Serious About Cereals

| January 21, 2010

We always keep at least two or three boxes of cereals in the pantry.  The call of toasted bread or warm rolls paired with a yummy sandwich filling for breakfast, however, is often too loud and too tempting to ignore.  It’s embarrassing to admit that we’ve allowed one too many boxes of cereals to expire [...]

McCormick & Schmick’s…The Second Time Around

| January 21, 2010

It was in November when we first wined and dined at McCormick & Schmick’s to celebrate hubby’s birthday.  I posted an entry about it HERE.  After only a little over a month, we were back.  This time, to celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary and my Mom’s birthday (her 60th! Shhhh!).  It used to be that [...]

Spring Mix Salad with Homemade Vinaigrette Dressing

| January 19, 2010

Spring is here…kinda.  It does feel like spring already and pretty soon, people will be looking for cheap orlando hotels (and not so cheap ones, too!),  but what I’m really talking about is the salad kind of spring. :D I’ve been a very good girl these past few days, loading up on my greens.  The [...]

I Scream for Ice Cream Cake

| January 18, 2010

More than screaming for ice cream cake, I was screaming for ice cream cake success.  I haven’t been posting ice cream cake entries lately because the last two I made – one in July 2009  and another in December 2009 – failed miserably.  I was hugely embarrassed because I made them for the birthdays of [...]

Deep-Fried Zesty Chicken

| January 15, 2010

I know a lot of you are trying to eat healthy these days.  There’s just something about January that somehow prompts people to start eating healthy and some, to take effective weight loss supplements.  Nevertheless, I’m posting this Japanese recipe, which became an instant favorite of my family the very first time I made it. [...]