Tex-Mex Beef Bowls from HelloFresh Canada

Happy Saturday evening! After a long day running errands and eating at fast foods (Tim Hortons, McDonald's, and Starbucks), we cooked the Tex-Mex Beef Bowls with Guacamole and Feta from our HelloFresh box.

Tex-Mex Beef Bowls with Guacamole and Feta from HelloFresh Canada

This meal arrived messy. A hole in the tomato salsa pouch made all vegetables and other food containers sticky.

Tex-Mex Beef Bowls with Guacamole and Feta from HelloFresh Canada

Besides the messy start, the meal was a breeze to prepare, and the food tasted well.

The basmati rice was well-seasoned, the peppers crunchy, and the green onions provided a subtle oniony flavour. Meanwhile, I added too much sugar to the beef, it's sweeter than I think it should be, but the juicy tarty tomato helped balance things out. Finally, the guacamole was bland but provided creaminess to the dish.

Tex-Mex Beef Bowls with Guacamole and Feta from HelloFresh Canada

Below is the HelloFresh description for this meal.

Tex-Mex Beef Bowls with Guacamole and Feta

HelloFresh Description:

Tonight, tuck into this bowl of punchy Mexican-inspired flavours! Beef gets boosted by salsa and our Enchilada Spice Blend, while rice gets sautéed with bell peppers to give it a subtle sweetness. A dollop of ready-to-eat guac brings loads of flavour with little effort in the kitchen.

Tex-Mex Beef Bowls with Guacamole and Feta from HelloFresh Canada

Preparation Time: 25 minutes

Calories: 770 calories per serving

Do you need an oven to prepare this meal? No

Do you want a discounted box? Then, click my referral link and get a HelloFresh box.

Heart Sugar Cookie from Starbucks | Valentine's Day

Celebrating the love month early, Starbucks sells Heart Sugar Cookies and Valentine's Cake Pop. So naturally, I opted for the cookies.

Heart Sugar Cookie from Starbucks Canada

It's surprisingly soft with a slight sweetness. The icing on top is not as thick as the Snowman Cookie last Christmas, so it has a better cookie-icing ratio. I like it!

I took a bite of the Heart Sugar Cookie from Starbucks.

If you need a simple emergency gift for someone special, get them a Starbucks Heart Sugar Cookie.

One of the best ways to someone's heart is through their stomach.

It's also available with white icing instead of pink.

HOT! Ghost Pepper Dip for Spicy Chicken McNuggets and Waffle Fries from McDonald's

After hubby's errand, we had lunch at McDonald's to try their Spicy McNuggets, Waffle Fries, Ghost Pepper Dip, and Ranch Dip. All items are available for a limited time only and at participating McDonald's locations in Canada.

Spicy Chicken McNuggets and Waffle Fries from McDonald's Canada

SPICY! McDonald's did something right with that Ghost Pepper Dip. It's borderline sweltering! My husband is more sensitive to spicy food than I am, and his reaction is my barometer in determining how spicy a food is and that Ghost Pepper Dip is sweat-inducing spicy. It's so hot that my tummy still feels warm an hour later, which is perfect on this rainy Saturday.

10-piece Spicy Chicken McNuggets from McDonald's Canada

The Spicy Chicken McNuggets are the usual McNuggets with little to no heat. If you can't handle any amount of heat, you can use the new Ranch Dip. It's your typical ranch dip. Nothing special.

Spicy Chicken McNuggets covered in the Ghost Pepper Sauce for a painfully delicious bite.

Lastly, the Waffle Fries are also unremarkable. It's your usual salted McDonald's fries in a different shape.

Waffle Fries and Ranch Sauce from McDonald's

Tim Hortons Canadian Bacon Breakfast Sandwiches now available!

Happy New Year! Tim Hortons features the Canadian Bacon Breakfast Sandwich with naturally-smoked Canadian bacon. The menu and the app offer two main sandwich options: the Canadian Bacon & Egg Breakfast Sandwich and the Canadian Bacon BELT.

