Flavored Water with Your Favorite Fruits

My daughter loves milk. She loves homemade juice and not-so-homemade- juices too!  She normally drinks a lot of water at school but not so much at home.  Often, I have to remind her to drink more water.    Most Mums might … Continue reading

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Garlic Ginger Rosemary Salmon

I love garlic.  I eat it raw. I add it in my food to most, if not all of my cooking.  I eat it pickled.  I eat it all the time. When we used to live in Texas, before moving … Continue reading

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Pecan Pie in a Jar?

Never had one of these, but I read the ingredients and put the jar back on the shelf.  It was interesting enough for me to photograph it though.  I mean, it’s oozing with artery-clogging-sugary-glob.  And hello, I should not be … Continue reading

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Black Bean Salad

I refer to this as black bean salad but it really has a lot of great healthy ingredients in addition to black beans.  You don’t have to use all these ingredients.  You can use what you have.  Just like my … Continue reading

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Cafe Escape: Buak Haad Park

As I have written in my other cafe hunting post, I like trying out different cafes with air conditioning to escape the Chiang Mai heat and to share it with my readership of 5!  Ha ha, okay 6! . Happy … Continue reading

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Samosa Salad

This is probably one of the simplest, easiest salad you will learn to make.  I will show you how. I love samosas don’t you? You can devour them very quickly. They are so delicious. I usually pick up my samosas … Continue reading

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Cafe Escapes: The Hunt

We’ve been hunting for new cafes with air-con in the past couple of weeks.   Frankly, it’s an absolute fun activity for me to visit and try out many different cafes.  It’s an adventure exploring and discovering new cafes each day. … Continue reading

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Cellophane Noodles and Bamboo Strips Recipe

We frequent several vegetarian restaurants here in Chaing Mai.  Chiang Mai is a vegetarian’s heaven since there are so many cafes and restaurants from which to choose. Often when I go to the Taiwanese vegetarian restaurant near Chiang Mai gate, … Continue reading

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Pizza Bagel Recipe

When we are feeling lazy and out of energy we do simple recipes.  This is one of them and my daughter especially loves this one.  She enjoys helping us make these and devour them afterward!  Moms, you can have your … Continue reading

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Simple Sautéed Shrimp and Onion Recipe

  I like simple dishes with great flavors. Sometimes having a kid, simple is better and quicker. We cook a lot of vegetarian food at home.  However, while we were at Maung Mai the other day, we decided to get … Continue reading

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