Try this recipe for a kefir mango lassi this summer as a cool and refreshing treat. I use mango puree, but you can also use fresh mangoes.
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Exploring Cartagena: Colombian Food!
We got a good taste for Colombian food during our week-long stay in Cartagena. Our favourite, perhaps, was all the beautifully ripe, perfectly fresh fruit! Vendors pushing wooden carts on wheels made the rounds and would pass by the front door of our airbnb. We would flag them down and buy deliciously sweet fruit; even […]
Chocolate Covered Mango Popsicle
Ryan tried this chocolate covered mango popsicle in Brooklyn when we visited a few summers ago. Of course I had to take a bite, and it was fresh, cooling, delicious, and healthier than any ice cream or sorbets! This chocolate covered frozen mango popsicle tastes decadent and is a great cooling snack on a hot summer day. Make […]
Saudi Fruit Juice
Our family ordered this Saudi fruit juice whenever we went out for shawarmas – the classic fast food we ate in Saudi Arabia. Now shawarmas are commonplace in Canada, but when we moved to Riyadh in 1996, they were brand new to us. The shawarmas were only SR 5 (less than $2.00) each, and are a […]
Toronto Eats: Pi Day at Pai Northern Thai Kitchen
On March 14, better known as Pi Day, Ryan and I went for lunch with his parents to Pai Northern Thai Kitchen. Still on our Thai food kick following Pok Pok and Nana, Ryan and I checked another Thai restaurant off our list. The starter above was the Som Tum Tad, the papaya salad. It […]