Naner Topper!!

After searching for years, I finally found a Banana Topper. This is the best kitchen gadget ever invented. Sometimes you only want half a banana... So what happens to the other half? It goes brown and mushy and you throw that sh$z out is what! Not anymore!! Banana topper clamps the end of the banana and ta-da! Saved for another snack! Perfect for smoothies....because we all know a banana will take over a smoothy if you let it.

Fish Fry!

Dad cooked up a freshly deep fried batch of haddock and french fries in honour of the London Olympic Games! So far we have enjoyed Shepard's Pie and Traditional Fish and Chips in honour of the Games!

Practice makes perfect!!

Here's dad with the kayak in the pool. Yup. He was practicing some safety moves like getting back in the kayake when it tips. This is a lot harder then you would think... it involves a lot of strength and balance. Plus lots of dumps in the water to make you appreciate it. Barrel rolls are for another day...

Resemblance?

Heritage Moment

Brought to you by the mama!

My rock climber

Jon and I climbing at Acadia National Park in Maine. Not for the faint of heart!! Several spots had iron rungs to hold on to. No place for sweaty palms!! I tried not to look down! Amazing views at an elevation of 550'.

Hiking Acadia National Park

Climbing was more like it. This was a treacherous climb that almost needed climbing ropes at some areas. If you've ever been, it was the Beehive trail.

Mmmm

Wine.

View from the Commons

Relaxing overlooking the harbour on our weekend getaway. Cruise ships are too large to come into the small harbour, so passengers are shuttled in smaller boats.

Poor Boy's

Here's Jon at our favourite restaurant in Bar Harbor, Maine. Jon had steak, I had a lobster pasta. Always delicious!

Fig-ures

Delicious pesto, fig and goat cheese pizza! Going to have to try this at home.

All packed!!

To spend the weekend at Longwood with Memere and Grampy!

See anyone you know?

Five Fathom Hole hike

Headed out to hike Five Fathom Hole today. Pretty challenging hike out Prince of Wales way. 5k took us a few hours. Beautiful scenery!

Nature!!

Betty, Veronica & Lulu

My friend's chickens. She gets fresh eggs daily from these ladies.

Healthy "Cheesecake"!

I made this cheesecake recipe for a brunch today. It's just greek yogurt formed into a cake shape topped with strawberries and boiled down pineapple juice. Was really yummy!

Jon's Famous

Picture says it all. Fresh organic basil tops off Jon's homemade sauce.

Speak Greek?

So we are on the Greek yogurt bandwagon. If you haven't heard of greek yogurt, be sure to check it out. It's basically strained yogurt. Find 0% and you've got the perfect food full of protein with no fat, carbs or sugar. It's thick and tastes like sour cream though, so ease into it. We use it instead of sour cream for nachos (and we trick friends and family too). Awesome as you can eat as much as you want, guilt free. Delicious with berries in the morning. Plus you'll look like a health-nut eating it.

BUT it's pricey. Expect to pay double for this "in" food. So in light of this, I decided to make my own by straining plain 0% yogurt through cheese cloth. I suggest leaving it overnight or longer. The result: okay. Not as thick as greek... And you lose a lot in the process. But you do save some $. Not sure if it's worth it as Jon and I eat it by the boatload.

How To: place cheesecloth over a bowl, hold with elastic. Scoop yogurt onto the cloth (let it sag into the bowl some). Cover with plastic wrap (secure with another elastic if you need to). Place in fridge until strained. 10-24 hrs.

Local berries

Strawberries are out so Jon took advantage and made the first shortcake of the year!