Pesto bean soup

when i am not feeling my best, there are a few foods that are more soothing than my mom's ratatouille. i came across this recipe and decided to make it since i had all the ingredients required and it seemed pretty simple. well guys i have to tell you, it takes a bit longer than heating a can of soup in the microwave, but it is well worth it. The creaminess of the beans, the freshness of the basil... and i could go on with every details but i guess you have to try it out.

Over the weekend

It seems to me like the past few weeks have flown past really fast! i can hardly believe it is march 10. Hopefully the summer will be here before we know it, because i am done with this stupid snow. ok it looks good and all. and it is fun for a little while, but every time i hear the word "snow" now,  i swear i hear parking tickets or car towed.We must have had at least 7 parking tickets just this winter.lame!

Anyways, the weather was nice on saturday so we spent the afternoon in Boston. we had lunch at Four Burgers and did some shopping/walking around. Mathieu loves being out, so after being inside for 3 days straight he was soooo haaappy. i also cooked an Amazing soup {which i will share with you in a separate post because it deserves it} and some orange and yogurt parfaits with red wine caramel {you can see the photos below} that were not very good to be truthful. they might have turned strange because i used Bordeaux instead of Syrah wine {i used whatever i had at home}. Oh well! i will still give it another try though.

and let's move on to sunday so you guys can know the WHOLE STORY.

Jeremy and Mathieu spent the afternoon at his parents house so i got to be truly alone. it was awesome! i got to rearrange my closet, do my nails, take a long shower {that involves: hair mask, face mask and the whole shebang} and even stumble upon a letter that i wrote to my dad. i was probably 7 or 8 years old. Hilarious! 

The point is after all that, i kept thinking about much i was missing my boys.

French lesson for travelers - Part one

Oh hey!

Nothing exciting is going on here. this is why you have a photo of me looking like a rat! whatever!

here I am thinking....

ok, I have been staying home without moving, when I say "without moving" I really mean it. Mathieu has been sick for 2 days now and he needs me to hold him constantly {my poor baby, it breaks my heart to see him this way}. 

so while being a live pillow/bed, I have been browsing online for a Persian carpet. Found one on Ebay. Looked at it for almost forever while thinking about things that has nothing to do with carpets. Placed the bid. Turns out, it is not a Persian carpet it was made in Turkey... Ok... what was I looking at for almost 45 minutes ?

thinking while shopping is dangerous! {oh and luckily someone placed a higher bid and that makes me free from a carpet I don't want}.

we HAD to go to the store because Mathieu did not have anymore milk and came out with three full bags of groceries.

i am currently obsessed with leather jackets but why should you even care ?

hummmmmm...... i am making a veggie frittata with a salad for tonights dinner.

oh!

wait!

ahah ! just kidding !

see ? nothing exciting. 

A day in the life // Friday on Saturday edition

 //We made pizza last night, and Mathieu helped!

 //These babies are called Chausson au pommes - they are like some kind of apple turnover but better. Yum!

//What Mathieu does while I make breakfast. So fun! (I want to mention, he did not write his name ;-))

 // by the way, saturday morning blueberry muffin?

// beautiful copies of hand drawn pictures from our family friend Richard Bertman. They go perfectly in my living room!

life lately according to my phone pictures

Yep! a bunch of indoors photos .... and food ... that's all I've got to show you right now.
On a side note, I am working on a first time motherhood post to put into words the millions thoughts I have,
but mostly these days, I am busy being super mom!

I love it sooooo hard.

Basics of French language - Greetings

Bonjour everyone!

I am exited to start a series of videos teaching some basics of the french language. I hope you find them helpfull! Let me know if you have any questions I will be glad to answer them.

Here is the vocabulary that I've used in the video:

Bonjour - Hello

Salut - Hi

Comment allez vous/tu ? - How are you ?

Tres bien et vous/toi ? - I am doing well and you ?

Je m'appelle Sarah - My name is Sarah

Enchanté - Nice to meet you

Au revoir - Goodbye

Merci - Thank you