The light that gives me hope

Thanksgiving Day

2011-11-26T13:55:00.000-06:00

I have many things to be thankful for this year. I am thankful that I have a wonderful and healthy new born. I am also really thankful to have a wonderful and supportive hubby, mom, dad and my sis and her partner. I can never imagine not having an understand and supportive family in my life. This year we decided to have thanksgiving meal in our home. A very simple meal just the few of us. Our

The Apple Family

2011-07-14T12:05:00.004-05:00

I never thought that I would actually buy Apple. Everything all started when hubs wanted the iPod. Hubs had been asking to get an iPod for the longest time and since we both own mp3 players I didn't think that we needed the iPod (if you asked me the iPod was a total waste of money). I finally decided to give in for I think his birthday. Since I've been asking to change cell phone provider so

Yau Mei Farn II aka chicken rice and Steam Egg plant.

2011-05-29T16:55:00.000-05:00

I love yummy yet simple meals especially when the meal is made from scratch. I had a craving for rice and chicken today but I didn't want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen so I decided on Yau Mei Farn/ aka clay pot rice (since I don't have a clay pot I just use my rice cooker) I marinate my chicken in the afternoon because I was planning to cook my chicken rice at about 5 or 6pm and I

My New Toy

2011-05-27T19:44:00.000-05:00

Remember when I told you about my bread maker that died here. Well..initially after my bread maker died I told myself that I was not going to buy another one because it cost money and I wanted to save counter space. After using my Kitchen Aid mixer once and almost killing it I thought maybe I should knead my bread by hand instead of killing my Kitchen Aid Mixer. That never happened and I never

Mac N Cheese with a twist.

2011-05-25T15:41:00.002-05:00

I've been working a lot this month and since I'm at my third trimester I get really pooped easily. I've been trying to balance working and resting hence leaving me not much time to cook. Even when I'm home I get tired and don't feel like cooking. Most of the time hubs and I will try and whip up something quick so we can eat quick and rest. I also try and whip up extras so that I can take it to

Gong Xi Fa Chai!!

2011-02-03T20:53:00.000-06:00

Wishing my lovely family and friends a very Happy Chinese New Year. Gong Xi Fa Chai. Hope everyone has a great year ahead of you. May the new year bring you lots of health, wealth and prosperity this coming year. Love you all much..xoxo

Lasagna

2011-01-31T12:37:00.001-06:00

In my effort to cook more at home this year I decided to make some lasagna since I had craving for some plus it freezes well. I also had a some ground turkey in my freezer that I was going to use it up so I decided to make some turkey lasagna from scratch instead of using a can of spaghetti sauce. Ingredients 1 pound of ground turkey meat 1 pound of seasoned ground turkey meat 1/2 cup

Steak

2011-01-22T18:26:00.003-06:00

Hubs is not your typical American person. He likes eating steak but just every once in a while. I've tried making steak at home a few times but hubs doesn't really care for it. Every once in a while we would have a steak when we go out and it. Until recently I found a way to make steak without needing to use the grill because it can be a pain in my you know what to start the grill just to make a

Chocolate Cake

2011-01-18T18:24:00.000-06:00

I was working like crazy for quite some time and have decided that it was wearing me down hence I decided that I didn't want to work so many hours anymore. Every since I've cut my hours I've had more time to spend in my kitchen to make real food for my family. I am not sure why even though I have more time to cook we still go out to eat the same amount. I had craving for some chocolate cake and

Asian Style Spaghetti

2011-01-16T21:56:00.000-06:00

Yesterday I was craving for some stir fry noodles but after work hubs and I decided to roam around Ikea after I got done working; so I didn't know what time we would be back and did not defrost any meat. We got back from Ikea about 4:30pm and I had no idea what to cook for dinner. Later in the evening I just decided to have a can of soup with some crackers. A can of soup and stir fry noodles

Caramel Rolls II

2011-01-12T20:53:00.003-06:00

Ever since the weather turned cold I've been in the mood to bake breads again. I don't know why but I just love the process of baking bread and the outcome of the product (that's if is a success). I love the aroma when the bread is done baking and making it just helps me regroup my thoughts and myself. I was browsing through Florence's blog one day and I saw her wonderfully soft bread recipe

Curry Laksa/Curry Noodles

2011-01-12T16:39:00.001-06:00

The weather has been really crazy lately..Not only there are snow storms everywhere but the temperature is dropping drastically even where even here in the South. Ever since the temperature dropped I've been craving for warm soupy stuff. On Sunday I made hubby take me to the store so that we can get ingredients to make Chili. When we got home we cut everything up and dump it in the crock pot and

Lasting moments

2011-01-01T22:22:00.000-06:00

I am really going to try harder to update my blog this year. To begin my first meal for the new year hubs brought me to have dim sum(no picture coz we were too hungry). I don't have the perfect hubby and yes we do argue here and there but at times I think mu hub can be the sweetest person toe. Just now I forgot to take my water bottle so I texted him to take it up for me since he's not made his

Happy New Year!!

