Star Wars Day

Happy Star Wars day to everyone!

May the 4th be with you.

 I hope you are all looking forward to tomorrow as well. For the Revenge of the 5th!

Har har har, I shall end my nerdiness there. Sorry about the lack of posts lately, I will get on them as soon as I find some time (hopefully this weekend)! =D

Potluck

My apologies, I know I haven't posted in a while. My life picked up like a whirlwind and kind of overtook, well, for lack of better word, my life.

To pick up where I left off last, I had a potluck at my place at the end of March.

I invited a lot of people, but even with a handful of polite declines, I still had more people coming than usual. I didn't even have enough chairs for everyone!

Everyone had arrived by around 630 and there was a lot of (delicious!) food at the table! =D

Not enough chairs to go around, whoops! =(

It was also Denise's birthday the weekend before, so I made her a banana cake with cream cheese icing in celebration.

Mmm delicious cake... *droooooools*

I didn't get a good photo of all the food, as I slowly became busier as more people trickled in.

We enjoyed a LOT of yummy foods made by everyone, had birthday cake, played catch phrase and things in a box.

There was a lot of food going around afterward still. Drunken gummy bears, homemade Bailey's, caramel fondue and so much more. There was a lot leftover, but thank goodness people took things home (like all the chicken wings left!)

All this writing is making me hungry... time to grab my bedtime snack! =D

Alberta Elections 2012

Thank goodness!

Although I am not largely a proponent of the PC Party, I have to say, anything is better than a WR win.

I'd say a 62 to 17 seat defeat is quite the feat indeed.

 

I also screen-capped my parents' riding of Edmonton-Mill Woods. PC as usual, but I think more people were pulling for a Liberal win this time around. My mom also knows her. But I don't think that's any reason to vote for someone..

Avocados!

I've been having a big hankering for avocados lately, so I went to the store and picked up a bunch a few weeks ago. After that, I realized that although I love avocados, I don't actually know how to use them in a large variety of ways.

So I tried a couple things out.

Turns out, avocado is more versatile than I realized. It's great in so many things!


Firstly, I tried it in a simple salad. I had lettuce that had been sitting in the fridge for longer than it should, I clearly needed to use it. Rummaging around my fridge, I found a container of feta that wasn't open yet (yum!). And there always seems to be cucumber and tomato lying around somewhere.

Cut it all up and throw it together, into what turned out to be a delicious (and heart healthy) salad!


Next up was grilled cheese, with a twist. I added sliced of avocado and tomato to the mix and grilled it up on the stove. The avocado got all warm and gooey, and the cheese melted into the tomato. Mmmmm heavenly...

I actually picked up a fresh bunch again just yesterday as well. Good thing I'm expanding my avocado repertoire! =)

Salmon and potatoes

I love salmon. And I love potatoes.

Yum yum.

I was craving some crosstrax a few weeks ago (and still are, coincidentally), but didn't want to head to the Keg on campus to get my fill of such greasiness.

Instead, I decided to make wedge potato fries for myself in the oven with my trusty herb: rosemary.

I also had some portioned filets of salmon in the fridge, so I went ahead and made them with lemon wedges and some cracked pepper.

To round off the meal, I added some nice fresh green beans from the store for a deliciously colourful meal! =D