Life In Mexico

Can You say “Pheonix Feet”?

miomama — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:38:30 +0000

Lately I’ve been craving Chinese food, specifically Dim Sum food. I know, I know, I’m Chinese but I don’t always cook Chinese food and rarely do I crave Chinese food. So, this past Monday I bought some chicken feet. Its one of those dim sum dishes that you either LOVE or you don’t. My sons [...]

Making Spring Roll Wrappers

miomama — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:14:18 +0000

My friend at the Chinese take out makes his own spring roll wrappers for their restaurant. I’ve watched him do it many times and I’ve been wanting to try it forever. Well, I got to do it today and it was so much fun! Messy but yummy fun. Update: The wrappers made above were turned [...]

Little Jars of Yumminess

miomama — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:03:35 +0000

Living in Mexico, the boys can pick mangoes, bananas and papayas from our garden but not apples. Since we’re in Toronto visiting family, we decided that we would take our boys on an apple picking adventure. The weather was beautiful and we had a lot of fun. After an hour, we had ourselves 20lbs of [...]

Its Onion Soup Karma

miomama — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:22:58 +0000

I’ve only made French Onion Soup once in my lifetime, a long time ago. I don’t even remember if it was good. Well, today that’s what we had for lunch, made from scratch no less. It’s karma. I was at the butchers on Wednesday to pick up bacon for our traditional weekend breakfast, when I [...]

How Do You Like Your Squid?

miomama — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:33:30 +0000

“Anyway that Mom makes them!” says Son #1. My son loves calamari or squid and seriously, he’ll eat a plateful all by himself if I let him. Usually, he gets his calamari fix at a restaurant either in Toronto or at the beach in Tecoman. But lucky for him, Mom bought some frozen squid and [...]

You Can’t Go Wrong with Bacon

miomama — Thu, 20 May 2010 01:47:28 +0000

Its been pretty crazy around here these past three weeks. I haven’t had a minute to myself and even less time to blog. I’ve been jotting down ideas and taking photos but just wasn’t able to sit down and write or type. Picture this, its 6:00pm and I’m sitting at the dinner table with my [...]

Bread That’s Almost Too Cute To Eat

miomama — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:24:37 +0000

So, my niece posted on her Facebook wall this photo. We’re on our semi-annual visit to the grandparents in Toronto, so I’m not doing too much cooking or baking. Just lots of eating. However, I will definitely give this a try when I’m home. If you want to try making your own Panda Bread, here [...]

Biscuits, biscuits, the elusive biscuit

miomama — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:11:15 +0000

I’ve been on the hunt for that light, fluffy, buttery biscuit a long time. I awoke this morning hankering for some. So again, I searched and read and searched and read when finally I found a recipe that made me want to give it a try. I’ve been disappointed so many times with brick like [...]

Lesson Learned

miomama — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:27:13 +0000

Do not buy 13 kg of zucchinis two weeks before you go on vacation. This is what is still in my crisper after giving 4 kgs away, using up 3 kgs in meals this week, and shredding and freezing 3kgs.

Zucchini Bisque Light

miomama — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:23:59 +0000

This past weekend, I bought a crate of zucchinis, about 15kgs or a little over 30lbs. Why did I do this? Partly, to help out my friend’s parents and partly to save some money. My friend’s parents grow them but are getting so little money for them from the wholesale buyers. Basically, the farmers get [...]