Tim Hortons Canadian Bacon and Egg Breakfast Sandwich from Tim Hortons

This is separate from the Maple Bacon Sandwiches which they announced last year. The Canadian Bacon sandwiches were first introduced in 2019 (source: Chewboom.com).

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Happy Saturday morning! My husband has errands in Downtown Vancouver, so we visited a Tims location nearby to try the new Canadian Bacon breakfast sandwiches.

Tim Hortons Canadian Bacon and Egg Breakfast Sandwich from Tim Hortons

I ordered the Canadian Bacon and Egg Breakfast Sandwich with the recommended English muffin. On my first bite, it was saltier and more flavourful than their usual bacon. The egg was creamy and muffin soft.

Canadian Bacon BELT from Tim Hortons

Meanwhile, the Canadian Bacon BELT (bagel, egg, lettuce, and tomatoes) didn't work as well. It's hard to taste Canadian Bacon because other things are going on.

Canadian Bacon BELT from Tim Hortons

The Everything Bagel was toasted, and the edges were slightly bitter burnt. Meanwhile, the lettuce was crunchy, the tomatoes were juicy, and the egg yolk was creamy. It was a good sandwich, but the Canadian Bacon wasn't the star.

Old Fashioned Sugar Donut from Tim Hortons

This Tim's location offers donut variants not available in other branches. I ordered the Old Fashioned Sugar Donut. It's dry. Reminding me that Tims still has sucky Classic donuts.

La Win Supermarket with Bakery is now open!

La Win Supermarket is a newly opened Asian grocery located at West Broadway corner Pine Street. It's a cause of celebration that we now have an Asian market within walking distance of our place! Imagine all the frozen dumplings, instant noodles, fresh produce, and meat.

We visited this evening on our way to Shoppers for our weekly grocery run. They're still at the soft opening stages since some aisle is still empty, and we can still see boxes that need to be unpacked.

With that said, we checked out their Bakery section for bread. Unfortunately, it's after work, so only a handful is left, and we got three salt bread.

Salt Bread from La Win Supermarket

We enjoyed Plain Salt Bread, Garlic Salt Bread, and Black Truffle Salt Bread with hot chocolate for dinner this evening. It started raining on our walk home, so a mug of warm cocoa was what we needed.

Plain Salt Bread

The plain one reminds me of pandesal but with a more buttery exterior.

My favourite would be garlic. It has a strong garlic flavour and is so buttery that you can feel your fingers feel slippery.

Garlic Salt Bread

My least favourite is the black truffle because I'm unsure what to expect. It smells like truffle, but I can't justify that it costs more than the other two.

Black Truffle Salt Bread

On our walk home, we discussed trying the different loaves of bread they have. There are matcha, chocolate, raisins, and other variants, and they're only half a loaf. The one thing stopping me from hoarding bread is calories. There needs to be nutritional information on the bread, which is not ideal for a dieting foodie like me.

Middle Eastern-Inspired Beef Bowls from HelloFresh Canada

Happy Thursday! We cooked the Middle Eastern-Inspired Beef Bowls with Hummus and Spiced Rice from our HelloFresh box for dinner.

Middle Eastern-Inspired Beef Bowls from HelloFresh Canada

The rice smells so lovely and has a beautiful colour because of the onion and shawarma spice blend. But, unfortunately, it is bland. The same goes for the beef.

The hummus is the best thing in this dish. The marinated tomatoes with fresh parsley provided tartness and freshness to the beef bowl. Mix everything together in the bowl so that the hummus and marinated tomatoes can cover everything.

Below is the HelloFresh description for this meal.

Middle Eastern-Inspired Beef Bowls with Hummus and Spiced Rice

HelloFresh Description:

Creamy, spicy, tart, savoury – this delicious Middle Eastern-inspired dish has it all! Speedy shawarma-spiced rice is jewelled with roasted peppers and onions, then topped with fragrant beef, hummus and marinated tomatoes.

Middle Eastern-Inspired Beef Bowls from HelloFresh Canada

Preparation Time: 25 minutes

Calories: 1080 calories per serving

Do you need an oven to prepare this meal? No

Do you want a discounted box? Then, click my referral link and get a HelloFresh box.