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The girls are both officially in school for the 20016/17 school year and I am back to having more time for myself and with my husband on his days off work. I remember when the kids were babies and toddlers and kept me on my toes. Now, they rarely need me. It's nice but sometimes... Continue Reading →
Went to lunch with my sister. It's always nice to spend time catching up over lots of food. After lunch, I went over to my parents' and Mom gave me some cucumbers from her garden and some Hmong herbs. Every year I ask her for herbs to plant in my pot because I don't have... Continue Reading →
I’ve been working on eating healthier and thought I’d share some of those food. Not everything is healthy yet but I'm getting there. Deli Cajun turkey sandwich with thin pretzels and hummus. Sausage stir fry with cabbage and a side of white rice. I have reduced my intake of white rice to almost nothing and... Continue Reading →
This was my first time making apple pie. I used pre-made pie crust and fuji apples. It was so delicious. I probably ate most of it. If apple pie with two scoops of vanilla ice cream ever went extinct, I'd go crazy.
In the past I've posted about laab before but it's one of my favorite asian dishes so I thought I'd take new photos and share my process a little differently. Laab is a spicy chicken, beef, pork, or fish dish usually eaten with lettuce and/or rice. The main spices used to create the flavor are:... Continue Reading →
Husband and I celebrated our 13th anniversary last Sunday. I think as we get older we celebrate a little less each year. Normally, I require a big expensive gift + a lavish dinner. Kidding. Normally, I like to get something to remind me of our anniversary...nothing expensive of course...just something small, but this year I... Continue Reading →
My 7-year-old had this fabulous plan to make and decorate sugar cookies. I wasn't able to make the sugar cookies from scratch because of limited time so I bought premade dough. They turned out pretty tasty even thought they lost their shape in the oven.
I love Pad Thai so much that it's pretty much what I order when I eat out at a Thai restaurant. I've had bad Pad Thai before and I've also had really awesome Pad Thai (in Miami in 2013). I'm still searching for the perfect Pad Thai here, where I live. In the mean time,... Continue Reading →
I tried my hands at making Cuban chicken and it turned out pretty good. I first had it during the family cruise last year to the Bahamas and totally fell in love with it. I found a recipe online but it required way too many ingredients and I remembered the flavors to be very simple... Continue Reading →
I know it's weird to eat herbs that I don't even know the names of but trust because my parents have always eaten them. As a kid, I would eat the herbed chicken soup Mom made without ever wondering what the herbs were. I just remembered it tasted good. I still don't know what the... Continue Reading →
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