Homemade pork jerky (chu yuk gone)! Taught by someone’s dear mother 🤤 Ingredients 2 lbs. lean ground pork 225g sugar 3 tbsp oyster sauce 2 tbsp fish sauce 2 tsp cooking wine 1 tsp soy sauce *optional: add chilli oil to make a spicy version* Meat prep Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix. … Continue reading
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Covid Pandemic – Working Mom – Caregiver Wife
I’d love to write a more eloquent post that starts with how I’m feeling, the different reasons why, and then conclude with some profound insight. The reality is it’s a shit storm over here and today my rose coloured sunglasses fell off. I am PMS’ing hard and have noticed my patience and ‘go with the … Continue reading
Vegetable Lasagna with Spinach and Ricotta
Ingredients 8 Fresh lasagna sheets (2 per layer) Mozzarella cheese Parmesan cheese Vegetable sauce: 1 eggplant, chopped in chucks 3 zucchinis, sliced 259 gr mushrooms, sliced 1 brown onion, diced 3 cloves of garlic, crushed 2 T oil 400g tin diced tomatoes 2 Tbsp tomato paste 4 cups of vegetable stock Salt, pepper, dried or … Continue reading
Dialysis During Covid-19
When Covid-19 started I was worried like most people about food. I wanted to make sure I had enough food to feed my family. We didn’t hoard food (not enough money or space), but we did buy a case of water, eggs, bags of chips, cheese, bread, milk, batteries, cookies, wine, fruits, veggies, and meats. … Continue reading
CHICKEN TIKA MASALA
INGREDIENTS – Part 1 – Make night before 1 cup yogurt/sour cream 1 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp ground cinnamon 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper 1 Tbsp minced fresh ginger 1 – 2 tsp salt 3 boneless skinless chicken breast cut in cube INGREDIENTS … Continue reading
Spanakopita (Greek Spinach and Feta Pie)
Thank You YiaYia Apostolides for your Spanakopita Recipe. You were right…don’t let the phyllo scare you. you meet someone fantastic and she teaches you how to cook! Ingredients FOR THE SPINACH AND FETA FILLING 16 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well-drained 2 bunches flat-leaf parsley, stems trimmed, finely chopped 1 large yellow onion, finely … Continue reading
Vagina Info
Every person should know about th human body. For females and fathers of daughters, this is particularly true. So, here’s some great info about the vagina. Disclaimer – I am not a gynecologist. I am a female who’s learned a few things and preach to my kids “listen to your body”. Vaginal discharge is normal. … Continue reading
Stuffed Bread – Sicilian Style – Scaccia
You can make ahead and then reheat. Or eat cold! Scaccia (plural: scacce) or scacciata is a stuffed flat bread in Sicilian cuisine. Scaccia is made with a very thin rectangular layer of dough, folded on itself three or four times. It can be stuffed with different ingredients, the more common variations are ricotta cheese and onion, cheese and tomato, tomato and … Continue reading
Stuffed Bread – Italian Style – Banada
This is a staple called Banada. Basically a stuffed bread. Ingredients: Hot and sweet sausage cooked on stovetop Frozen spinach (defrosted) and squeeze out liquid Pizza dough from the grocery store Mozzarella shredded Directions: Oven at 375 Roll out dough Layer dough with mozzarella, spinach and sausage Roll up Egg wash and sprinkle with course … Continue reading
First Time Croup – scary
My darling went to sleep healthy without any signs of sickness. No fever. No cough. But that all changed at 2am. He woke up crying, coughing hard and struggling to catch a breath. It sounded like he had something in his throat. Hubby had put him to bed and I asked aggressively (in my defense … Continue reading