green beans, green beans
i have them all day long
they make me feel light and strong
green beans, green beans
in salad and in soup
they help you every day
be better when you poop
cooking veggies
Category: food
best of april, 2024
how was your month of April?
anything exciting happening?
i have six more weeks till the end of the school year, it makes me feel better…
Kitchen Inspirations. Winter edition.
What have you cooked recently? Any recommendations for cold winter days?
Yesteryear Trip to China
restaurant culture is vibrant and exotic anywhere you go, marketing strategies are endless fun
Chinese parks and gardens are very pretty
Getting your nails done after the hot pot experience, feeling great after eating, watching the noodle dance and Chinese opera ‘mask man’ perform.
tea after the whole prelude done for us, first tea ceremony that satisfied my curiosity about the real traditional performance preceding the tea drinking
breakfast at the fast food chain, spicy egg soup and gyoza dumplings
sichuan cuisine with my students after karaoke
dragon on the roof fiercely looking forward
farewell concert on the last day
seafood restaurant I still have to try because they promise sour kraut as a bonus
lotus plant, symbol of spiritual enlightenment, beauty and prosperity.
Baking and Cooking
I decided to start this year right, I cooked and cooked, and cooked some more, and baked a little. And you know what, I found a new recipe for a lentil lemon salad and made it my way, it turned out amazing. I used this recipe for inspiration: https://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/252087/lemony-lentil-salad-with-feta/ adding salad greens and subtracting onions. You can tell I was teaching Math yesterday, I actually did, it was so much fun, we mostly focused on geometry, and geometry is my favorite.
What else? I made poppy seed muffins today, and once again played with the recipe to make it even better, i added walnuts and cacao. My guys are brown and nutty this time, so proud of them. It’s a great recipe, easy to follow and quick to make. I used this recipe: https://dinnerthendessert.com/poppy-seed-muffins/, sour cream instead of milk and no vanilla or almond extract. I also added 2 cups of flour to make them more like bread.
For the first time I made steak, it turned out pretty good. I am not a big steak person yet I was curious to try something new, not that new at the end of the day. For me it’s unusual so I decided to conquer my fears once again. Best part was making carrot salad with garlic and walnuts, salt, black pepper, mayo for the dressing, it’s the oldest recipe in the world and I love it to the moon and back. I have to make it again since it’s winter. Carrot salad with mayo is a new year recipe, without it new year would never come.
In the breakfast section of my book i made bacon jalapenos omelet, it turned out great with a bit of salt and black pepper. I forgot to mention potatoes, everything is better with potatoes, don’t you think? I had this hearty breakfast for lunch and it was just what the doctor ordered. Highly recommend if you have never tried making it at home. Jalapenos are marinated so the dish is not too spicy.
Let me tell you about a brave move I made, a culinary adventure late at night craving greasy bar food. So this is what I did instead of going out to eat: I had fried chicken with bacon, onions, garlic, salt and pepper. It was super good after i added cumin to the recipe. It’s like night and day, try it once, it reminds me of fajita filling but better because it’s home made. So good and so greasy!
All these dishes are super easy to make and take 20 to 30 minutes. What I like the most about cooking at home is that it’s always better than going out to eat, at least in my experience, I still eat out sometimes to get inspiration and try something new.
Why I quit my job 