Summer Fruit Time!

Yessss, it's time!! My fave grocery store has organic strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries!! :9

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Healthy Turkey Wrap

Oopsies, I haven't posted in a long time. :) Here's a random picture of a healthy wrap! Turkey, spinach, and avocado on a whole wheat wrap. :)


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Blogger App!

Yay!! Google has come out with a Blogger app! Let's play!!

Okay two pics: Milk flavoring straws I saw at the grocery store. And, a super cool toaster.

Dentist

I'm overdue to go to the dentist. Hmm I don't have a pic for this, so I drew a picture of a tooth on my iPhone:

Christmas Tree is Up!

Christmas tree is up! It's starting to feel like Christmas yay!



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First Big Spill

First big spill! Yep, that's my ski in the middle of the pic. It's okay, Snowbird is amazing!!


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Baby Pineapple!

Hehehehee awwww!! :D It's soo cuute!!


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Happy Football to You!

Yessss! 'Tis the season (fall!) and football has come again! :) (Yes, sorry this post is 4 weeks late.)


Mariano's is the best!! And they make some super cute cakes! :D

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Two Peas in a Pod Salt & Pepper Shakers

Heheheee!! "Two Peas in a Pod Salt & Pepper Shakers" from PerpetualKid.com is soo cute.


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Quite Possibly the Best Burger

The Hangover burger was sooo amazingly delicious!!


David enjoyed the Triple Bypass burger, with two grilled cheese sandwiches instead of a bun. :D


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Bread!

----- UPDATE: 1/2/2012 -----
Also! I forgot, you have to preheat the dutch oven in the oven too! If not, the bottom of the bread will stick to the bottom with no hope. So! The summary:

(1) Prep 12-18 hours before cooking: 3 cups bread flour, 1.25 teaspoons of salt, 0.25 teaspoons of yeast, 1.33 cups of cool water (mix with a wooden spoon in a glass bowl - no metal!)

(2) Bake: Preheat the dutch oven with the oven at 375 (approx. 30 minutes). Plop the dough into the preheated pot and bake with the lid for 30 minutes. Then no lid for 15-30 minutes.

Yay!! :)

----- UPDATE: 3/15/2011 -----
This is the message from my cousin! :D "The recipe is from My Bread by Jim Lahey. 3 cups bread flour, 1.25 teaspoon salt, 0.25 teaspoon yeast, 1.33 cup of cool water. Bread needs to rise for 12-18 hours. Bake 375 F in cast iron pot lid on for 30 mins and with lid off for 15-30 mins. Good luck."

I seriously did exactly that!! :) I found this sweet blog in the meantime when looking for picture examples:
http://steamykitchen.com/168-no-knead-bread-revisited.html

I didn't do that extra step where you let it "nap" for 2 hours. :) Completely skipped right over it. :) So easy!! Woooo!! I ate it with butter right away mmmm.

----- Original Post -----
Thanks to my awesome cousin, I made bread!! :D AND it was delicious!! :D


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Winter is Outside!!

Chicago's Blizzard 2011 has come and gone, but we are still cleaning up! Here's the sight from our (non-open-able) front door this morning:


Yaaaayyyy!! I know Chicago is still heavily into the cleaning aftermath, but I want more snow hehehee. :)

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Winter Wonderland

Eagerly awaiting Blizzard 2011 yayay!!


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Mmmmmm Pulled Pork

Tender and tasty pulled pork is of my favorite foods!!


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Snow Day

...at Heavenly! Yayayay!!!


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Hot Pockets!

These were one of the few junk foods my parents let us eat growing up. I don't think I've eaten any Hot Pockets since college. Soooo, when I passed them in the grocery store, I had to have them!


Mmm. Cheers! Happy New Year!

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Waffles Day!!

Yesssss!!! Thanks, BK!! :D

My delicious waffle is topped with crunchy peanut butter, Nutella, and bananas!! :D


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First Skiing of the Season

It's not out west, but I will take it!! Yay!! :D My Golden and I had a blast on the hills with BNa and Sung!!


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Vinegar Cucumbers Again!

Okay this time, I split it into two batches:


The left one is normal:
- 1 lb. little cucumbers
- 2.5 big cloves of garlic (minced)

The right one has all those and:
- two teaspoons of chili oil

Then, I added to both:
- two circles of sesame oil
- a little over half height of white vinegar
- 1.5 heaping tablespoons of sugar

Yay! Let's see how they taste tomorrow morning. :) Nitey nites!

*** UPDATE two days later! ***

I had too much vinegar, oopsies. I added two more calm teaspoons of sugar and it was still too vinegar-y. Next time, I'll try just less than half the height of vinegar and two heaping teaspoons of sugar for each. :) Same for the chili oil one too - that one had okay spiciness but still too vinegar-y!

Updated recipe:
- 1 lb. cucumbers
- 2.5 cloves of garlic, minced
- two small circles of sesame oil
- just less than half the height of white vinegar
- 2 heaping teaspoons of sugar
- optional: 2 teaspoons of chili oil

Yay!!

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Sad Farewell

Last week I said a sad goodbye to one of my bestest buds. I love you, RAVBaby!!





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Patbingsoo!

Mmmm, my favorite Korean dessert! :9


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Caramel Apple

One of my favorite foods! My Golden brought me my first caramel apple of the season yay!! What a good boy.


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Happy Football Season!

Yesss!! Go Bears!!


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Firepit

One last firepit before summer is done!


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Chipotle

Mmmmm one of my fave fast foods!


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