Almsgiving

Well Catholics are in the season of Lent, working towards Easter. Our archbishop included a letter in the church bulletin last week urging us that while prayer and fasting is good, they are encouraging more almsgiving. According to wikipedia this means 'giving to others as an act of virtue, either materially or in the sense of providing capabilities (e.g. education) free.'

I ordered a book from Amazon way back at the end of January but it never arrived.  I contacted the seller through Amazon and they replied immediately saying they will credit my account, track the package and redeliver for free.  It would be great if this all works out.  It was a used book for about $7.  Have you had any similar experience?

Cashew butter

cheese, cashew butter on toast

cranberry cocktail

I thought I better start using up some cashew butter I have in my fridge. Here is a breakfast I had, cheddar cheese melted on toast, cashew butter melted on toast. The cashew butter gets quite hard in the fridge, but it microwaves well for about 25 seconds.  Have you ever had cashew butter?  It is a lot like peanut butter.

Every morning I also have a glass of cranberry cocktail to help ward off urine infections!

A new burger

We finally got around to trying McDonald's new spicy chicken jalapeno. That is my half of the burger pictured. It was good, the spicy part comes from the sauce.

Dinner and a Movie

barg kebab

Recently we went to see the movie 'The Green Book'. We had dinner before that at Bamiyan Kebab, a casual Afghani restaurant. My barg kebab (a tender steak) dish was very good. We took the leftover  bread and rice home. They use a sumac spice in this type of food, something different. The movie was very good, we enjoyed it.

The drink of choice

I noticed that Costco has this water bottle machine right beside their eatery now, the bottles are only 25c and it is a much better choice than soda. Water is the new drink of choice.

Hope you remembered to move your clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time if it applies where you live.

New Canada Food Guide

Have you seen the new Canada Food Guide? I thought I would share it here with you today.  This article explains more about the changes.  The food guide was last revised in 2007.  Food groups and recommended servings have been eliminated.  It is more about proportion than portion sizes.  So they recommend half your plate should consist of fruit and vegetables, a quarter of your plate should be proteins, with the other quarter consisting of whole grains.  Water is the drink of choice.  The emphasis is on home cooking.

This would require a huge adjustment in terms of milk and cheese, not to mention meat.  

Paint Party Friday - Happy 8th Birthday PPF!

It is Paint Party Friday's 8th birthday and we are celebrating. It has been 8 wonderful years where my art had grown so much and I have met so many talented artists. My piece is a greeting card done on textured pink cardstock in permanent markers. It is one I had previously posted in another art coop and seemed perfect for today.