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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

We wanted a quick, no-fuss thanksgiving meal as we would rather spend time with each other than slave around the kitchen for hours. This meal was put together in three hours, which included broiled turkey wings, cranberry sauce, skillet-braised green beans, mashed potatoes, all-purpose gravy, […]

More pictures from this summer and early fall…

We took Alex to an apple orchard this fall to pick apples and I wanted to take a few pictures of him with the apples. However, he did not want to have his picture taken at all that day and did whatever he could to […]

This is a belated summer post – I’ve never really liked zucchini bread simply because most of the ones you would find in the stores tend to be unappealingly dense and gummy, as well as bland tasting. However, with plenty of zucchini from our garden this […]

I came across this recipe in The Best of Fine Cooking: 101 Quick & Delicious Recipes. I love the fact that it is such a simple and easy dish to make, and it tastes great! I usually serve it alongside grilled fish and some form […]

There is only one word to describe this chex mix – addictive! We only just discovered this last winter and have been making it fairly often for snack. Sometimes, I do not even add chex – just Cheez-It, pretzels, and nuts. The mix is actually not […]