Mamma Mia!

My father decided to go back to his roots and make homemade pasta like his mom used to make on their farm in Sicily. 

The recipe we used is very simple, you only need two ingredients: eggs and flour. 

Since we were having some friends over for dinner we doubled the recipe and made 6 servings which is 8 eggs and 6 cups of flour with some water to help. We mixed the dough up and let it rest throughout the afternoon covered with a tea towel. 

While the dough was resting I met up with my old roommate for lunch at this cute cafe I had never heard of before. The Hot and Cold Cafe is situated on Cook St. It's a very quaint cafe that fits about 20 people, their menu is written up on their chalkboard wall. Their menu is pretty small and consists of soups, salads and sandwiches. They have gluten free and vegan options. 

Trisha and I split a vegetarian sandwich with an almond spread and a fresh green salad with maple dijon balsamic dressing. Both were amazing 

A few hours later we returned to the pasta.

We went for the spinach and ricotta filling which includes: 

500g of ricotta

A fresh spinach bunch (or you can use frozen)

1 egg

some parmesan

salt and pepper to taste

Boil them for about 4 minutes or until they are floating

Add some tomato sauce

and a little Parsley to finish it off

The final product! You can't beat the taste of fresh pasta, and putting the effort into making it yourself makes it that much better. 

Skinny Green Popcorn

On a lighter note, I found this recipe on one of my favourite blogs, TheLondoner. My friend and I decided to try these out for our movie. 

We made a few changes to her recipe: we added a drop of olive oil since we did not use parchment paper. We also added nutritional yeast to give it a bit of a cheesy taste to it. Since my friend does not have an oven, we made am aluminum foil contraption to hold the edamame beans in her toaster oven.

We wrapped ours up and brought them to the movie, but definitely had some samplers straight out of the  toaster oven. So simple to make, and so tasty.

Make a difference

Yesterday, my friends and I went to go see the documentary Revolution. I strongly recommend everyone to go see this movie. It's rated G so perfect to bring the whole family and open up your eyes. This documentary follows Rob Steward around the world on his quest to raise awareness on the dying ecosystem and the possible extinction of humans. Too often I find myself grabbing my car keys to go to  friends houses that are 5 minutes away, or buying non local organic produce because it's cheaper. Plugging into the TV, laptop or Iphone rather than enjoying the outdoors. Buying new clothes when my old ones are still perfectly fine to still wear. We're all guilty one way or another of these bad habits. After watching this documentary I am going to try to be more aware of my consumptions, walk whenever I can or carpool, and to cut back on my shower times.

photos from here

Little changes we can all do:
1. Cut back on red meats and dairy
2. Shop locally whether its produce or clothing
3. Walk whenever possible
4. Cut back on shower times
5. Be more aware of where we get our products from

Watch the trailer here: Revolution

You can check out your carbon footprint here

Together we can change the way the world views the future