Pork and Spinach Potstickers

This is actually a Guy Fieri-inspired post, as we were watching his show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives when I thought of making this. Well, he featured a Chinese diner in California, particularly their dumplings. I remembered that I still...

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Panang Fish Curry

Hubby was craving his usual curry, but had something else in mind - fish instead of chicken. Despite my protests (I don't like fish curry), I had to give in. He had been asking for it for a long time, but I kept stalling by making chicken...

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"China-fied"

Only in China can you find Papa Smurf wearing a red Spongebob singlet! I took this pic in a Hong Kong night marke...

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Salmon with Sweet Bourbon Glaze

Can you believe this little strip of fish is $5.99?!? This was actually hubby's experiment. We bought a cut of salmon, but instead of buying the marinated kind, we bought fresh upon hubby's insistence. When we got home, I let him work...

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Don't Count the Chickens...

Yes, I know we're not supposed to count the chickens before they're hatched. But in our case, we are counting the eggs!  Since the chicks are still too young for us to be able to definitely tell their gender, we had to always guess based...

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Call it a bad case of me playing "cake doctor." It all started when I saw pineapples being sold for only $2. Never mind that I have never in my entire life peeled a pineapple on my own (why do it when the vendor can do it for you, right?)....

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Spring Salad

Consider this my "happy salad." I just love the different textures, shapes and colors of this dish. My mother-in-law always likes a variety of color in her meals, and I guess it kinda' rubbed off on me. But aside from the color, I absolutely...

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Holey!

One of my kindergarten students gave these to me. She said they were "paper bags" for my Bibles. She gave me two - one for my pocket Bible, and one for my regular Bible. She is so sweet. Her spelling was incredibly cute, but it's the thought...

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Buff Orpingtons

The chicks @ 3 days old  Meet the newest members of our family - 10 Buff Orpington chicks. We chose this breed because we read that they are docile and calm. Which makes me wonder if these chicks are  really Orpingtons. These...

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Sage Tea

This turned out to be quite a refreshing and enjoyable drink - surprisingly. I harvested some leaves from my sage plant and decided to brew it to make herbal tea. I figured I didn't need caffeine so the sage would do (instead of my usual...

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