Strawberry Banana Smoothie

From the Zoku blog, I followed the Strawberry Banana Smoothie recipe today and made these healthy pops for yet another hot summer day. I modified the recipe by adding too much milk in the strawberry yogurt by accident.  As a result, the color of the strawberry portion was too pale and did not have the contrast that I looked for.  In addition, I added 2 tsp of honey instead of 3 tsp as in the original recipe and the taste turned out to be not too sweet which I liked. Strawberry...

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Strawberry Lime Pops

My new toy, Zoku Quick Pop Maker, had arrived!  I purchased it from the Indigo online store when they were 50% off and free shipping to an Indigo/Chapter store of your choice, not a bad deal. For the first time, I followed exactly the recipe from the Zoku Blog -- Strawberry Lime Pops.  It was very simple to make and the pops popped right out of the maker at exactly the time suggested.  This recipe requires 0.5 tablespoon of sugar per pop plus the sugar in the limeade so we allowed...

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Sunday Breakfast - French Toast

Starting off our Sunday morning slowly with French toasts, fresh strewberries, and coffee! I love Sundays! ^...

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Victoria's Restaurant - The King Edward Hotel

Afternoon tea at Victoria's Restaurant - The King Edward Hotel on Friday after the light lunch at Taro's Fish. I really looked forward to an afternoon tea occasion because I wanted it since Baby J was born but never got a chance to go. I have never tried afternoon tea at Victoria's Restaurant before, however, we soon found that it was a bad choice. The quality of the food was such a disappointment and it was definitely not worth the price we paid. :( The scones in the bottom tier was the...

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