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She was in High School yet but headed off to college. So we make this corner table together, hoping it would be useful in the years ahead. The three legs come off easily with a wrench. The triangular "table" on top could be used as a footstool underneath. Hard to believe that this table is over 30 years old and that it has lived in college dorms, apartments & rentals, but is now in her very own home, hundreds of miles from where we made it.
Indiana
Homemade Easter cards that I painted with watercolors to send to my grandchildren.
(inspiration from Pinterest with my own spin)
for The Flickr Lounge
theme: Easter
Great technique for fried rice
I picked this up watching an episode of Iron Chef. Normally, you must cool cooked rice for several hours before frying it; otherwise, you will end up with gummy, sticky rice. The Iron Chef, however, added raw eggs to freshly cooked rice. The egg coats the rice and keeps the grains from sticking to each other. This is great if you want to make fried rice without waiting several hours! The rice doesn’t taste like the result of a “short cut” either—in fact, I like it better than the normal technique.
Since Iron Chef doesn’t provide any recipes, I had to do a bit of guess work. I found that one egg to 2 cups of cooked rice seems to work well. Here is the recipe I worked out. You can change the ingredients listed at the end of the recipe to vary the style of the fried rice.
Fried Rice
Base Recipe
4 cups cooked jasmine rice*
2 eggs
3-4 tablespoons peanut oil
6 cloves garlic, chopped
1/4-1/3 cup shallots, chopped (onions would work as well)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
Additions for variation
2-3 tablespoons Thai roasted chili paste, nahm prik pao*
1 bunch of Thai basil
1/2 cup or more fresh vegetables (pea pods or mushrooms, etc.)
Cucumbers for garnish
*I cooked 2 1/3 cups of dried rice and 3 cups of water in a microwave rice cooker for 18 minutes. First, I washed and drained the rice 6 times in a bowl of water to remove the excess starch.
* I use homemade Thai roasted chili paste made from dried red peppers, garlic, shallots, oil, sugar, salt, soy sauce, and tamarind liquid.
1. Cook the rice. Remove lid and stir rice to cool and separate grains (you will get the best results if you divide the rice into two bowls to facilitate cooling). Let stand for about 5 minutes.
2. Break raw eggs into rice and stir to coat grains.
3. Heat oil in wok on high heat. Add garlic and shallots and fry until they begin to brown.
4. Add Thai roasted chili paste and basil and fry for a minute or two.
5. Add vegetables and fry for a couple of minutes.
6. Add rice in 3 or 4 batches, stirring to incorporate other ingredients.
7. Finally, add seasonings and mix well.
8. Serve immediately with cucumbers and more basil to garnish.
Homemade asawir cookies (middle eastern cookies made with flour, ghee, ground cardamom and toasted sesame seeds. A personal project - baked, styled, photographed and edited by me
Bombons de chocolate caseiros feitos de leite em pó, chocolate em pó, leite condensado, recheados com uvas passas mergulhadas no rum (na falta do rum, pode ser tequila, vodca, cachaça fica meio forte...)
I thought I'd try out a childhood classic, Pop-Tart. These were pretty simple to make (its just pie crust and strawberry jam) but it's not as simple as just opening a package...
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Made sushi for dinner tonight. It has been a while since I rolled sushi at home. I am glad I did because it turned out quite tasty!
Vanilla buttercream centers with dark chocolate shell.
This may look zen, but by the time I was finished, my kitchen looked like it had solid chocolate countertops and cabinets. :P
I used a homemade fudgy brownie for the base. I used some homemade baklava ice cream and the torched the meringue to finish it off. My memories of the 1970's and The Galloping Gourmet Mr. Graham Kerr.
Nikon DSLR D200 / AF-S Nikkor Lens VR 70-300mm F/1:4.5-5.6 G ED • Focal Length 170mm • Shutter 1/100" | Aperture ƒ/13 • White Balance: Flash • Exposure Program: Manual • Lighting: One Nikon Speedlight SB-800 on the left; one SB-800 on the right; both with diffuser; and lastly another one SB-800 positioned in the background just below the table to lighten up the Coke bottle and wall; Triggered by built in flash, set in commander mode Mx1/128 • ISO 100 • 02 November 2007.
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