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Happy Lots of Things!
Including, but not limited to…Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, and Blog Anniversary…
Well, seems like we were just celebrating the Western New Year, and here we are, Chinese New Year! I never celebrated Chinese New Year. Perhaps it’s because I’m a Caucasian female “true blue” American (we can trace both sides of my family in the US before the Revolution)? Perhaps it’s because I never really liked Chinese food? Regardless, I never had reason to celebrate the Chinese holiday. That is until now… [Read More]
Getting Back to Basics Bake Sale and Another Milestone Accomplished!
This week was broken up a bit by a four-day weekend for me for Labor Day (which Mark unfortunately had to work), but with Mark away, it gave me an excellent opportunity to “Labor over Labor Day” to bake for my “Monday Bake Sale” (Tuesday this week for obvious reasons…). Inspired to keep a theme going, I decided to do cookies this week, but instead of experimenting as I normally do, I decided to get “Back to Basics” with Basic Chocolate Chip Cookies and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies. We are keeping on track with our training as well, I’ve introduced Mark to yoga, which we plan on doing together at least once a week. We also participated in the Brian O’Neill’s Pub Run, which is a weekly 5k held on Tuesday evenings at Rice University. [Read More]
What Would Jesus Eat? (Plus, Happy Easter!)
This year we had to celebrate Easter a day early (Mark works today), so we had dinner a day early…This year we tried something different than the old stand-by of ham and potatoes. We love ham and potatoes, but given that we had an afternoon to prepare a nice meal, we decided to try our hand at lamb chops! That gave me the inspiration to make it a Mediterranean/Middle Eastern themed meal…which is closer to what Jesus would have actually eaten (maybe…). It came out delicious!
We paired our lamb chops with a mint yogurt sauce, with sides of Israeli couscous (pearl couscous), and our lovely Greek salad. This paired nicely with Two Hands vineyard’s Angel Hands Shiraz (2007). [Read More]
Recreating the Lemon Tree (Part 1)
The Lemon Tree is our favorite Peruvian restaurant in Houston. Comfortable atmosphere, great people, and as authentic as you can get around (so says my Peruvian colleague)… [Read More]
A (mostly) Venezuelan Valentine’s Day
Today is Valentine’s Day…
I don’t try to get caught up in the hype and try not to go out or get concerned whether I’m getting anything or not (I’m pretty low maintenance). However, I do find it a good time to try to make food at home as a special gesture. [Read More]
I knew my husband was a keeper when I found out he loved to cook! Last night he cooked up a great special meal for me for Valentines Day. I’ll post recipes later when I get them from him, but it was relatively healthy and decadent.
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