2010-12-31T21:01:00.000-06:00

I would like to wish my dear readers, family and dear friends a very Happy Prosperous New Year! Farewell 2010 and welcome 2011. I know I've not blogged for the longest time. Actually I have a ton to blog about but then I don't really have the mojo to blog or no need. I'm still cooking occasionally and things is still going on in my life. I know I should write for keep sake a lot of things that

RIP

2010-11-10T15:54:00.001-06:00

I've been privileged enough to actually get two days off in a row and since I don't normally get two days off in a row I had a lot plan since I needed to get a lot done before I have to start my work week again. To begin my day one of my golden child was not feeling since the night before. Stanley was puking and refused to eat his dinner. I think he had a slight diarrhea too. Anyway we decided

T.I.M.E.

2010-10-26T09:22:00.000-05:00

Some days I feel like I need more than 24hrs in a day. Some days I just wish that the day will come by quicker. I'm so torn!! I've been so busy and with work that I've not actually had an opportunity to turn on my computer ever since I came back! My life has came into a turn every since I came back from my vacation. Shortly after I came back from my vacation I was actually offered a promotion at

Still has the charm?

2010-10-25T17:23:00.007-05:00

This actually happened last month but because I was busy getting ready to go on vacation and working so much that I didn't blog about it. Since I have a little time I think that I should blog about to brag a bit :P.. I deal with women most of the time when I'm at work. Whether I'm consulting clients or I'm seeing new clients. Every once in a while I will deal with men or guys and most of them are

The puppies

2010-10-12T21:10:00.000-05:00

Is been a long time since I last wrote a post about my babies.. Mummy is not neglecting them but mummy just don't have the time to write about them. They are such a handful that when ever mummy is home mummy will have to deal with them or clean up after them. Stanley's allergies kicked in full gear this year. He was licking his paws like crazy this hence his visits to the vet. They first gave

I'm back!!

2010-10-05T10:28:00.001-05:00

I've been gone for over a month!!0_O Anyone missed my presence yet :P...Don't worry I still blog hop but it is a a little difficult for me to blog on the go that's all although I haven't really tried it yet! Well I just got back from a week's vacation. We actually drove back to hub's hometown to attend his brother's wedding. It was a simple yet nice wedding I would say. The drove too about 24 hrs

A perfect loaf

2010-08-23T16:26:00.001-05:00

Ever since I got this I've been trying to make a loaf of bread when ever we run out of bread. I've been really satisfied with the taste and texture of my bread but I've not had very good luck making a PERFECT square bread with this. My first few attempts using my Pullman bread pan. I did not modify the recipes enough so that it has enough dough to rise to the top to make a PERFECT loaf. I tried

Cesar Pork Chops

2010-08-15T14:21:00.001-05:00

I've really been trying to cook more so that we don't have to eat out so often. We managed to stay home to eat for 10 days in a row (excepts some lunches). I managed to crack my head and whip up either simple stuff or preparing it before I go to work and having hubby reheating it or cooking it when he gets back from work if he's earlier than me or I'll do it when I get back. Caesar Pork

Denny's Restaurant

2010-08-12T11:10:00.002-05:00

I've been missing for quite some time. There is so much as usual to blog about but I am just not finding the time to do it. I've been hooked on to reading the twilight series and now I'm so hooked on to it that my first two series I spend every of my waking hour reading the book. Nothing much is done at home except for the basic cleaning and cooking! (I am super horrible hence I now decided that

Free Money (Practically)

2010-07-27T12:14:00.001-05:00

I've been using Swagbucks for a good half a year to a year now. At first I was hesitant about swagbucking because I assumed it was a scam but I've totally changed my mind. You can read about how swagbucks work here. Honestly I've already redeem about $80 worth of gift card with my swagbucks points. All I have to do is just use their search engine and I will earn points. If I'm going to be

Kitchen Collections

2010-07-16T17:18:00.001-05:00

I've been waiting for the mail man to show up with my present for almost one week. Finally when I got back from work this was what greeted me in front of my door. I finally bit the bullet and ordered this from Amazon.com last Sunday.My very own pullman bread pan with cover! I've been eying on this pan for a long time when I a lot of bloggers blogging about it so when my parents was planning to

Bread and more bread

2010-07-05T20:00:00.161-05:00

I've been trying to eat my breakfast every morning. The past few weeks I've been trying different bread recipes with success and have been eating bread with peanut butter/Kaya or any flavor jam. The whole reason was when I went Asian grocery shopping a few weeks back I bought a bottle of Kaya and I wanted to eat it up before it goes bad so I've been eating it almost every morning. Since hubs