Will take a break after this post, due to health reason...

I know, have not been updating my blog for 3 weeks...3 weeks, and this is what happened...Well, it's my stomach again. I had that excruciating pain again and this time it's not food poisoning, stomach flu or gastritis...It was so bad I had to go into emergency....I hate going to emergency.... then next day have to go hospital again for ultra sound....and now waiting for results and follow up with Family Doc this weekend....I know this is not the end of it...more tests and hospital visits....that's why so miserable and moody....cannot concentrate on my blog.....so decided to take a break and hopefully to be back blogging again soon...BUT I will still visit and 'kepoh' at every one's' blogs. I must say I have to thank everyone for posting such exciting and interesting blogs and of course for sharing all the wonderful recipes. Every morning after seeing my Son off to school, I'll be at my laptop checking out every one's blog....keeps me going...thanks everyone!!!!!!

Now for some pictures of what I did during these 3 weeks....Ah, yes, two Sundays ago, Hubby and Son can't decide what to have breakfast one morning....so I decide for them. I cook them an All Canadian Breakfast....toasts, seasoned fried potatoes, sausages, crispy bacon, sunny side up eggs and scrambled eggs......here are the pictures.....


Hubby's Breakfast......

Son's Breakfast

And..Ta! Da!...My Breakfast...Organic Flax Plus
Multigrain cereal in fruit juice, since I can't take milk.....Exciting or What!!!


Today is also my sister-in law's birthday. I bake her a cake, recipe is from Anna Olson on her TV show Sugar of Food TV Network.....love her shows.....



This is cake is called Double Chocolate Cheesecake...bottom layer is a chocolate brownie and the top layer is chocolate cream cheese...very, very easy to make.....here is the recipe if anyone is interested.......

Double Chocolate Cheesecake

Yield: 16

Ingredients:

Brownie Layer

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs at room temperature
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp fine salt
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips

Cheesecake Layer

• 6 oz semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 x 8 oz (250 g) packages of cream cheese at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 2 oz white chocolate, melted

">Directions:

Brownie Layer

1. For brownie layer, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch springform cake pan and line bottom and sides with parchment paper.
2. Melt butter and pour into a larger bowl. Sift cocoa into butter and stir in sugar. Add eggs to mixture, blending well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt (do not sift). Add to cocoa mixture and blend. Stir in white chocolate chips. Pour into pan and bake for 35 minutes, until firm. Cool completely before filling.

Cheesecake Layer

1. For cheesecake layer, place chopped chocolate in a bowl of a pot of gently simmering water (be sure bowl does not touch the water) and stir to melt. Remove from heat. Beat cream cheese until fluffy with electric beaters or in a stand mixer with the whisk attachment on high speed. Slowly add sugar while mixing and beat in vanilla. Pour in whipping cream and whip into cream cheese on high speed, until mixture becomes firm and holds a peak. Scrape chocolate into mixture and blend quickly. Scrape filling onto brownie base and spread evenly.
2. Chill cake for at lest 2 hours before slicing. To garnish, remove springform pan and drizzle top with white chocolate.