Yummy in My Tummy
Making cookies for santa
December 24, 2008
This is the first year we plan to leave cookies out for Santa. Since it's the start of what will become a tradition, I want to start it out right and make our own cookies to leave out for the jolly guy. I decided to share the recipe I'm going to use with you. It's the best sugar cookie recipe I've tried so far. It's simple and rolls out just right. I've used it three years in a row now Read more...
Turkey and Rolls!
November 27, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving! I am so grateful for so many things. But if I had to pick something, I am most grateful for my little family made up of me, Captain J, Noah and Natalie. We are healthy and together this holiday season. It's all I need. Today, as we all take a break from our daily routines to sit with each other at a table and gobble up turkey, don't forget to include our Read more...
Crockpot Caramel Apples; our new tradition
October 22, 2008
We can get apples any time of year, but for some reason, I associate them with the Fall season. When the Halloween candy shows up in the supermarket, it makes me want to buy lots of crunchy apples to eat whole and bake into pies. But this year we did something else with our apples too. We covered them in melted caramel, and gobbled them up. It's something I am adding to our lives as a Read more...
Fun art: pudding finger painting
September 17, 2008
Got a free afternoon and getting bored? Run out of fingerpaint? Want to combine a cooking activity with an art activity? Chocolate pudding finger painting is the perfect thing. Mix up a box of chocolate pudding. I let Noah pour in both the pudding powder and milk into a large bowl. Then I hand him a whisk and we madly mix away. We'll talk about how the powder is getting wetter Read more...
Kid friendly food on top your hibachi
September 01, 2008
To me, a visit to the beach isn't satisfying without a good meal at the beach. On quick visits I'll make do with some quick bentos or plate lunches, but my favorite thing to eat at the beach is something grilled on a hibachi (bbq grill). Some things we barbecue that our Noah actually eats: Kalbi: Korean short ribs. I usually marinade our own the day before. But we all don't Read more...
Cool healthy treats for hot days
August 27, 2008
When the weather's hot like it has been, I detest cooking in the kitchen. With the oven or stove on, it just gets hotter and hotter. So that means no baking dessert. But that doesn't bother us because there are so many cool and healthy sweet treats to enjoy. Frozen seedless grapes: better than popsicles and easy as popcorn to pop into your mouth. Whole grapes are a choke hazard Read more...
Making kid sushi
July 30, 2008
On some afternoons, I like to lead Noah in making his own snack instead of just handing him something. We cook something easy and fun, then eat it together loudly talking about how delicious it is. The other day, we made simple kid sushi. It's actually just Korean nori (seaweed) rolls. You don't have to go to a Korean market these days to get those crunchy, salty Korean nori Read more...
Shopping in chinatown
July 23, 2008
The marketplaces in Chinatown (particularly this market place ) are teeming with colors, sounds and smells. I lived in Korea for part of my life and each time, I'm reminded of the open markets there. Foods are sometimes alive and overall much closer to its original state than you'd find it at a supermarket. Instead of pork wrapped in plastic, you'll see the whole pig in pieces (including Read more...
Fresh and local
July 14, 2008
Growing up I ate lots of fresh local food. My mom and grandmother would cook meals with stuff they bought from the farmer's market, the open market in china town or picked from our garden in the backyard. My mom still chooses to buy local and fresh first. The last time she was back visiting us in Hawaii (long story, but my parents live in Southern California now) she gathered Read more...
Cupcakes in paradise: escape to something yummy after school, grumpy.
July 03, 2008
Some days Noah just needs a pick me up when I pick him up from school. Whether he didn't have a good nap or he'd just had a fight over a friend, he's just grumpy sometimes. But there is a cure for Mr. Grump. It's the same thing that cures me when I'm a little down. Cupcakes. We used to quiet our bad feelings (I know, probably not a good thing to teach Noah how to deal Read more...
Party Food for Kids in Hawaii
June 26, 2008
I'm in the process of planning Noah's third birthday party. A big part of any party is the food. But my picky Noah doesn't really like the usual party fare. He detests pizza, and just nibbles at hamburgers and hotdogs. I usually try to feed him before we get to a friend's party and then the ice cream and cake usually fills the rest of him up. At least for his own party, I Read more...
Island Fruits
June 25, 2008
Tis the season for lychees, mangos and watermelon! The great thing about summer is the abundance and variety of fruit I get to eat. I love fruit, and I've made sure to expose Noah to as much of them as I could. We're lucky in Hawaii to have so much to choose from. This is the time of year I usually visit China Town to hunt for some of the fruit I can't find anywhere Read more...
It's high time for icy cold shave ice
June 16, 2008
People in the mainland have a favorite ice cream joint they go to for a cool treat on a hot day. But here in Hawaii , we have a favorite shave ice place we find ourselves going back to over and over. For our family, nothing beats Waiola Shave Ice. There's nothing like it. The fine fine textured ice that soaks up the yummy syrup and toppings so well. It melts in your Read more...
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