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326) Cook a turkey w/ stuffing

326) Cook a turkey w/ stuffing

As ‘Martha Stewart’ as it sounds, preparing a whole turkey for an entire family is

324) Make a gingerbread house

324) Make a gingerbread house

Check out our alpine ginger hobbit house. I hate to brag, but I think it’s

319) Make Egg Nog Cheese Cake

319) Make Egg Nog Cheese Cake

Speaking of being “functioning grown ups,” this egg nog cheese cake was a smash hit

309) Try Cachi (Persimmon)

309) Try Cachi (Persimmon)

[The following is a designated 'John-only' to-do] I didn’t really know what this fruit was

297) Make Pumpkin Cookies

297) Make Pumpkin Cookies

Another dark, cold, wet morning in Toronto, where everything looks drab and city stained. I

296) Make Cinnamon Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

296) Make Cinnamon Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Sweet, salty, nutty goodness. The perfect simple-to-make snack for quiet nights at home, curled on

295) Make Pumpkin Mac & Cheese

295) Make Pumpkin Mac & Cheese

It seemed so ridiculous we had to give it a shot. Turns out pumpkin flavoured

289) Make chocolate banana pops

289) Make chocolate banana pops

Ok. These tasted waay better than they look&#

284) Make deep-fried pickles

284) Make deep-fried pickles

Fail! Huge fail. This is one of those “theoretically good” to-do’s. As avid pickle eaters,

280) Make espresso 

280) Make espresso 

A simple, cheap $20.00 stove-top espresso maker from Canadian Tire is all we needed to

278) Make french toast kabobs

278) Make french toast kabobs

French toast kabobs, guaranteed to make any Monday morning not suck

263) Do a wine tasting

263) Do a wine tasting

Wine country is beautiful, even in the rain. Special thanks goes out to Brian &

254) Make sushi

254) Make sushi

Making a California Roll from scratch is easy peasy. We found all the ingredients we

252) Drink Kopi Luwak Coffee

252) Drink Kopi Luwak Coffee

[Gmail chat conversation between John & Laura on Jan 2, 2012] John: I’ve got a

249) Try Galaktoburiko

249) Try Galaktoburiko

Galakoburiko is a traditional Greek desert prepared with egg custard and phyllo, baked until crispy,

243) Make a gourmet meal from canned food

243) Make a gourmet meal from canned food

I’d like to think that if we ever had a major calamity that shut down

235) Eat <del>an</del> ostrich <del>egg</del>

235) Eat an ostrich egg

As it turns out, buying an ostrich egg in Toronto is tricky. Timing is everything.

224) Make dried food

224) Make dried food

Food is good. Eat well. Don’t overanalyze this. I’ve just started noticing how many food

223) Invite John Pack to dinner

223) Invite John Pack to dinner

Us and John Pack go way back to 2007, the night we officially launched Labspace

222) Make mushroom stock/soup

222) Make mushroom stock/soup

Yummy, earthy, wholesome mushroom-leek soup, made from our first batch of homemade mushroom stock. As

220) Make caramelized popcorn

220) Make caramelized popcorn

{Note: This here is the final to-do of ten completed last weekend at John’s family’s

219) Pick (and eat) wild mushrooms

219) Pick (and eat) wild mushrooms

{Note: This here is the ninth to-do of ten completed last weekend at John’s family’s

216) Make Irish stew

216) Make Irish stew

{Note: This here is the sixth to-do of ten completed last weekend at John’s family’s

215) Pickle something

215) Pickle something

{Note: This here is the fifth to-do of ten completed last weekend at John’s family’s

212) Eat a bug

212) Eat a bug

{Note: This here is the second to-do of ten completed this past weekend at John’s

206) Eat at Paulette's

206) Eat at Paulette’s

Everyone’s been buzzing about Paulette’s Original Donuts and Chicken. The small, quirky take-out joint opened

205) Pick (and drink) wildflower tea

205) Pick (and drink) wildflower tea

Red Clovers are often found in the wild, grassy meadows of Europe, Asia and North

200) Make filet mignon from beef tenderloin

200) Make filet mignon from beef tenderloin

2 beef tenderloins, 12 pounds in total, prepared as filet mignon, served to 25 guests

198)Try a Paleo Diet for a week

198)Try a Paleo Diet for a week

For the last two weeks we’ve been eating like cavemen — pounding back the veggies,

190) Try Durian

190) Try Durian

In Southeast Asia, the Durian fruit is commonly called the “King of the Fruits,” a

176) Eat dinner at Jim's Restaurant

176) Eat dinner at Jim’s Restaurant

Jim’s Restaurant is an east-end greasy spoon dive that John and I have been frequenting

170) Make noodles from scratch

170) Make noodles from scratch

This was all John. I can’t take credit for any of it, except maybe photos

163) Cook on a fire rotisserie style 

163) Cook on a fire rotisserie style 

So far on our 365 list we’ve knocked off a number of “fire” related to-do’s:

