One Kitchen: Moroccan Style Chicken Thighs with Couscous & Apricot Sauce

Moroccan Style Chicken Thighs with Couscous & Apricot Sauce

Moroccan Style Chicken Thighs with Couscous & Apricot Sauce from One Kitchen

The second meal that I made from One Kitchen, a pre-portioned easy-to-make meal prep subscription delivery company, was the Moroccan Style Chicken Thighs with Couscous & Apricot Sauce.  This had a difficulty level of “easy” and would take 30 minutes to prepare.  It was a Moroccan cuisine that I was very excited to cook and eat! 🙂   Continue reading

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One Kitchen: Berry Smoothie

One Kitchen Berry Smoothie

Berry Smoothie from One Kitchen

Berry Smoothie!  This post is pretty self-explanatory and shows the berry smoothie that I made using the ingredients and fresh groceries provided to me by One Kitchen.  Thank you for sending me this Berry Smoothie to try!   Continue reading

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Yelp Elite Event at Yu Seafood

Yu Seafood lobster mountain

Yu Seafood located at 270 W Beaver Creek Road in Richmond Hill

This is a recap of the Yelp Elite Event that I attended this past Wednesday.  This was actually the very first Yelp Elite event that I could make it to.  There were a couple of other ones that piqued my interest but unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it to those ones.

Thus, I was very excited to attend this dinner event at Yu Seafood (漁膳房‎).  Previously, they advertised the event as “Moonlight Dim Sum” as in we would be dining on dim sum at night Continue reading

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One Kitchen: Mini Zucchini Turkey Burgers with Walnut Fettucini

Mini Zucchini Turkey Burgers with Walnut Fettucini

One Kitchen: Mini Zucchini Turkey Burgers with Walnut Fettucini

One Kitchen is a brand new meal prep service available in Toronto.  You can choose from their range of recipes available on their website.  Ingredients are then pre-measured and delivered to  your house to save you time and avoid waste.  They source directly from local Ontario farmers, so you don’t have to go grocery shopping and can enjoy the highest of quality meals.   Continue reading

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Papa Chang’s Express

Papa Chang's Express popcorn chicken

Papa Chang’s Express located at Pacific Mall, Second Floor, 4300 Steeles Avenue East in Markham

Yay, popcorn chicken!  My favourite! ❤  Papa Chang’s has one of the best popcorn chicken I’ve ever had and after I knew that they had opened a second location on the top floor of Pacific Mall as an express eatery, I had always kept it in the back of my mind to go visit.  This chance came this past Family Day weekend where after an intense bootcamp workout at Fight Fit Bootcamp, I was craving popcorn chicken and this was the closest spot to trying some before dim sum (yes, I had popcorn chicken for breakfast essentially haha).   Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: A Good Match

 Air Canada Centre hockey game with food

Air Canada Centre, Toronto. February 2017

Watching a hockey game with food from the concession stands!  This is a brand new amazing match that I experienced for the first time for myself last night.  My SO brought me to see my first hockey game last night (talk about another good match 😉 ) and so I can definitely say that watching a game with fast food/junk food is such a great winning combination! 🙂   Continue reading

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Fight Fit Bootcamps – Markham

Fight Fit Bootcamps Markham

Fight Fit Bootcamps located at 50 Torbay Rd in Markham

This Family Day weekend, my friend invited me to the gym that she has been attending for over three years where she does bootcamp training and kickboxing.  The Markham location of Fight Fit Bootcamps at 50 Torbay Road was having a friends and family day where their current members could bring in friends and family for a free class.   Continue reading

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Weekend Brunch at Pour House Pub and Kitchen

Pour House Pub and Kitchen brunch

Pour House Pub and Kitchen located at 182 Dupont Street in Toronto

After our tour around Casa Loma to see the Beauty and the Beast exhibit, we were in search of a lunch around the area.  We came across Pour House Pub and Kitchen after another restaurant that we had wanted to go to wasn’t open.

Pour House Pub and Kitchen was really nicely designed inside.   Continue reading

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Poké Bowls at Poke Eats!

Poke Eats

Poke Eats located at 4750 Yonge St, Unit 118 in Toronto

Poke Eats is a brand new restaurant that has opened up in the midtown area of Yonge and Sheppard in a new commercial complex that serves poké bowls!  As far as I know, there isn’t any other Hawaiian poke bowl restaurant in this part of Toronto yet and I was very grateful to be able to try out this two-week old restaurant.  Poké bowls are a Hawaiian-inspired dish that contain marinated raw fish, assorted vegetables, and sauce on top of rice.   Continue reading

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First Time at Paintlounge Markham!

Paintlounge Markham

Paintlounge Markham located at 118 Main Street Markham North in Markham

This was my first time painting at Paintlounge and in particular, their Markham studio!  We had wanted to take a painting workshop and I bought this Groupon a couple of months ago.  The Paintlounge website shows a selection of ‘easy’, ‘moderate’, and ‘challenge’ paintings for you to choose from to paint at the studio during weeknights.  The process to booking a time slot on their website to redeem the Groupon coupon code was seamless and easy too. Continue reading

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