beautifil bc - demilles market salmon arm

 

book club 58 - portrait of a theif by grace d li (audiobook)

 2025-58

 

cookbook clean up 65 - Lucky Peach

 This is the Lucky Peach cookbook.

101 recipes all in the easy range for all sorts of menus and tastes.  

I braved Costco on a Saturday afternoon to buy a rotisserie chicken to make the rotisserie chicken ramen. 

 We made a delicious pad see ew as well.  I have a bunch more recipes I hope to try, especially in the pickle, sauce and noodle categories.

 Back on the bookshelf - 22 Donated - 43

book club 57 - whalefall by daniel kraus

 2025-57

 

beautiful bc - our vacation this summer part 3

 next, we got on the ferry and went over to vancouver island.

we walked and swam and got sunburned

and we ate

we had a kitchenette in our room so we didn't eat out for all meals, but we had some very good ones. 

 

this soup in particular was outstanding.

we were all sad and not sad to come home, back to our beds and rooms and a little more space between us all.  laundry, and a bigger kitchen too.  but we all missed and still do miss the water and the trees.  BC truly is magnificent.

 

book club 56 - the reason you walk by wab kinew

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beautful bc - our vacation this year part 2

 we swam before and after breakfast to work off all the breakfast burrito and benny's calories

 we sat in the car for much too long in terrible traffic to get to stanley park

 we walked and visited the aquarium and then went back to the pool for a swim.

there was dinner, which included salmon, cheese pizza and a really really good caesar salad.

and then out for ice cream

 

book club 55 - dungeon crawler carl by matt dinniman

 2025-55

 

dinner - deviled sausages and fresh local corn

 

the garden continues to provide

 

blueberry muffins and blueberry crisp

 

 blueberry muffins

beautiful bc - our vacation this year part 1

 our vacation started in langley/vancouver, because The Boy was off to see his first concert - The Weeknd.

 

we left him and his bestie in the merch line, and went to find some shade.  it was WARM.

 we saw them a few more times that afternoon, for food, money, water and access to the hotel to charge their phones, and then they were off.  we got this photo from them later - 

 meanwhile the 3 of us left to eat and walk and shop.  we had curry pork katsu and sushi for lunch.

The Girl and I lived out our tick-tok dream when we found a place to buy the ice in a cup and drink in a bag combo.

later i had an EXCELLENT iced lemon green tea that i'm still trying to replicate at home.  for dinner we had shawarma.  

 The Boy had the biggest smile on his face when he came back to the hotel after the concert.  He said it was the best day of his life. :)

 

book club 54 - treasure hunters club by

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book club 53 - atmosphere by taylor jenkins reid

 2025-53

 

chickpea wraps

 drain and rinse a can of chickpeas, then add to a pan with some oil, over medium heat.  sprinkle in some paproka, cumin, oregano, salt, pepper.... whatever tastes good.  fry gently, careful not to burn, until hot and fragrant.  add to a wrap with tatziki, cucumber, tomato and feta.

 the next morning for breakfast, take some of the leftovers and mash with a bit of mayo and lemon juice, then spread on a fresh toasted everything bagel.

 

elote at the farmers market

 we tried the elote at the market and it was so SO good.  i bought a small cup because i thought it would only be me and the mister sharing, but the girl tried it and loved it and we had to fight her to get any more for ourselves.

 we bought some fresh corn from the market last weekend and made it ourselves - corn, sour cream, feta and tajin.  so good.

chicken boxty

 sometimes there comes a time when you just have to say - i don't care what the kids want to eat, or will eat, or don't like to eat.  i am going to make what I want to eat!

and then you do and everyone likes it.

that happened recently when we had some leftover rotisserie chicken in the fridge and my brain said - make boxty! 

and so i did.

i used this recipe for the pancakes, and then just sort of made my own filling because i didn't have bacon or mushrooms, but used peas and onion instead.

 

 

a couple of days later there were still 2 pancakes in the fridge, so the mister and i turned them into breakfast boxty's with egg

 

book club 52 - dreadfulwater by thomas king

 2025-52

 

grocery shop - costco aug 1

 

muffins, seaweed, lettuce, rotisserie chicken, salmon poke, cheese buns, chips, pickle crackers, chicken and waffles, spinach, eggs, more chips, pirogis, lunch bag, ribs, cucumbers, oranges, pasta salad, greek salad, dole whip, feta, potatos, pizza shells, pants, socks, bread, t-shirt, strawberries, ginger ale, frying pan, yogurt, breakfast burritos, undies, slicer, juice, shirt, pico x 2

$577.49 

book club 51 - the guncle by steven rowley

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