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Sunday morning tears
Of course the last 10 mins of Marley & me was on cable and I OBVIOUSLY had to watch it! So now it's Sunday mid afternoon and I'm totally balling while hugging Sam....in fact when the movie was finally over Sam walked away and his fur was all wet 😢😢😢 I love you Sam Sam! God help me when it's your time to go to doggie heaven...
Rice will warm your soul
SNOW DAY!! Got snowed in today from work with Sam and the hubby, so what's for lunch? How about a bowl of rice with chinese sausage--the way mom and grandmoms all over Asia make it during the winter!?!?! This dish is not only delicious, it also show the intelligence of Chinese grannies who utilize leftover ingredients to make something that's amazing, warms you up, and inexpensive to make. Every time I eat this it brings back a piece of childhood <3
SNOW!! ok i'm ready to go back indoors now for some rice!
What you need:
Leftover rice (if you don't have leftovers, just make a quick pot)
Chinese sausages (2-3 links)
Egg (2-3)
scallion
Soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, fish sauce for condiments
This is what you do...because i had leftover rice the whole process took about 30 mins
Put leftover rice into rice cooker, chop up the chinese sausage and sprinkle on top of the rice
Pour a shot glass of water over the rice (this is to keep the old rice moist during the re-cooking process)
Turn on the rice cooker-- if your rice cooker have a "quick cook" or "re-heat" option just use that. Otherwise just use the lowest setting allowed (since you're not REALLY cooking it and just using the rice cooker to reheat)
About 1/2 way through cooking (my rice cooker has a timer that tells me this, sorry i'm fancy with my carbs), open it up and stir around the rice. Then pour in all the condiments
I did not measure anything but this is my best estimate for 5 cups of rice- 5 tbspn soy sauce, 2 tbspn sesame oil, 2 tbspn sugar, and 2 tbspn of fishsauce
Mix the rice again, and shut rice cooker
Meanwhile, scramble up 2 eggs and pan fry it into an omlette. Let cool slightly, then cut up into small tiny pieces (i fold the omlette into a 1/2 circle, cut up into thin strips, then cut each strip into 5 little sections)
Dump the egg into the rice cooker, mix again
Cut up scallions--if you like scallions, cut 2-3 stalks. Also, cutting it diagonally brings out more flavor and texture too! Dump scallion into rice cooker, mix again
And then you let it sit for 10-15 minutes-- this is to allow all the flavor to soak into the rice :) :) :)
Then...EAT!! if it's not salty enough just add more soy sauce, i found fish sauce to be a good alternative too if you don't want it to be TOO salty...ENJOY!!!
NYE dinner-fail & redo
SO it's NYE and our friends are having a small gathering at their house. It's a potluck dinner and having to work today, I was going to make a simple pasta dish that have been tried & true to perfection. The night before I took out the tomatoes, cut up garlic and started marinating the tomatoes in olive oil, salt & pepper-- the idea is to come home and cook the pasta, then quickly mix in the pre-marainated tomatoes and head off to welcome 2014! Now only one thing got in my way---- I came home and found out that Sam couldn't defeat his inner demons and somehow crawled his way to the counter and ate the tomatoes....SO with only an hour to spare and within that hour i ALSO have to walk sam, buy new ingredients, AND cook, I opted for a simple quick fix to make the dish happen, not sacrifice taste, and still make it to the party on time
REPLACING the tomatoes that's been marinaded over night-- i went to the market and picked up a can of diced tomatoes. Once home, i drained out all the liquid, pour the tomatoes into the blender, chopped up 1/2 of a garlic, sprinkle salt/pepper/sugar into the blender, and pour olive oil (About 1/4 cup) into the mixture. PULSE blend it (do NOT keep the blender running or else it will become a watery mixture and not pesto-like) until garlics are chopped up and oil is completely mixed in. Should be a paste-like consistency (hence pesto!)
Meanwhile, the pasta was cooking on the stove...
*TIP- I learn this from my friend's mom who makes AMAZING pho (Vietnamese noodle soup)!! When cooking noodles, make sure salt + oil are added to the water and water is BOILING before dumping in the noodles. Then, after noodles been cooked about 1/2 way through (still a bit hard) remove the pot from the stove top and let it sit for about 10 mins. By doing so, the noodles are cooked by the residual heat in the pot and it will not be overcooked or overly soft, a true Al Dente!
Once noodles are cooked, drain and let it cook down a bit. Meanwhile, cut up grape tomatoes half way, then wash and dry fresh basil leaves. Cut basil leaves into smaller pieces
When noodles are slightly cooler and drained, put into serving bowl and pour in tomato paste mixture. Toss and mix well, then sprinkle grape tomatoes and fresh basil in, mix again.
And THAT'S IT!! YOU ARE READY! This dish is delicious, healthy, and NO SAUCE dripping around which makes it super potluck friendly!
Try it out at your next potluck dinner party or when you have guests over! i was done making this in 15 mins! Enjoy!!
I love glamming up Sam! 🐶🎀❤️💎💖 #ornaments #labs #holidays2013 #ilovemydog
Unexpectantly #AnnTaylor has some banging jewelry! Can't wait to rock this gem I got for 50% off!! 💍💎💘 #bargainhunting #statementnecklaces #cheapandchic
Exfoliate the space-age way! (& I feel like she's gonna talk to me...) #rodanandfields #exfoliate #beautifulskin #newyearnewyou http://bit.ly/JPiGOV (at mchelly.myrandf.com)
Merry Christmas Eve-Eve!
