I love you guys!

I had been expecting a package from back home before I left for Italy but I never expected this:Walking home from the post office I could not stop smiling! As I passed people and they saw my beautifully decorated package they smiled too. I didn't open the package right when I got home, instead I just stared at it.

And then I opened it. There is only one thing better than actually being with your family and that is receiving a package from them. Seeing their writing and touching the things that they just touched days ago.

Thank you! I love you all!

P.S. Didn't someone's Grandmother once say "If you make faces like that one day your face will just stay that way"? I better be careful.

Pitas!!

Yesterday we decided we would have Tuna Melts for supper. But, wait, what were we going to eat them on? We didn't have any bread (I was supposed to make some earlier!!), we didn't have bagels, we didn't have anything suitable to be a tuna melt base. So, we made pitas.
I had seen something about homemade pitas on a different blog and thought they'd be fun and exciting to make. They were!

Here I am patting out my little pita balls.

And rolling.

Watching the pitas puff. I was excited.

Wow, I pull of a really good 'crazy' face....and this was actually one of the 'good' ones.

These are the finished pitas. They turned out pretty good for the first attempt. There is still some tweaking that needs to happen, but was was pretty happy, and the tuna melts were delicious!

Oh, and one last picture. One pita didn't work out so well, so I made a mask out of it. I'm planning on taking it with me to Italy and going to a masked ball in Venice.

Happy Birthday Mama!

Today is my darling mother's 48th birthday.
I'm going to get an earful when she realizes I did a whole post on her! Heehee!
It took me a while to dig up pictures of my mom...she has mastered avoiding the camera...but I managed to find a few.


Here's my Mama. Isn't she gorgeous?

She came from two of my favorite people!

I admire her strength.


While she loves many things in her life, wine would probably make the top 20 list!

She has a beautiful smile and sparkly eyes.

She knows how to surround herself with good friends.
And at 48 she still knows how to play.



I love you Mama! Have a wonderful birthday day. I am SO glad you were born!

TRACY'S BACK!

My lovely roommate Tracy came back from her spring break yesterday and I'm SO glad! It was fun being the only one on the Island for the week but it's definitely nice to have someone to talk to that I can actually see. And I just like her, so...yeah. Anyway back to the food, right? Tonight we decided to have a tart/pie night. We had caramelized onion and goat's cheese tarts with Caesar salad for supper and papple pie (that would be peach and apple) for dessert. It was delicious! And cute! We drizzled our papple (doesn't that word just make you giggle? It makes me...everytime.) pie with what's becoming a staple in this apartment, our brandy caramel sauce. Tracy made it this time and used some left over peach juice so it was technically peach brandy sauce. What ever it was it damn good! I took a swig of brandy too...

Just kidding, I didn't.

"But there's a picture of you doing it, Revanna."

Fine, okay I did it. I was trying to make my Grandpa Forbes proud. Uh, Gramps? Are you watching?

And once again, back to the food...

We made the papple (heehee) pies in Tracy's mini 'pots', cute!

Then we drenched them in our brandy sauce.

We also made mini peach pies with the leftover pastry. They were cute enough to kiss!

So I did.

I've used the word 'cute' far too many times in this post, I've got to end it.

P.S. Today I was debating what the opposite of cute is...any opinions?

Jeez, I just can't do it!!

A Sunday Drive

I love driving. I love Sundays. So, today I decided to combine the two. I went for a Sunday drive! Kim, the guy that I work for, and I went for a drive to Charlottetown's North Shore. It was gorgeous.

Kim told me all these stories about different things about the Island. Like how PEI was part of North Africa before the big drift, hence the red dirt! So it's like I'm on a piece of Africa...well, not really, but I'm gonna pretend!

It was fun!

We also saw some people skating in the bay:

It would have been fine if there wasn't open water just a little bit away!!!!

They made me SO nervous. I was afraid that one was just going to disappear into the water while we were watching!
They didn't.

We visited a few harbours where Kim bought mackerel and eel. We also visited a little fishing village where the boats were getting ready to go lobster fishing.

I even say a trailer made it to a home. Cute, ain't it?

The water was the most beautiful color of blue. This picture doesn't really portray the color of the water very well, oh well, you can just stare at me and my bright jacket!

It was the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon. I loved seeing the ocean. Oh yeah, I should tell you, I don't really see the ocean every day...I see a bay with salt water that is currently frozen everyday. Not as exciting. It made me happy to see the real ocean!

I hope everyone is having a great Sunday!

Look what I found!!!

Finally! I am so happy!

Meet my new friend...

Everyone, this is Halloumi. Halloumi this is everyone!
Halloumi is a semi soft cheese made from sheep's and goats milk. It has a similar texture to mozzarella but is squeakier, so fun to eat. Now, the amazing thing about halloumi is that when it is heated it DOESN'T MELT! It's like magic! Tracy and I got a bit from Superstore last weekend and experimented with a couple of slices. We ate some without frying it and were really impressed. So we decided to bring out the old mini frying pan and fried some up.

All you have to do is place some slices in a cold pan, place it on medium heat.

When it turns golden brown, flip it!

Once the other side is sufficiently browned take them out and prepare to be amazed!

Now go out and buy some Halloumi, I promise you won't be disappointed!