Last Week's Eats

This weekend it finally started to warm up, which I'm pretty happy about.  Winter was getting discouraging.  In the past week when it was still cold, we made a couple warm, comforting meals, like sausage and kale soup:

And beef stew:

We also had breakfast for dinner:

And spiced lamb patties with couscous, and a yogurt sauce:

Most mornings I had toast and fruit for breakfast:

And I made a chocolate pavlova for dessert for the week:

On Friday night it was beautiful, and I was happy to put on a dress and heels and go out for the evening.  We met up with some pals at a tasting event, and had a wonderful evening.

It was so great to head out without having to bundle up.

This weekend we made a few new recipes - more on that in the next post.

How was your weekend?  What did you do?

A Week of Eats

We were supposed to land in Regina around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday 23rd, after coming home from Havana.  We had to do a quick detour to Saskatoon, as the visibility was too bad in Regina to land, but were back in the air again after only an hour in Saskatoon.  We landed at 8:30 p.m., and decided to head straight to the grocery store, without even stopping at home to drop off our luggage.  I had made a meal plan and grocery list on the flight, so we were good to go!

The next morning, after a great sleep, I made a veggie frittata, toast, and smoothies for breakfast:

That evening we cooked dak galbi and a batch of pork noodles.  I made a berry crisp for dessert. 

There was enough food for dinner Sunday and Monday, as well as work lunches for a couple of days.

On Tuesday evening we had trout with a kohlrabi slaw, served over a yogurt sauce:

Dinner on Wednesday was a rosé meat sauce over some interestingly shaped noodles that we found in PC's Black Label section.  We wanted a quick sauce, so we just cooked up ground beef in olive oil until done, then added two jars of rosé sauce, and a few splashes of milk to thin it out.  It was delicious!

Before Spanish class on Thursday we made a vegetarian stir fry.

On Friday we had Greek chicken, rice, and a roasted beet/ mushroom mixture.

For a third weekend in a row of traveling and staying in hotels, we spent this past weekend in Saskatoon to see my mom.

I had some satay beef soup for lunch on Saturday:

And Afghani food for dinner:

 

Breakfast on Sunday:

And donair for lunch:

We are very ready for a weekend at home, and other than tomorrow night, we don't plan to leave the house again until Monday morning.

How was your week?  What are your plans for the weekend?  

What have you been cooking lately?

Hooray! For Havana

The highlight of our trip happened after dinner at El Cocinero, when we descended the spiral staircase, and went into the other part of the gorgeous building, which used to be a peanut oil factory.

We entered Fabrica de Arte, the absolute coolest music/art space we've ever been in.

If we knew people heading to Havana, this would be the one place we'd say is a must.  We had never seen anything like it.  It's part art gallery, part live music venue, part night club, part eatery, etc.

It's a large space, separated by different levels and rooms.

You pay $2 to get in, and it's open until the wee hours of the morning.  You can walk into each of the different spaces, and experience something unique in each one, and then by the time you make your rounds, and are back in the the room you started in, something new is happening in there, and it continues all night.  We saw a few different bands playing, a bunch of people doing a hip hop dance in unison (one person started it, and the rest of the crowd picked up on the moves quickly and joined in), a room full of people young and old all dancing to electronic music while the weirdest, but most awesome music videos played on a big screen ...

There was incredible art work everywhere, places to buy food and drink, an outdoor area with music pumping, and people mingling under the lights.

If we ever make it back to Havana, we'll spend more than one evening at Fabrica de Arte.

It's definitely the place to see and be seen.

The crowd ranges from young adult to seniors, and everyone is tearing up the dance floors, admiring the art, and grooving to the music just the same.

We did a lot of walking when we were in Havana.  Like, a lot.

Just roasting a pig in the front yard ...

We also took a bunch of colectivo taxis (where you basically stick your finger out to hail an older car, and then they pull over and you get in, and then get out and pay near your destination; however the car will pick up other people along the way).  The old cars really are everywhere.  None of them have seat belts.

One day we went for a guided tour in an old convertible.

Canadian Embassy

We spent a day at the beach ...

And overall had an interesting, and educational trip to Havana.

It wasn't easy to come home to the longest cold stretch the province has had in about 80 years ... but it was nice to sleep in our own bed, and have a hot shower once we were home.

How was your weekend?  What did you do?  Is it warming up where you are, or is it freezing like it is here?