasn’t as keen. And it wasn’t quite what I was looking for either.
So then I tried this recipe from allrecipes.com. This time Rebecca loved it, and Noah wasn’t as keen—but it sure didn’t stop him from eating almost all of it!
The recent Caramelized Onion and Goat Cheese Cornbread recipe posted on smittenkitchen.com, sounds awesome. But I know my son won’t eat it, and Rebecca didn’t like the sound of it (and I don’t want to be stuck eating the WHOLE thing). So my search for the perfect cornbread recipe continues….
After all that baking I took a break and had a yummy Vanilla Red Tea latté made with steamed vanilla soya milk, yum!
I made Noah his usual hot chocolate:
Now, here’s the recipe:
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Preheat oven at 350°. Mix the butter and sugars and blend until smooth. Add the egg and beat until creamy. Then add flour, salt, baking soda, and oats and mix together. Add chips and bake for 12 minutes. Enjoy!
A few notes, I used whole oats (not quick-cooking oats). I’m not sure what the mom who gave me the recipe usually uses…I’ll have to ask her the next time I see her. I also doubled the recipe, and it didn’t make a lot, next time I will probably triple it. I used half whole wheat flour and half Robin Hood nutri flour blend, to make them a bit healthier.
Watch for the next edition of EatSavvy photos soon!
The kids and I went down to Kensington Market this past Saturday with a friend. I decided to ONLY bring my lensbaby to shoot with as I haven’t done much shooting with it lately.
Rebecca, giving me the ‘look’:
In the Blue Banana Market, they have these cool pieces of artwork going up the stairs, numbers and @ sign, cut out of steel (or something) and painted. I thought the colour and texture was cool so took some macro shots with the lensbaby of the edges:
After we were hungry, so got some yummy meat patties, Noah was having fun watching the pigeons overhead:
Noah bought some funky glasses at the Blue Banana Market:
Caught this last shot of Noah, laughing, as we arrived back at the car:
On Sunday we headed down to Bloor Street to run some errands (the following were all shot with the 85 1.2L):
After our errands we went to the ‘big rock’ in Yorkville. Rebecca sat and applied nail polish, which didn’t end up being a great idea when she started moving and messed it up!
They both had fun running around on top of the big rock:
We stopped and had some lunch at Whole Foods on the way home:
I managed to get in front of the kids to capture a few shots:
Noah stopped in at the corner store, and Rebecca and I waited for him:
Noah is happy with his haul of sour keys (bag in left hand):
Today Noah and I baked yummy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies…watch for photos in the next few days….
My son Noah turned 9 today! Caught these two photos of him on the way home from school:
But on the weekend he had his big birthday party with his friends from school. On Saturday he helped me bake a cake:
On Sunday morning we iced and decorated the cake:
Noah enjoyed the left over gel icing from the tube:
But the really exciting and FUN part of the weekend came once Sabeena and Zack from Bugs Without Borders arrived. They started off with a little education, which was interesting and fun for the kids:
Noah checks out one of the containers:
Sabeena talked about how she started collecting and catching bugs when she was a little girl:
And then they brought the insects and animals out. If it was safe for the children, they were allowed to touch and hold them:
The lizard with the blue tongue was a big hit:
As was the gecko:
And the bearded lizard was a HUGE hit:
A few more of the animals:
A favourite part, at the end, was when they watched the bearded lizard catch and eat a meal worm, they LOVED that!
And to finish out the party, cake and presents!
Noah later proclaimed it as ‘the best day of his life’, I’d say Bugs Without Borders was a HUGE success! 😉
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