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Improving Instant Ramen

Michelle — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:00:48 +0000

I have to confess that this household eats more instant noodles than should possibly be legal for three adults who are no longer in college. But hey, you eat what you gotta eat when the economy’s in the toilet, right? Luckily, all the adults have learned to be okay with this arrangement and my preschooler [...]

Garlic Tofu with spicy dipping sauce

Michelle — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:00:32 +0000

Every so often, I have the urge to eat healthy. Yes, even my body knows that it can’t survive solely on delicious, delicious pork. (More’s the pity.) Whenever I feel like I’m in healthy mode, I turn to my old vegetarian standby: garlic tofu. My absolute favorite way to eat tofu is panfried so that [...]

Nutella Crackle Cookies

Michelle — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:00:22 +0000

One Saturday afternoon, my 3 year old The Little Empress (TLE) was running around in circles, two hours overdue for her nap. In desperation, I promised her that if she took an hour long nap, we’d do something really fun together. Her interest piqued, she paused for a half-second mid-twirl during which I quickly gave [...]

Chinese-style BBQ pork (Char Siu)

Michelle — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:00:28 +0000

There are exactly two dishes in my repetoire that is universally loved and accepted by all the adults and the preschooler in my household. This is one of them: Chinese-style BBQ pork, also more commonly known as char siu. Whether part of fried rice, on top of ramen, stir fried with noodles or part of [...]

Bishop Ranch Food Trucks

Michelle — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:02:32 +0000

Mmm, food trucks. I’ve always loved them but I’m pretty late to the party when it comes to the not-so-recent phenomenon of awesome gourmet food on trucks. They just started getting big right around the time The Little Empress was born. Alas, a lack of funds plus a very cranky little one doesn’t exactly make [...]

Brown Butter Holiday Spice Cookies

Michelle — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:00:55 +0000

I totally wish I could say that my cookies looked this good, packaged and ready to go to my recipients. Alas, they did not. I ran into some technical difficulties (AKA a Monday being a Monday in all senses of the word) so my cookies got shipped off a day late but I can only [...]

Korean-style Spicy Ground Pork

Michelle — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:30:57 +0000

I get sad when I think about how many dishes I’ve allowed myself to not taste because I was afraid of them. Take for instance Korean spicy pork. It’s a mainstay of your average Korean BBQ restaurant. I’ve been eating Korean food since I was a kid; my mom’s best friend at work when we [...]

Thanksgiving 2011

Michelle — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:17:42 +0000

Like most other folks on Thanksgiving, I take a moment to really reflect on what I am thankful for. And every year I am thankful for having been blessed with a beautiful family and wonderful friends and for having Enough ™. We may not be wealthy and honestly, we may never be, but we have [...]

Happy TARDIS Day!

Michelle — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:46:18 +0000

It’s T-Day today! Not the American Thanksgiving, of course, which is tomorrow but something just as awesome… Happy TARDIS Day!! 48 years ago today, the iconic British show Doctor Who — which you may know I am a downright obsessive fangirl of I like a lot — debuted on BBC. And in 2008, two fans [...]

Korean Black Bean Noodles (Jajangmyeon 자장면)

Michelle — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:24:22 +0000

I have come to the conclusion that Asian dramas may very well be the death of me. Or at least, the death of any semblance of healthy eating habits I may have. I’m not sure what it is about Asian dramas that just make the food look so. damn. good. Lately we’ve been watching a [...]