I might be jinxing myself right now, but it looks like spring is finally here... though for a while there I was starting to wonder if we were in for a years-long Westeros style winter.
Anyone who's spent a couple of years in Toronto will tell you that our springs are notoriously fickle, but this might be the first April in my 30-odd years here that within a two-week span we went from this......
I've made (and broken) my fair share of New Year's Resolutions in my life, but this year I'm trying something a little different. Instead of making a really specific resolution like taking up kale smoothies or losing those pesky 10 lbs around my midsection, I've resolved to simply take better care of myself.
By that, I mean I need to stop spending so many evenings on the couch, procrastinating on the more productive things I ought to be doing. It's far too easy for an entire evening to slip by watching bad TV, which happens to be my personal vice....
Holy crap. I actually made it this far in Project Food Blog. Can you believe it? I can't... when I found out on Friday that I was one of the 100 bloggers advancing to Challenge #4, I literally squealed out loud right in the middle of the office, startling several of my coworkers.
So, to all of you who have cheered me on, voted for me, provided moral support (and most importantly, for The Boy, who puts up with my artistic fits of temper when I'm worried I've screwed up a challenge)... thank you. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU.
Now, on to Challenge 4. What kind of culinary madness did Foodbuzz ask us to attempt for this challenge? A step-by-step photo tutorial, that's what....
