One of the things I love about motherhood is discovering that my daughter finds joy in the same foods I enjoyed as a child. I almost forgot about these colorful tiny little pieces of pillow-soft mochi, otherwise known as chi chi dango or coconut mochi. (Photo Credit: Hideki Ueha) (Photo Credit: Hideki Ueha) I can’t remember the first time I ate chi chi dango, but it was what I considered “my kind of mochi” since it...
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I’m not the baker that I once was, at least in the sense that I don’t bake as often as I did in my 20’s. Yet, when I come across a mouth-watering photo on Facebook or Instagram of a melting piece of Hershey’s chocolate bar sitting atop a mound of chocolate chip cookie dough resting on top of a piece of graham cracker… I quickly decide that I AM indeed a baker. Fortunately, the timing for which I came across a...
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Welcome to my new (blog) home! If you’re coming over from my old site – – – It’s nice to see you here! I’m glad you could make it! If you’re new to my blog – – – It’s very nice to meet you! (Photo Credit: Hideki Ueha) Aside from a little fresh paint and a little redecorating, my old friends will find that the content of my new home is very similar to the content of my old home....
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For as long as I can remember, my Mom used to keep a re-used glass jam jar filled with little orange candied kumquats or kinkan kanro-ni in the back of our refrigerator. It never looked appealing to me, and as a child, I recall trying several of these kinkan kanro-ni over the years, but I never found the sweet, sour, and slightly bitter flavor of the candied kumquats to my liking. (Photo Credit: Hideki Ueha) As I got older, the little glass jar...
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This week has been a really busy week so I’m going to keep this post short and sweet. When I first started my food blog, it was really a vehicle for me to archive our family’s recipes and create a life journal of sorts for my Bebe to one day enjoy. Out of my curiosity for good food, I joined a food blog community and I met a few really great people that I’ve mentioned on my blog in the past. One of my favorite food blogs is...
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This recipe post is related to my chocolate chip cookie post in that it uses the same Ghiradelli cookie dough recipe. I just substituted chocolate chips with dried cranberries and yogurt chips. Chocolate chips are occassionally processed on equipment which also processes peanuts or other tree nuts and I thought that using yogurt chips (which the label indicated were not processed on equipment associated with peanuts) would be a good alternative...
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This year, Valentine’s Day was quite fun as Bebe E and I enjoyed a number of arts and crafts together. We decorated the house with little paper hearts. Then she made mommy a Valentine’s Day card. Yes, I helped by tying two pieces of red card stock together with ribbon, making little cut-outs and buying some supplies at Michael’s half-off (yay!). I also helped to stamp the balloon images so that the ink would show up, but the...
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The other day, Bebe E and I took a walk with a good friend of ours and the leaves on the maple trees were gorgeous shades of red, gold, orange and yellow. It was beautiful, and in my friend’s words, peaceful. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year. Bebe E and I have been picking leaves whenever we have the chance. I’ve found recently picked leaves in the house, on the floor of our car, and the other day I found a little...
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