Anna Sultana's Froga tat-Tarja - Spaghetti Omelette, Maltese Style

In addition to Barbuljata, Ma had another quickie egg meal.

Froġa tat-Tarja, Spaghetti Omelette.

It takes a little longer, but not much.



Apparently Spaghetti Omelette is popular in Italy, too.

Back in 2010, when I started comparing Carmela Soprano's recipes to Ma's recipes, 

I posted about Carmela's Spaghetti Pie.

It's similar to Ma's recipe, but it is a bit more complicated.

And more

Anna Sultana's Barbuljata - Scrambled Eggs, Maltese Style

It's summer.

It's hot.

People still want to eat.

Bummer.





Ma had days when cooking was the last thing she wanted to do, too.

Either it was too hot, or she was catching up with a pile of chores.



Vegetables were no problem.

Something fresh from the garden or some leftover cooked vegetables.

Starch was easy, too.

Fresh bread or some leftover pasta or timpana.



Meat usually took the

Who Do You Think You Are? by Margaret Ullrich

Monday is Full Moon number seven for 2013.

Usually I like seeing full moons.

Well... not this month.





I was so confident after reading Tisha Morris' book Feng Shui Your Life.

Tisha made getting rid of the crap in my house sound so easy.

Each project had been covered in a couple of pages.

A couple of pages should have translated into a couple of days to finish a job, right?

Wrong.



I

Anna Sultana's Imqaret - Deep-fried Date Slices, Maltese Style l Jelly Doughnuts

Some of Ma's recipes were similar to those my Sicilian Aunts cooked.

And some were similar to what our German neighbours cooked.

Hard to believe?

Ma said Mrs. Kekelia's German rouladen reminded her of Maltese bragoli.





But there are a few recipes that we Maltese can claim as strictly our own.

One such recipe is the one for our imqaret.



Imqaret is kind of like a jelly doughnut.

Jelly

Anna Sultana's Timpana - Pasta Casserole, Maltese Style

Got a few e mails asking when I was going to post recipes again.

Especially Ma's recipes.

So, it's time to get away from my least favourite room.

To be honest, I was looking for any excuse to take a break.

How do you think it became my least favourite room?





Back in 2010, when I started comparing Carmela Soprano's recipes to what Ma cooked, I was a little carefree about giving actual

Feng Shui and My Least Favourite Room by Margaret Ullrich

Monday night will be new moon number seven for 2013.

New Moons are supposed to mean a new beginning.

Yeah, well, this new beginning is going to need some more time.



I'm still working through this item from Tisha Morris' book Feng Shui Your Life. 

I've been working on this phase two item for the past couple of weeks.

That's why I haven't been posting any recipes.





I have to admit that

Canada Day, Moving, Mad Men and Parenting by Margaret Ullrich

Happy 146th Birthday, Canada!!

On March 1, 2013 Paul and I had celebrated the thirty-sixth anniversary of our moving from our apartment to our first house in Winnipeg.

And today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of our moving to our present home.



After you get to a certain age, it feels like every day is a special day.

Not just because, Surprise!, you've made it to another day.

But because