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Chef’s Plate: Salvadorian Cheese Stuffed Pupusas

Posted on February 20, 2016 by stenoodie

Salvadorian Cheese Stuffed Pupusas with Homemade Refried Beans and Radish Salad

I absolutely love cooking with Chef’s Plate because it is so easy and fun to make the dishes! For this next plate that I received from Chef’s Plate, I chose Salvadorian Cheese Stuffed Pupusas with homemade refried beans and radish salad. I was so excited to try this because I’ve had pupusas before (recently for the first time) and was highly intrigued to find out how I could make these myself at home to eat! Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Seasons

Posted on February 19, 2016 by stenoodie

Cozumel, Mexico. February 2016

Currently, the season in Toronto is winter, but last week, we experienced some summer weather when we were vacationing on a cruise ship. This photo was taken when we were docked at Cozumel, Mexico.
The sea was fairly calm and there wasn’t much happening. After a few seconds, there was a motorboat that came by and made the waves ripple. Currently, this is what’s happening in my season of life. There’s a wide expanse of opportunity and lots to see beyond the ocean, but right now I’m calm and not much action is being taken. Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Life Imitates Art

Posted on February 12, 2016 by stenoodie

Purina PawsWay, Toronto. July 2011

This photo is cute if I do say so myself. 😛 This is one of the common things that we do as tourists when we see a sculpture and pose next to it by imitating what it is doing.
You do this when you see something new that you don’t usually see… like when you’re travelling! Bonus points goes to those who can really copy the sculpture to make it an even better looking picture. Continue reading →

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Porchetta & Co.

Posted on February 8, 2016 by stenoodie

Porchetta & Co. located at 545 King West in Toronto

After our somewhat dissatisfying first “dinner” at Beast Restaurant, we skirted around various restaurants on a Friday night to see what else we could try. We ultimately ended up at Porchetta & Co. which was one of the restaurants not entirely packed on a Friday night in the King and Bathurst area in Toronto. Continue reading →

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Ginger & Onion Cuisine

Posted on February 7, 2016 by stenoodie

Ginger & Onion Cuisine located at 7131 Kennedy Road in Markham

Ginger & Onion Cuisine is a Chinese restaurant that has been around for many, many years. It’s one of the first Chinese restaurants in the Markham area to open for traditional dim sum and Chinese fare. I remember when they used to exist as another name and my family and I used to go there every weekend for dim sum. Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Time

Posted on February 5, 2016 by stenoodie

Rock Point Provincial Park & Lake Erie, Ontario. July 2012

This is literally a picture of a wristwatch. I couldn’t find anything else in my past albums of a clock or clock tower thus far to represent time and this ended up being one that resonated with me. This photo was taken back in July of 2012. That’s four years ago! This was during the last activity of the summer camping trip that we had; an scavenger hunt during the Mon Sheong Camp Trip organized by the Mon Sheong Youth Group. Continue reading →

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Loaded Pierogi

Posted on February 4, 2016 by stenoodie

Loaded Pierogi located at 9-1/2 Church St in Toronto

I’ve been trying to choose more restaurants from Groupon‘s selection, so when Loaded Pierogi popped up as one of the restaurants that had a deal and I had never tried Loaded Pierogi before, I was ecstatic to get a chance to try this place out. Continue reading →

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Trip to Alberta ~ December 2015

Posted on February 2, 2016 by stenoodie

Back in Alberta for some business building and pleasure!

Hello! Thanks for stopping by my blog. 🙂 On today’s post, I will be recounting the adventures I went on during December 2015 when I went to Edmonton, Alberta! 😀

Right after Christmas dinner (also my uncle’s birthday dinner), I ensured that all my goodies were packed and my blog posts were completed to be scheduled while I was away Continue reading →

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KAM 2016 at Smash Kitchen & Bar

Posted on February 1, 2016 by stenoodie

Smash Kitchen & Bar located at 4261 Highway 7 in Markham

I was originally going to tack this review on to my original Smash Kitchen & Bar review, but then I remembered this was really part of an annual event that we have, so it deserves its own post.

Marilyn, Alice, and I meet up every year around Christmas time to catch up on the year’s goings bys and events. Continue reading →

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Spanish-Style Steak with Smashed Potatoes from Chef’s Plate

Posted on January 31, 2016 by stenoodie

Spanish-Style Steak with Smashed Potatoes

Woohoo! I got to try another dish from Chef’s Plate! Remember when I first blogged about them in August 2015 about the two meals that I received? That was my first experience with DIY food delivery meals and since then, I have also tried the service from Fresh City Farms! Because of the ingenious referral program from Chef’s Plate where you send a code #freeplatesfromstenoodie to your friends and they get four free meals to try out Chef’s Plate, Continue reading →