Sunday, November 17, 2019

Las Vegas 2019

Alfred, his sweety and her sister and hubby went for a quick get-away to Las Vegas to try and get some heat.

Went to see Cirque's KA, Hoover Dam, Freemont Street and up the huge Ferries Wheel, and walked the strip there and back again. Had a blast, and - No, did not take any gambeling money home.

We did meet up with Theresa's cousins for a leisurely supper.




Here is a link to the album:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOg3dt3_AVcnYn6cuCFr7FI6RUxXo7zHfMQNT7eoK6W2mY4EjFT4-KxJ4EFYbQ9Uw?key=OU9ZZ1JwT3RqZG5YNmM4azd6WkxRZDVtODBiOXVn
BIGFIFTY

 

Saturday, November 09, 2019

Transcona

Alfred lives in a suburb called Transcona - on the eastern edge of Winnipeg. It is in fact it's own community, with a downtown, shopping venues and a flavor all of it's own.

We have a multitude of murals on our buildings:

Transcona Murals

Transcona also has an annual street festival, called: The Hi Neighbour Fest
featuring a parade and a street fair - which the kids absolutely love:

Transcona Hi Neighbour Festival

Birthday Maham in 2019

4 Grand Kids - 4 Birthdays this year.

Caleb ( April ) opted for Glow Bowling. The nice thing is they have a special gizzmo that allows Caleb to roll the bowling ball to the pins. And his friends were more than happy to help him.

Quinn ( Sept ) also wanted to go bowling and everyone got a chance to throw the ball.

Chloe ( Sept ) - wanted to celebrate at Kid City. A great time was had by all.

Keenan ( Nov ) just wanted a fun evening at home with friends.

Memories can be found here:

Birthday Mahem

Friday, February 01, 2019

Incredible French Onion Soup, using the instant pot

The instant pot in this dish is not so much a time saver, but more a flavor enhancer.

Ingredients:
 - about 4 sliced onions
- 4 cups ( 1 litre) of beaf stock - I made mine from 4 heaping tsps of 'better than beef' concentrate, dissolved in 4 cups of boiling water
- 1 tsp of crushed garlic, dash of Frankies hot pepper sauce, ground pepper, table spoon of brown sugar and a bay leaf
- white wine

Saute the onions in butter in the Instant pot, till translucent .
Add wine and scrape off the brownie bits.
Add sugar, pepper garlic, beef stock and bay leaf.

Select soup/broth on the instant pot, close the pressure valve and go. Mine opted for 30 mins, but I cancelled it at 20 mins.
Lightly toast French bread slices, brushed with olive oil in the oven under broil.
Release steam from the instant pot, laddle into oven proof dishes ( I used my original French onion soup bowls), add some French toast and slather with cheese. I used shredded mozza.
Roast for a few mins in the oven.

Serve with garden salad.

Tuesday, January 08, 2019

2019 High Lights

Alfred wants to dump Facebook and is still looking for a better way to connect with friends and family.

Let's start by providing the link to my Google Photo 2019 album here:

2019 - As Days Go By