161) Have a spaghetti fight

161) Have a spaghetti fight

“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” ― Mark

139) Cook a meal in an earth oven

139) Cook a meal in an earth oven

This half-worked, half-failed. Next time we attempt it, we’ll dig a bigger hole and add

138) Try Montreal's best Poutine

138) Try Montreal’s best Poutine

Poutine mega overload. (It was not the best, just the most)

133) Try kangaroo

133) Try kangaroo

For me, the thought of eating kangaroo was as absurd a thought as eating monkey

130) Eat a candy apple

130) Eat a candy apple

I really can’t stand snappy people snapping their annoying little fingers at service people. I

129) Make butter chicken

129) Make butter chicken

I don’t think I’ve ever made anything with this many steps in it. I’m sure

128) Make a mango kiwi smoothie

128) Make a mango kiwi smoothie

Kiwi, mango & banana: three singularly delicious fruits. For sure a kiwi-mango-banana smoothie would taste

118) Drink Grappa

118) Drink Grappa

Greek Grappa (Tsipouro) is a strong distilled spirit containing approximately 45 percent alcohol, normally consumed

117) Make sweet potato bread

117) Make sweet potato bread

Things you may not know about us: 1) We love sweet potatoes 2) Laura spills

110) Eat a traditional South American meal

110) Eat a traditional South American meal

[Hurrah! Our pictures have been saved. Sorry for the delay. John's laptop is now up

94) Make dandelion tea

94) Make dandelion tea

Went dandelion picking in John’s sister’s yard

91) Try goat cheesecake

91) Try goat cheesecake

Yes, yes, I know… we’re getting behind in posting our to-do’s. We’ve done them. It’s

85) Try grapeless wine

85) Try grapeless wine

Try, we did. The whole bottle. It was blueberry sweet. Very sweet. Then we bounced

82) Make homemade orange juice

82) Make homemade orange juice

[The following is a designated 'Laura-only' to-do] If you think your store-bought “100% pure OJ”

81) Do a wheat grass shot

81) Do a wheat grass shot

Loaded with enzymes, amino acids and healthy minerals, wheat grass shots are to health nuts

70) Drink Ovaltine

70) Drink Ovaltine

[The following is a designated 'John-only' to-do] Somewhere along its 108-year history, Ovaltine lost its

67) Make yogurt popsicles

67) Make yogurt popsicles

If not for the tiny ice shards, I’d say our yogurt pops turned out tart

66) Make a protein shake

66) Make a protein shake

Having just returned from a rigorous couple’s workout sesh (short form for session in aerobics

61) Make bannock bread

61) Make bannock bread

Water, flour, baking powder, butter. That’s all it takes to make this simple and delicious

53) Eat tripe

53) Eat tripe

Let it be known that this to-do was another one of John’s crazy picks. Personally

52) Try Romanesco

52) Try Romanesco

Galaxies, black holes, flowers, pine cones, sea shells, tree rings, cyclones, you can find spirals

51) Try Cherimoya

51) Try Cherimoya

The cherimoya is a sweet, succulent, subtropical fruit rumoured to be the tastiest fruit on

44) Make pana cotta

44) Make pana cotta

I am a simple things kind of girl. I am not into frills or pretty

42) Eat cactus

42) Eat cactus

I own this cactus that for the last six months has decided to lean over

40) Drink a Root Beer float

40) Drink a Root Beer float

So we’re back in Toronto after a whirlwind trip to Belize. Despite American Airlines completely

30) Drink water from a coconut

30) Drink water from a coconut

Coconut water is simply the best. I am actually mildly addicted to the stuff back

27) Try deep-fried ice cream

27) Try deep-fried ice cream

Deep-fried ice cream should be served everywhere, at every restaurant, and off every ice cream

25) Bake a cake for someone

25) Bake a cake for someone

This past weekend we baked a cake (our first cake ever) in honour of my

24) Do a beer tasting

24) Do a beer tasting

Bearded guys, short guys, young guys, old guys, guys of all shapes and colours, and

20) Cook smore's on the bbq

20) Cook smore’s on the bbq

Last night we pitched our new tent in our muddy backyard, strung up lights, and

16) Do a cheese tasting

16) Do a cheese tasting

There seems to be a running theme this week with our to-do list: it starts

13) Make our own hummus

13) Make our own hummus

Hummus is the best. It’s quick, easy, high in protein, low in fat and loaded

7) Mix a sex on the beach

7) Mix a sex on the beach

Last night we headed out for a mingling event at “Art & Drinks” on the

6) Make real hot chocolate

6) Make real hot chocolate

Last night John and I checked off a relatively easy to-do on our list of

2) Make green eggs & ham

2) Make green eggs & ham

This morning John and I woke up, drank some coffee and scanned through our list