My Milkshake Brings All the Boys to the Bar!!

Anybody who knows me, knows that I like to start my mornings with a delicious smoothie (I like to call them milkshakes as it seems like more of a treat). Depending on what is in my fridge or freezer at the moment, I tend to switch up the ingredients making for a new and exciting breakfast each morning. I say freezer because over the summer I pick  all kinds of wonderful berries in the forest and in my garden including raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, Saskatoon Berries (a berry native to Saskatchewan) etc and freeze them. There is nothing healthier, tastier, environmentally friendly or satisfying than picking your own berries!! I  also like to add nuts to my milkshake which is a trick that I picked up in Peru. Not only does the nuts give the most creamy delicious flavour, but they fill your belly for hours and they are so so so healthy for you!!

So if you want to give the milkshake a try here is a bit of a recipe or rather what I put in my milkshake this morning.

A handful of the following:

strawberries

banana

cantaloup

yoghurt (4% m.f)

almonds

walnuts (good for your brain)
and

1/2 cup of soy milk


Enjoy!

Ciao,
Karen

Chocolate Love

Since moving to St.John's we have been hearing a lot about this cute little, European Deli/Bakery called Manna European Bakery. So today, we finally checked it out and were pleasantly surprised with a great selection of Euro-style bread!! 

Luckily for me, they also sold these delicious, love inspired Belgian chocolates. We bought them for our dessert tonight but I think they would make the perfect Valentines gift for the one you love!

XOX,
Karen

Hot Soup on a Cool Winters Day!!

The damp and dreary weather today is making me feel like a steaming hot bowl of soup. Since there is no Thai restaurant in town, Dominic's famous Thai Noodle Soup is on the menu!! Wish you could join us!!

"Only the pure of heart can make good soup"

-Beethoven

Hugs,
Karen

Sunday Night Dinner!!

It is a tradition in Dominic's family to have a Sunday Night Dinner in which the entire family gets together for an amazing meal!! However, since Dominic and I are only sporadically living in the same city as his family, we have started our own tradition of having Sunday night dinner. Tonight however was an extra special Sunday dinner as it was our first Dinner in our new home. 

We are so excited to be finally be living in our house, especially because we have been doing renovations for over two months and we spent the entire weekend renovating with our family!! Thanks to them we got a ton of work done on the house and we are finally able to live in it!! The house is really starting to come together, the only thing is that we are sans kitchen. But we are making the best of it and having tons of fun being in our first home!! I will be sure to post some more pics when the house is picture worthy!!

Just a few pics of the Sunday Dinner Dominic made for me!! 

Brie and Baguette

My favorite French Rose!!

Roasted tomato salad with fresh lettuce from our garden.

Hope you had a lovely weekend!!
Karen