We started school officially this Tuesday. Boy, it was hard to get back in the groove of things. Why can’t it be summer all year long? 🙂 Between prep time for lessons, actual school time, extra-curricular activities, working three days a week (including both Saturday […]

Meat, meat, and more meat. We had ribeye steak for dinner last night with macaroni salad. Sooooooo delicious! The steaks were cooked on a gas grill. All we use for seasoning is just plain old salt (coarse) and black pepper. If cooked indoors on a […]

Earlier this afternoon, Alex helped me make macaroni salad. For dinner, I would have loved a steak to go with it. 🙂 However, that means a trip to Costco on a Friday evening…totally not up to it. Instead, we made Jersey-style hot dogs for the […]

Kirkland Signature Low Sodium Bacon is the ultimate deliciousness!!! I could snack on it all day long. Someone hide the bacon, please!

In the evening – it was grilling time! We wonder why we don’t do this often. 🙂 Note: Recipe for grilled pork can be found in a previously published post – Macaroni Salad and Grilled Soy Sauce Pork. For a bolder flavor, I divided 5 pounds of pork […]

Here are some photos of our simple but oh so delicious Thanksgiving meal. We ate around noon since there wasn’t much prep involved. Just had to heat the ham and scalloped potatoes, cook the green beans, and the rest was essentially done. And boy, did we […]

Here’s a dish that I grew up with. Of course back then, my mum often made it with pork belly or pork leg, which I’m not a big fan of because of all the fats. When I make this dish now, I use pork chops instead. […]

With the warmer weather, my chives have been growing rather quickly and abundantly in my garden. That and the fact that we’ve been getting May weather in March, I figure it’s time to make our much-loved, favorite macaroni salad. I told Keith, if there’s only one summer dish I could […]

Hmmm…wondering what was Alex looking at so intently? He was actually browsing a Lakeshore Learning Materials catalog, which he has been doing almost everyday since we received the catalog back in January. 😀 As indicated by its name, Lakeshore sells learning materials and Alex loves those things and can’t seem to get […]

Happy New Year!! You guys are in for a real treat! This recipe is named after one of my best friends – Louisa because it originally came from her family. I first tasted this sauce way back in high school but I didn’t officially get […]