It's been a busy week! I have today off from work so I have decided that I am going to make a veg version of French Onion Soup. Now, I have to warn you that I am not a huge fan of onions. I use them while cooking a dish but I would never put them on a salad or in a sandwich and I would never, ever, eat a dish completely devoted to the onion. So why on earth would I make French Onion Soup? Well the glorious "thaw" (temperatures at -2 instead of -21 degrees) is over as of this morning. My hands were like blocks (well cubes because that sounds more ladylike) of ice after taking the dog out and while that could be blamed on a lack of mittens and my desire to take my coffee outside it is still cold! So when I was thinking about dinner I want something comforting, cozy, and relatively light. I came across a French Onion Soup recipe and the picture looked so delicious I decided to make a vegetarian version of it.

I will let you know how it goes in a few hours! After all, it is only ten in the morning on a Saturday and we have yet to eat breakfast!

If I Could Eat This Everyday

See? I made it back here again safe and sound...the blog has not been abandoned! This morning I dragged the boy to breakfast. Wait, you may be thinking "Why on earth does she have to drag a boy to breakfast? Do they not usually gravitate towards these things?" but sadly, yes, I had to force him to breakfast.

It may have been the fact that I woke up at 8 o'clock on my day off and on a day when his classes don't start until noon but I was full of energy and ready to go! It could have also been the fact that I took him out of his element. Normally, we go to Sunset Grill a short walk away. Don't get me wrong, it's a great little greasy diner that has become a landmark in Toronto. However, since going vegetarian there is little there that I can  eat....and pancakes from a boxed batter is not what I like to go out for breakfast for. Portions are big and the price small but it lacks quality.

So, this morning I brought him to one of my favourite places, Lady Marmalade. It features organic free-range eggs, huge portions, and inventive dishes with a Mexican influence. They are more than happy to sub in scrambled tofu for eggs, avocado for sausage, or miso gravy on their breakfast poutine. Their french toast is basically bread pudding...and pudding for breakfast? You cannot go wrong! Some flavours that they feature include: Apple and Cinnamon, Strawberry Vanilla, and Peanut Butter Chocolate Banana. Not to mention their bread is sourced from St. John's Bakery, an organization that provides job opportunities to less fortunate individuals. I also love the decor, mismatched formica tables and retro chairs reminiscent of your great aunt's kitchen.

Enough of my raving! Here is what the boy ate

Eggs Benedict on a wholewheat English muffin, homefries and salad with a miso dressing













If I could eat this deliciousness every morning for the rest of my life I would be the most satisfied (and probably overweight) woman around. And here is my Huevos Migas..although they were not eggy as I substituted scrambled tofu for the egg. The dish is filled with brown rice, scrambled tofu with avocado, tomatoes, and chili, house guacamole (and not the overly mayonaisey nasty guacamole that a lot of restaurants serve), perfectly cooked black beans, and house made tortilla chips, topped with a drizzle cilantro-lime infused sour cream, fresh cilantro and green onions.

It was love people.

The "I am sorry for not blogging for two months" and "My most recent leap into the Unknown"

I've been bad. Shameful, actually, with keeping up with my blog. I left it. Abandoned it in cyberspace. I promise that this will not happen again!

The last two months have been rather eventful. We moved! In to a great apartment; five houses from the beach and with loads more space! We did some painting but I have yet to add my own touches to the place. Christmas and New Years came and went and now all of a sudden we are half-way through January...could someone please tell me where the month has gone? Towards the end of December I made a decision and perhaps it was not as "life altering" as it seemed to be while I was making it but nevertheless it did change things quite a bit.

Five years, two programs, and a sizable dollar amount later I decided that I hated, I repeat hated my program at school. Hate is a strong word and I know it so maybe it was a strong disdain for it, an "Omigosh why do I have to wake up in the morning and get my butt to class" feeling, an "I will hate what I am doing for the rest of my life" feeling. It could also have been my forty hour work week and 9 classes but I will never know because I decided not to go back.

Instead I decided to pursue my lifelong dream of acting.

Acting.

The chances of succeeding a pretty slim, but the idea of living in a box as a failed actor actually seemed more appealing than finishing my program. I don't want to look back thirty years from now and regret not trying it.

A few weeks prior to making this decision I was reading an article in Self Magazine. It said that you should do one thing a day that terrifies you. For some reason this stuck with me all day. What had I done in the last two years that had really scared me? That had got my heart pumping and blood rushing? Nothing. Zilch. I actually had switched to my current program in school (Hospitality Business Degree from a BA) because business is generally a more practical degree one where you will get a job upon graduating. So really, that huge change a year and a half ago was nothing more than a step back.

So I decided to scare myself, get some guts or grow a pair (sorry Mum!) and go hog wild. I am scared and I know that it may have been a crazy decision that will later be blamed on a quarter life crisis. But right now, it gives me butterflies and makes me happy and that ladies and gents, is what your life should be all about: doing what makes you happy.

I enrolled in my first acting class in four years today. I searched for a photographer and booked my head-shots for three weeks from now. My classes start in a month. I am excited and for the first time in a long time: terrified!