by Felicia Nguyen | Aug 25, 2018 | At Home, Food, Uncategorized
FRIDAY FAVORITE #4 WOOHOO!!! TGIF…I survived the FIRST FULL WEEK of school for all 4 of my lil ones. What a week this has been ….I think just trying to adjust to this new school year is pretty rough. I am so used to having only 1 school to drop off and...
by Felicia Nguyen | Aug 23, 2018 | Food, Restaurant
BREAKFAST at DISTRICT DONUTS This morning after dropping off the kids at school …my friends and I decided to go to one of the local restaurant to have some breakfast. DISTRICT DONUT in Lakeview is fairly new. They have a location on Magazine street also....
by Felicia Nguyen | Aug 23, 2018 | Food
BO KHO (BEEF STEW) made with HOISIN SAUCE I love making beef stew (Bo Kho) on my day off because I love the smell of the lemongrass and star anise simmering in the house. I especially LOVE it even more when the weather is COLD or raining outside. My family really...
by Felicia Nguyen | Aug 22, 2018 | Food, Restaurant
RUTH CHRIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY This year for my BIRTHDAY…I wasn’t planning on going eat out because my husband was working and the kids had school…but then my husband got off early and the kids had finished all their homework. So…I called around...
by Felicia Nguyen | Aug 20, 2018 | Food
Fish Sauce INGREDIENTS: 6 tbsp. water 2 tbsp. sugar 1.5 to 2 tbsp. fresh lime or lemon juice or distilled white vinegar 2 tbsp. fish sauce 4 cloves garlic finely chopped 1 bird’s eye / Thai chilies finely chopped DIRECTION: Combine water, fish sauce and sugar...