Good Eats

Last night I met M. downtown for some Ethiopian food. I've been wanting to try this place, Ethiopian House, for a long time because it gets really good reviews and it's something different to do. Even Woody Harrelson eats there! There is a hilarious candid photo of him with his mouth full on their website.

It's not hard to find this place with all its Christmas lights!

We asked the server what we should order and ended up with a vegetarian platter, a beef dish, and some chicken. It was way too much! We were only finished half of it and were already so full! Next time we will definitely only order the vegetarian platter because it was much more tasty than the meat.

Oh my gosh, you tasted so good.

To eat Ethiopian food you use the bread-like stuff, called injera, to pick up the food and soak up the sauce. Injera feels so weird... it's sorta like a crepe but really spongy. You can see it up close in the picture below - the food is sitting on one big piece of it. There are no forks or silverwear at this place!

Here's M. picking up some of the vegetarian dish.

I really enjoyed the dinner, it was delicious and very inexpensive. If you have an Ethiopian restaurant where you live, you should try it! Or if you come to visit Toronto, we'll take you there!

Ooh, and that's one more thing off my 36 in 365 list! Yay!

Stop Stealing My Money!

I have been victimized!

My identity has been stolen! Again! This has happened to me twice now in the last three months! The first time someone withdrew a lot of money using my debit card and this time, they used my credit card to purchase online gambling, 8 times! M's debit card info was also stolen in Europe when we were there a year and a half ago. Are we easy targets or something??

I don't quite understand how this is happening! I hardly use my debit card and when I do I always cover my pin up. My cards have never been stolen, but somehow people are obtaining my numbers from somewhere. I don't partake in any "risky" behaviour with buying things online and I only use secure sights.

These people are smart, because I don't think I'm doing anything wrong or out of the ordinary yet they are getting all my information! EEK!

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My Movie Marathon

A few weeks ago, in this post, I was mentioning how after reading The Film Club by David Gilmour I have a long list of movies that I want to watch. I requested a bunch of titles from the library and so far four of them have come it! Love the library!

Here's my lineup: The Late Show, A Hard Day's Night, Mean Streets, Quiz Show

Last night I decided to give A Hard Day's Night a whirl. Well... that movie is just plain weird! I didn't really understand the whole grandfather on the train storyline, but the parts with music were good! M is not a fan of The Beatles, but I was still shocked to find out he didn't know most of the songs that were being played. I truly thought everyone knew The Beatles. He says he grew up listening to Deep Purple and Tears for Fears, so I guess we're just different in that way.

Long ago, I remember my mom telling me how she went to see this movie when she was a young girl and everyone was screaming at the screen. I had to call her up tonight to get some more details. We had a funny conversation, because I just don't get how people went so crazy - I think it's hilarious and wish I was alive to have seen it!! She says her fave was George because he was the handsome, shy type. But Paul was okay too. Ah, my mom's so cute.

Hey mom, look, they captured you on film!
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Oh Noes!

My after school snack started out well.

Then disaster struck!

Oh dear me.

Goodbye blender.

She has been leaking for the past year. Today she jiggled herself free. That's what you get for buying the cheapest one I guess! Not good, not good at all. Anybody have a blender model to recommend?

Yum Squared

Breakfast Cookie is my new favourite food! I had it for breakfast this morning and it was SO good - I'd compare it somewhere between a brownie and ice cream. I'm not even kidding, it was that good. When I woke up I had a little bite before going to the gym and it was still soft, so I put it in the freezer to harden. Good call. I'm tempted to call it either Breakfast Pudding or Breakfast Mush though, because it does not resemble a cookie in any way.

I used up all of the peanut butter last night, but in order to make a cookie for tomorrow, I needed some sort of nut butter. I decided to make almond butter in my food processor. It's very easy, just put the almonds in and blend the daylights out of them (between 5-10 minutes). You don't need to add anything, they just slowly turn creamy! Mind you, it turned out much more crumbly than store bought but there's no thick layer of oil that you usually find in natural nut butters.

Presto! From this to this in minutes!

Cookin' Up A Storm!

Today I've been doing a lot of cooking, because well, I have the time and it's much easier than making things throughout the busy week. It's so nice being able to pop my breakfast into the microwave and pack my lunch in seconds, especially since I like to workout in the morning and am always so rushed.

This morning I made Custard Oatmeal for breakfast. Yum, so creamy and delicious. I even got M. to try some! He said it was "fine" so to me that means pretty darn good! I got the recipe from this blog and modified it just a bit. I ended up using 2/3 cup oatmeal, 1 cup skim milk, 1/2 cup egg whites, and 1 apple. It made three servings - each at about 140 calories (22g carb, 10g protein, 1g fat). It was a bit time consuming, but worth it!

You know you need to do dishes when you're eating breakfast out of a mug!

Next I made Gypsy Soup from this Cooking Books blog. I pretty much followed her recipe except added 5oz of chicken for more protein. I've never thought of putting sweet potatoes in soup before! Yum. I only had a small taste, so I can't wait to take some in my lunch this week. This made 5 servings, each at about 225 calories (38g carbs, 12g protein, 2.5g fat). Next time I'll definitely add more chicken to up the protein even more.


Lastly, I made myself a Breakfast cookie! I read a lot of healthy eating websites and have noticed a lot of people are making these. I followed The Fitnessista's recipe but used a whole scoop of protein powder and added half of a banana. You need to make these in advance so they can harden overnight. I'm not sure about this because I always heard that you should consume protein powder quickly after mixing it and I'm not a fan of the taste. But, I did lick the spoon I was stirring with and I think the peanut butter and bananas will overpower the protein powder taste! I'm excited to try it tomorrow morning! This makes 1 serving at about 350 calories (35g carbs, 30g protein, 10g fat).

I don't look good but I taste good (hopefully)!

Michy and The Bear

Last week Michy and The Bear came over for dinner! Good times! They are seriously the cutest couple ever. When you think of a couple that is PERFECT for each other, this is Michy and Bear!

Last August they got married and it was the first Jewish wedding I've ever been to! Quite possibly also the last Jewish wedding I'll be invited to, but who knows what the future holds. It's quite sad actually because I LOVE THE HORA!

I was kind of nervous about this whole Hora thing, but then I practiced before the wedding with some of the other bridesmaids and got the hang of it! It was intense! All I can say is wear good shoes, because at one point someone stepped on my foot, my sandal fell off, and was afraid I'd be trampled! Ah, so much fun!

Beautiful Michy

I had to put this last picture in because as I was perusing Facebook for some pics (I hope it's ok that I stole some, Michy) I noticed this one. If you look near the bottom left corner, look at my face! That sums it up perfectly!