Labor Day

Breakfast for three = home grown tomatoes + home raised chicken eggs (Oh, how I wish).

Lunch for three = New York strip steak with bone in + onion + corn on the cob.

Yeah! Those were for Labor Day weekend. And turned out, I worked (cooked) harder than ever. But happy meals + happy kids = happy mom, oh well.

Addition to the laboring thing, I do have the first time ever, very successful on cooking the steaks with oven.

Sure that I google it before cook it, I broil each side of the steaks for 10-15 minutes(depends on what bakeware that you are using, for metal one, like the cast iron bakeware, ten minutes should be enough, in my case, I have the glassware, so another five minutes to add on the ten) to lock the moisture in

Then turn the temperature down to 300 – 350°F for 10 - 15 minutes, add in sliced onions to the same bakeware as the steak. This way the onion can be done and steak taste at the same time.

And make sure separate all the sliced onions before throw all in the baking.  

You can also substitute onion with other vegetables, carrots, potatoes, asparagus and much more. Be creative and explorative.

new way of beating eggs

I found a new way to beating the eggs, find any empty pasta sauce bottle, make sure clean it thoroughly and dry it before you use it.

Then just crack open the eggs and drop them into the bottle with seasonings that you desired and then close the cap tightly and then shake it for seconds or until the eggs are well beaten, you can tell by eyes. It shouldn’t take long.

Why do I pick pasta sauce bottle, because I happen to have it and the size is suitable. You can use any kind of bottle, however, I recommend the see through glass one. It is transparent, therefore, you know if the bottle is clean and when the eggs are beaten well?

I actually try to beating eggs in the mug and stainless steel cup not long ago, using the glass bottle one is better way from my experience.

to cook or not to cook

There are friends of mine, both pampered by their parents while they are little.

Never need to or know how to do any house chores, no cleaning, cooking and etc.

Then when both of them grow up and married and have their own family,

One learns how to and willing to do everything for her love ones.

She will go search for how to do a particular dish only because she learns that her son loves that dish at a restaurant eats out once.

The other one, complain about, how competent is her mom and that’s how she doesn't get to have any chance to learn.