I hope everyone had a wonderful Father’s Day! That seems like so long ago, although it was only just a week ago! I’ve been looking forward to posting our yummy Father’s Day french toast breakfast but I have been surprisingly busy this week, but in a good way! My mom (grandma/Bachan) stayed with Bebe E and I to keep us company and help out while Bebe Dada was traveling. Needless to say, we had a fabulous time while my mom was...

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  This weekend I overindulged in food, some of it was really bad for me – like the Hamburger Doritos and fried wontons. Saturday night we celebrated three of my best girlfriends’ birthdays and we ate crab and temaki sushi.  I love these girls – they REALLY know how to eat.  :)  I forgot to take pictures of the crab but here’s our temaki spread.   Sunday night we watched the Lakers game with Yin-yin and Pa-paw (Bebe...

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I know the Memorial Day Holiday has already passed, but, as always, I am behind on my foodie posts. I cook faster than I write. Or, maybe I just have too much to write, much like I talk too much, and therein lies my problem?!? Albeit late, I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day. On Sunday, we had a nice family BBQ with bebe dada’s family. Bebe E had her first outdoor pool experience and was able to splash her feet and stand on the first...

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  What can I say… our Lakers ROCK!  Congrats to our Western Conference Champions!  Yay!!!  :) Saturday night’s Game 6 of the Lakers vs. Suns Western Conference Finals had my nerves on edge, especially in the 4th quarter!  The Lakers looked good opening up the 1st quarter with a few quick shots from Andrew, Kobe and Ron, but it wasn’t until late in the 3rd quarter that I really started to get nervous. With a 17-point lead...

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Last week we met bebe dada for lunch and I ordered a bento box with miso glazed salmon.  It was the second time I ordered this in three weeks, and I was hoping this time, that my first bite of salmon would be packed full of flavor… but it wasn’t.  I’m not sure why I ordered this again, knowing very well that I would be disappointed once more.  I believe my tummy is to blame.  :)  The tummy has a mind of its own and it...

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  Today, I was chatting with a girlfriend online and she told me that my recent food posts haven’t “wowed” her. This made me giggle. What can I say, our family eats regular, home cooked fixin’s, and my blog is our “family’s ordinary cookbook”. :) It’s actually quite funny that my girlfriend told me that she wasn’t “wowed” just after I posted Zesty Italian Sausage Hash, because...

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The past week bebe dada’s been full of dinner requests.  I can tell he needs a break from all the Japanese food I’ve been cooking and he needs to be rewarded for the vegetarian dinner he lived through (post forthcoming), as well as the vegetarian dinner leftovers he ate. I got it, hun!  You’re craving hearty family favorites (with meat). The other night he wanted Italian sausage hash, and when I mentioned lasagna because we...

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  At our house, chicken corn curry night always starts with rotisserie chicken from Costco.  If we eat rotisserie chicken for dinner one night (we had Game 3 Salsa with chicken tacos over the weekend), everyone knows that chicken corn curry night is in the near future. As I mentioned before, I love Costco rotisserie chicken because it’s tasty, cost-effective, and most importantly – it’s convenient!  It also freezes well,...

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