Candied Ginger Molasses Cookies + My Halloween Look

Happy Halloween!

I do have an actual recipe to share with you today but first, I want to talk Halloween. I love Halloween because of the candy, the costumes and the makeup. Growing up, we had no parts of Halloween. My family was very Christian and to this day, my mother abhors anything to do with Halloween and calls it the devil's holiday. But like I said, I love it. 

I love to dress up, I love to eat copious amounts of candy corn and I love have scary makeup on. So let's talk costumes/makeup. Last year, I was Nicki Minaj. It was epic.

Local Eats @ Grand Cafe

Yes, that's me stuffing my face. It's not an unusual sight at all. I love to eat and eat all day long with no apologies. Today, I met up with my friend Nadia for lunch at this new spot called Grand Cafe. It's at the old Greg's Steakhouse. The menu looked decent and the prices were even better. As we all know, food is very expensive in Bermuda so when you can find good food for cheap, I'm there!

Vegetable Frittata

I am a big breakfast person especially on the weekends. Everyday, I have the same thing, my homemade granola with vanilla greek yogurt. It's not by any means glamourous but it tastes good and fills my belly :).

On the weekends, I have great breakfast. It's usually pancakes and bacon or codfish and potatoes. This past weekend, I had pancakes and bacon on Saturday and couldn't figure out what to have for Sunday. I wanted codfish and potatoes but had forgot to buy the fish the day before. For those of you who don't know, codfish needs to be soaked overnight to get rid of the excess salt. So, with no codfish, I decided I would make a frittata.

Local Eats @ Blu Bar and Grill

Yes, this is a plate of sushi.  A plate filled with delicious looking sushi. And in case you can't tell, there is a half lobster on this plate filled with sushi. It's lobster season here in Bermuda and lobster is definitely popping up on the sushi menus. We didn't eat this. I just took a picture because it was so pretty.

So, I went to Blu last Friday with the boy, my gf Kelly and her hubby Donte. We went to the Masterworks Gallery first for the Charman Prize, an art show with the top prize of $10,000. Kelly is an artist and paints these amazing florals on canvass. She won honourable mention for her category. We feel 100 percent that she was robbed! Regardless of the non win, we had a great night.

Pumpkin Blondies with Salted Caramel

These blondies are serious. But let's have a quick chat before we get into to them. So this past weekend I did a lot of cooking and baking and eating this weekend so I have plenty to share with you this week. I made these blondies, ginger cookies, a butternut squash soup, vegetable enchiladas and I had a fabulous dinner at Blu Bar and Grill which I will write about later this week. All in all it was a fabulous weekend and I am all set to have a fabulous week of food blogging :)

Apple Pie Cake

I love apple pie, apple turnovers, apple tarts, apple crumbles, apple everything. When I was younger, my nana made pies all the time. Apple, pumpkin and lemon meringue. The only one I would eat was apple. When I started baking, I was a little scared of pies but have made a few apple pies in my day. My favourite it apple crumb pie.

Local Eats (again) + Partner Re 5k

I ran a 5k on Sunday with my girls Jamila and Alia. It was the 15th annual Partner Re 5k women-only race and proceeds go to a different charity every year. This year, the chosen charity was the Women's Resource Centre and they certainly deserve it for all the work they do to help and protect women.

Local Eats @ Ten Cafe and Bar

The other night, I met up with Kelly at Cafe Ten for an after work drink. We do this this pretty regularly. The reason we choose Ten is because the chef, Mike will make us all kinds of crazy things that aren't on the menu. And Mika the manager will whip up crazy concoctions for us to drink. It's pretty fun.

So I'm just going to do a rundown of what we ate.

Chipotle Black Bean Soup + My Weekend

This past weekend, I did a ton of relaxing.
It was really great. I also did a lot of eating per usual.
On Saturday night, the boy and I went to Culture Fest in Dockyard.
The weather was a bit muggy but the entertainment was pretty good.
But being the person that I am, I immediately gravitate towards the food section.
I want to know what people are selling, who has the best deal and more importantly, who has the best food.

Perfect Pancakes + Sunday Lunch

Ah, pancakes. 

Pancakes are my absolute favourite thing to eat for breakfast. 

Anytime I go out for breakfast, I order them and I make them every weekend at home. 

Usually, I make them on Saturday because Sunday is dedicated to codfish and potatoes of course. 

I can eat about two regular sized pancakes covered in cheddar cheese and syrup, the perfect blend of sweet and savoury. 

I made pancakes for breakfast on Saturday and they were wonderful. 

This recipe is pretty simple and can easily be doubled. 

These pancakes are quite light and aren't terribly puffy, something I'm not a fan of when eating pancakes. 

You add in whatever you like ie chocolate chips blueberries, banana, nuts, etc. 

You can also use whole wheat flour and skim milk if you are being health conscious, something I need to be :)