Today I went to lunch with a co worker and we had a pretty long discussion on the recent holiday shopping trend-- seems like every retailer out there is opening for longer hours, hoping to get more sales, which means more people have to work the holidays and spend less time with their families, which kinda go AGAINST promoting the Holidays...
Just seems like a catch-22 and are they REALLY getting more $$ per longer hour? Or are they just stretching the same amount of money over a longer course of time?
Anyways, wish everyone a wonderful Holidays with Family & Friends!! Shopping can wait until later :)
I just spent 20mins tying this monstracity up and now it's ready to go into the............fridge 😅❄️ #porchetta #cookingforchristmas
Terrarium migration success!! #terrarium #movingup #diy #greenthumb
Doing a different kind of shopping...for my porchetta! 🐷🍖 (at Esposito's)
First night of using the Redefine Regime!
Just a quick backstory— Rodan and Fields is a skincare line created by the same dermatologist that created ProActive. Still relatively new and unknown, the R+F regiments are quickly becoming favorites amongst women of all ages! The Redefine regiment that...
My first time using R&F!
2 chainz! Going gangsta in this rain ☔️☁️#2chainz #Tangsta (at mchelly.myrandf.com)
First night of using the Redefine Regime!
Just a quick backstory— Rodan and Fields is a skincare line created by the same dermatologist that created ProActive. Still relatively new and unknown, the R+F regiments are quickly becoming favorites amongst women of all ages! The Redefine regiment that...
My first time using R&F!
My first night with Rodan + Fields
First night of using the Redefine Regime!
Just a quick backstory-- Rodan and Fields is a skincare line created by the same dermatologist that created ProActive. Still relatively new and unknown, the R+F regiments are quickly becoming favorites amongst women of all ages! The Redefine regiment that I am using is for anti aging and firming.
ok back to my first try of this highly rated product--
1. READ ALL THE LABELS! I am so bad at this. i usually just go with what i THINK is the right way and never read anything...but i wanted to get the full effect of this regiment so I took some time to read all the labels. Fortunately, the directions are super simple and easy and it took me no time at all to figure out exactly what i need to do
2. USE IT! I took a shower, remove all my make up and...drumroll......open the first bottle (conveniently numbered with a big "1"!) , which is the Redefine Cleansing Mask. It goes on like any other cream-based product, and I can feel the little micro beads scrubbing my face...mmmm... ok now i am suppose to wait until it dries, which was like a minute but i waited slightly longer just to make sure. Once it dries completely I rinsed with water and dry my face
3. Next is the Toner. This is fairly simple, just dap some onto a cotton pad and pat allover :) Easy breezy!
4. Now the MOST exciting part--- I get to use the R+F patent-pending roller!! I was super curious about this and couldn't wait to try it...i wanted to know how it feels so i tested it on the back of my hand...surprisingly there's little tiny needles that pokes at your skin. It doesn't hurt at all but slightly tingling! When I rolled it on my face after the toner dries a bit I DEFINITELY feel my face muscles being stimulated...i am assuming the tiny needles "activate" cells on your face that largely remain static. Anyways, you are suppose roll it in different directions so i rolled in vertical, horizontal, and diagonal ways across my forehead, both cheeks, and neck
5. After the roller I took out a tiny capsule of the Night Renewing Serum and dappled my entire face AND neck. The capsule is super small but to my surprise the solution is VERY concentrated and spreadable!
6. After the Renewing Serum I just applied the Night Restorative cream and Eye cream
*WORTHY TO NOTE that you can skip steps 4-5 if you are not using the roller or serum...I just went for the whole complete line since I am documenting it
Now it's been about 30mins since I rolled my face and i am STILL feeling the tingly effects esp on my neck! I am hoping this means it's working and my little cells are drinking up all that serum/cream and working hard to push back out my necklines like little elves 2 days before Christmas, which is today!!
Check back later to see before & after photos of me!
Started my new #beauty #skincare routine tonight! Let's see what the results are in 30 days... #beautyforever #rodanandfields #perfectskin #redineregiment #antiaging
No time to bake a cake but too late to order one? Super cheap and fast solution-- DIY cake from ANY supermarket!!
What you need:
Plain White cake (usually readily available in the bakery section)
Fruit-whatever kind works!
Chocolate (melted) or Nutella
1. Cut up fruit, arrange on plain cake
2. Drizzle melted chocolate or Nutella on top
3. Bring that cake to a party and say you made it. Which is not exactly lying....it was 50% DIY!!
The plain cake was about $7, fruit was another $5...so for less than $15 you get a decent size cake that can easily feed about 6-8 people!
Typical weeknight dinner! 2-3 dishes that we would eat with white rice. Here we have pan-seared red snapper, Eggplant and pork stir fry, and Oyster mushroom with clam soup!
This took me maybe an hour to make--key is to have something cooking at the same time on different stoves! Soup is boiling in the back, stir fry going, then fish being seared on another pan
Think about how to utilize different WAYS (bake/boil/fry/stir fry/steam/etc) of cooking next time! Plan it out and it will save you lots of time :)