FINDING PLEASURES IN THE SIMPLE THINGS

Month: December 2008

Chicken Satay and Spicy Peanut Sauce

Chicken Satay and Spicy Peanut Sauce

Satay, a dish of grilled slices of meat or chicken on bamboo skewers, is a popular hawker-style snack (or a meal by itself) back home. Satay is traditionally served with a spicy peanut sauce, with accompaniments such as slices of cucumber, shallots, and cubed ketupat. […]

Christmas Greetings

Christmas Greetings

Hello Everyone! Warmest greetings from Ohio. This year, instead of regular mail, we decided to send our Christmas wishes through our blog. A quick wrap-up of the year – Alex is now five and a half years old. We are homeschooling him for kindergarten this […]

Oatmeal and Dried Cranberry Cookies

Oatmeal and Dried Cranberry Cookies

I saw these wonderful cookies on Martha’s Favorite Cookies DVD. I’m normally not a fan of chewy cookies but boy, they sure made these cookies look enticingly scrumptious on the show. I guess if you watched the show enough times, everything would look enticing sooner or […]

Our Son is Martha’s Fan

Our Son is Martha’s Fan

Can you believe it? Our son, Alex is a big Martha fan. I used to borrow Martha’s DVDs from the library for myself but now, I actually borrow Martha’s DVDs because Alex wants to watch them. His favorites are Martha’s Guests: Master Chefs, Martha’s Baking […]