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Welcome to my toddlerdom.

Candy — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:33:51 +0000

“What’s that?” Baby asks. “Bird”, I answer. “That?” She asks again. “BIRD.” I reply again. “THAT???” She asks. “BIRD!!!!!” I say. She flips the page. “What’s that?” Baby asks. “Flower.” “What’s...

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Roasted Turkey Breast

Candy — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:50:26 +0000

I didn’t make an entire turkey for Thanksgiving this year. I didn’t even cook turkey on the actual day. I made it today instead. Thanks to no extra guests and a mistake on my part in the defrosting...

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Pan Gravy for Turkey

Candy — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:20:14 +0000

Thanksgiving dinner was a success! How come it’s always a success when nobody except my husband is here to witness it? Why do I botch Thanksgiving whenever we have guests? This gravy can be made the...

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Soy Sauce Eggs

Candy — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:10:24 +0000

I made soy sauce chicken last night and had some leftover stock, so I made soy sauce braised eggs. The soy infused stock can be used over and over again for chicken, eggs, tofu and so on. The...

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Maybe it’s a parent thing (re-edited).

Candy — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:45:13 +0000

When I read about the toddler who got run over by 2 trucks in China and all the bystanders who saw her just walked away as she lay there bleeding to death, I was shocked at the blatant apathy and...

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Goldfish crackers have become the 5th food group.

Candy — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:54:46 +0000

There was a time when baby would happily double fist mounds of delicious homemade food I had made her, shoving it into her mouth. She had no preferences back then, she was just happy to eat food. I’d...

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Happy Halloween.

Candy — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:02:40 +0000

I got the idea to make this zombie head cheese from Not Martha. Hers looks a lot better than mine though, but I was pretty pleased with it, this being my first attempt to make a melted head with pub...

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Apple Muffin Doughnuts

Candy — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 02:19:29 +0000

Each week our co-op gives us 6 apples, which turned into 12 apples by the next pick-up the following week. Aside from making applesauce, I decided to try these apple doughnut muffins that I’ve seen...

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Chinese White Cut Chicken

Candy — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:27:57 +0000

I don’t really know the exact translation for the name of this recipe, but in Cantonese it would be ‘white cut chicken’. I’ve also seen it on other sites called ‘steeped chicken’, bái qie ji,...

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Happy 1st Birthday.

Candy — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:00:29 +0000

Since baby learned to walk these past few weeks, I tried to keep her in one piece and unscathed before my family came to visit for her 1st Birthday. I hold my breath as I watch her walk/run, barely...

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Worst Restaurant Experience Ever?

Candy — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:30:16 +0000

I rate my worst restaurant experiences by the poor service. Unlike most of the Yelp reviews I read, I do not rate them on the lack of modern décor in the interior of the restaurant or the ambiance. I...

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Review: Big Pie in the Sky

Candy — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:43:17 +0000

Did you just gain 5 lbs. looking at this picture? There was an episode in Man V. Food featuring Big Pie in the Sky in Atlanta. He had to eat a 30” pizza with another guy in order to win. It was...

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The best of both worlds.

Candy — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:16:14 +0000

There is a family photo I took a few months ago, with baby, me, daddy, and some aunts and uncles from her dad’s side. My dad saw the photo and joked that I looked like the maid. It was sort of like a...

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“So how do you like living in America?”

Candy — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:54:55 +0000

Every morning when I wake up, when I get ready for the day, and I look in the mirror, I see two eyes, a nose, a mouth, some really bad bed hair, and of course imperfections that I want to change,...

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Some more stuff I learned raising a kid.

Candy — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:37:17 +0000

Since I received those nice comments on the last baby post, I’ll do another one. It feels good that you guys are still reading this blog. Below are a few more photos. Baby gets a kick out of seeing...

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The parenting pie is bittersweet.

Candy — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:21:10 +0000

“Buh-Bas!!!!” – quote from baby Rather than explain with words how I’m feeling lately, let me show you with some pie charts, because I feel like putting my Illustrator skills to use every couple...

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Review: Australian Bakery Café, Marietta, GA.

Candy — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:06:27 +0000

Last week my kind husband told me not to cook dinner the next day, and that he was bringing home dinner. So the next day at approximately 6pm, the baby and I were sitting eagerly at the dinner table,...

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Kale Chips

Candy — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:31:25 +0000

Since moving to Georgia, we’ve joined a farmer’s market co-op for a weekly basket of fruit and veggies. In our basket this week was a bunch of kale. Two things come to mind when I think of kale:...

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Lemon Dill Grilled Salmon

Candy — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:37:02 +0000

Here’s the second salmon recipe from that huge chunk of salmon we bought last weekend. Lemon Dill Grilled Salmon Ingredients: 1 – 1.5 lbs. salmon 4 Tbsp. olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 Tbsp...

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Grilled Salmon with Brown Sugar and Soy Sauce

Candy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 20:27:58 +0000

We found this tremendous deal at the supermarket this weekend, 2.7 lbs. of salmon for only $5.00. Curiously the label had it at a mere 0.7 lbs., but who am I to question it? I’m just a customer. A...

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