Strawberry Shortcake with Grandma's Cake

Having now made my grandma's orange coffee cake several dozen times now I thought it about time I added my own twist.  I swapped the orange juice for mango juice and gave it a tropical flair.  Then I added peach juice, apricot juice and almost any other juice taking up space in your pantry.  With the great texture and taste of this tried and true recipe it can become almost anything.  I decided one night that it would be a perfect base for strawberry shortcake.  A few sliced strawberries and some whipped topping made one of my favorite classics come to life.  All that was left was to make a cup of tea!

Lobster for breakfast

One of my husband's recent work trips landed him in the lovely province of Halifax.  Being famous for their lobster it was only natural I requested some be brought home.  He obliged and as his carry on luggage were 5 lively lobsters on their way to being a meal!  The flight is a long one and although my promise to pick him up at the airport was fulfilled cooking at 11:30pm was a little out of the question. 
Who needs to wait until dinner, first thing in the morning there was a pot of salt water boiling and 5 lobsters enjoying the last few minutes of their lives....  While my little boy looked on in wonder as I put the skittish little crustaceans into a boiling bath we all waited for breakfast to be served.  15-20 minutes later the now vividly red lobsters took a cool bath in some iced salt water.  It stops the cooking and prevents it from sticking to the shell.  Fresh French bread, garlic butter and delectably sweet lobster far outweigh a breakfast burrito any day!

Dissapointed by Lao Shan Dong

It is always sad when one of your go to places for a good homemade noodle soup lets you down.  We have been going to this little hole in the wall place for amazing homemade noodle soup and delicious pork dumplings for years now.  That is until today.  After stopping in for a take out order we made it all the way home before finding out that we were shorted one soup.  I called them to let them know of their mistake and it took over 5 minutes to get the lady to understand what I was trying to say.  By the time we finally got all of our meals we were terribly disappointed by the decline in quality.  The once tasty soup was not only lacking in flavour but drowning in salt...  I must say that we won't be back and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone I liked!