Folklore Festival

This weekend was the Thunder Bay Multicultural

Folklore Festival. 

Singing, Dancing and of course food!

Chinese booth put on my the

Chinese- Canadian Association. 

Chicken Balls ( A Canadian thing) and wontons. 

Dishing up some fried rice. 

We actually had to get a 2nd order of fried rice- felix just coudn't get enough! 

More!

Having a wonton. 

It was the first year that there was a 

Mexican booth. 

Appetizers made with Masa Flour, 

black beans, onion and queso 

fresco. 

Tacos with corn tortillas, crema, queso and 

hot sauce. 

Yum!

Only complaint is that the hot sauce was not hot. 

I guess it was simply....sauce. 

Bannock Burger. 

If you haven't had Bannock, it is a First Nations food. 

A fried bread that is amazing. it looks like fried chicken a bit. 

I am always disappointed with the quality of the meat. 

It seems like a waste to pair this awesome bread with a crummy 

pre formed frozen burger. 

Yum! 

Kabob Village Lebanese 

Chicken Shawarma 

Loch wasn't expecting pickles, and he got a huge bite of it. 

Obviously thrilled. 

But, I told him he could go get an elephant ear from the 

Portugal booth, if he went and ordered it himself. 

Adding the powdered sugar. 

Final Product! 

Sharing with Felix 

They didn't quite finish it in spite of their enthusiasm. 

3/4 girls night in

We had been planning this evening for a long time.

 Unfortunately, Lori was feeling a little crappy and couldn't make it.

So, it was just the 3 of us. 

We each brought an appetizer and a dessert. 

Jackii made Falafel. 

Scoop.

Fry. 

Delicious! 

Getting a picture. 

Stacy made Shrimp. 

It was the best shrimp I have ever had. 

Cumin, chili powder, garlic and more made this dish 

so flavourful! 

And yes that is Edamame. 

Jackii got a picture of that too. 

I made Artichoke Soup

 Soup with bacon, hazelnuts and an unfortunate shadow. 

Dessert #1 

Caramel and chocolate ganache. 

No pics of the rest of the desserts, but here instead please enjoy this picture of 

my extremely chocolate coated hand. I don't know why we took this, 

but we have more than one shot if it. 

What's your favourite recipe for a night in? 

Grinning Belly

Anne and I decided to go out for lunch to

Grinning Belly today,

We hadn't ever been there,

 and it is within walking distance- Bonus!

Excellent

I ordered the Yo Mama Pizza 

Anne got the Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup.

My Pizza

Delicious!

Om!

Nom!

Nom!

Nom!

Just look at those pieces of garlic!

And the parmesan chive biscuits looked fantastic!

We all had a fantastic lunch!



Spring Cooking

I found a link for this on the Kitchn

http://www.thekitchn.com/totally-delicious-spring-recipe-fava-beans-and-peas-with-burrata-the-cheesemonger-169064

It looked so delicious and springy that I

knew I had to give it a try!

This recipe calls for burrata, fava beans and peas.

I did not use any of those things,

but instead what was available to me.

Sugar snap peas, asparagus and zucchini.

The kids of course did most of the work since they love to help.

Felix brushed each piece of bread with olive oil.

Then those babies went on the grill!

(the toast, not Felix)

We arranged the toasts on a plate, topped with our veggies

and buffalo Mozzarella (burrata wasn't available!)

Felix pulled up a chair and got to work, thinking it was all for him.  

Loch of course wanted to pose with the dish.

He put the cheese on the plate and arranged the lemons.

In other news, the Husband went smelting.

I am NOT a fan.

But we used some cajun shore lunch and

fried these up.

I made some chicken too.

 I had a good helper to assist with the stirring.

Loch decided to dress-up as Thor instead.



Very strange as he looks a lot like 5 year old Kelly!