Flashfood Hauls in August 2023

 Flashfood grocery items

One of the best hauls so far! Look at all this variety! *_*

Use the Flashfood app to save money on groceries that are about to “go bad”!

You can use my referral code “KARE4PEFC”.  If your first purchase is over $10, then we’ll both get $5 in rewards!

Here are the grocery items we picked up from Flashfood in August 2023 ($86.89):  Continue reading

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Flashfood Grocery Hauls in July 2023

Flashfood fridge

A Flashfood fridge as seen at No Frills at Yonge and 16th in Richmond Hill

Flashfood is a great way of getting discounted food in a flash!  You download the app to check your local participating grocery stores.  Every day, they will upload actual or stock photos of items that are nearing their “best before” dates and you can buy them at 50% off their original price.  This means that the consumer gets to save money on food that is still perfectly edible and everyone as a whole gets to divert food from going to waste.  It’s a Continue reading

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Week 175 motherhood – preparing for kindergarten, spicy f, tantrums

 Kid's lunchbox

Her first lunchbox meal

Week 175 motherhood of 1 year old and 13 month old: Continue reading

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Lunch, Afternoon Tea, and Dinner at So Good Restaurant

So Good Chinese Restaurant signage

So Good Chinese Restaurant located at 10610 Bayview Ave Unit 2 and 3 in Richmond Hill

I’ve visited So Good Chinese Restaurant in Richmond Hill numerous times now.  We first dined here for lunch (after we visited the next-door EarlyON Child and Family Centre) for the first time last year and recently came here for lunch yet again.  We’ve also dined here for family dinners more than three times and really enjoyed the Continue reading

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Week 174 motherhood – Zumbini, Little Gym with cousins, gigantic tantrum, brunches

 1 year old walking with guidance

Walking around before the Zumbini class began

Week 174 motherhood with 3 year old and 1 year old: Continue reading

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Brunch at Cafe N’ One in Markham

 Brunch at Cafe N' One in Markham

Cafe N’ One located at 8366 Woodbine Ave in Markham

This was the second time I dined at Cafe N’ One in Markham, but the first time I’m blogging about them.  Last time, the husband and I snuck out for an hour during his lunch break to celebrate his birthday here without the kids (for the first time!).  It was such a nice lunch and I thoroughly Continue reading

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Brunch at Glass Kitchen in Thornhill

 Glass Kitchen interior

Glass Kitchen located at 505 Hwy 7, unit 98 and 99 in Thornhill

I didn’t know about this new brunch spot called “Glass Kitchen” at the Commerce Gate plaza in Richmond Hill/Thornhill until my friends suggested it for our brunch location.  This restaurant is headed by an award-winning Canadian chef named Keith Pears and Continue reading

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Week 173 motherhood – more standing, daily EarlyONs, “ma ma”

large Connect Four for kids and adults

Playing with the large Connect Four

Week 173 motherhood with 3 year old and 1 year old: Continue reading

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Uni and Scallop Don at Hana Don Japanese Cuisine & Bar Markham

Hana Don Japanese Cuisine & Bar food

Hana Don Japanese Cuisine & Bar located at 9255 Woodbine Ave, Unit B14, Markham

After a massage, my mom and I had a kid-free lunch date at Hana Don, a restaurant that I had my eye on for the longest time.  We actually have had their food here before but in takeout form, so I feel like it doesn’t count.  To enjoy fresh raw fish and their dons, you just have to eat the real thing at the restaurant personally.  Continue reading

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Indian-Style Chinese Hakka and Thai Fusion Food at Royal Jade Restaurant

 Shrimp in Lobster Sauce

Royal Jade Restaurant located at 2100 Steeles Ave W, Concord

After a visit to our favourite liquidator store, we stopped by Royal Jade Restaurant for a late lunch.  The ratings online were high and I hadn’t had Hakka food in a while so we decided to check it out.  Upon walking into the restaurant at around 2 p.m., I was surprised to see it completely empty.  Continue reading

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