Nutrition · Recipe · Small Appliances · Tips and Tricks

Broc-Cauli Rice

Most of have at least heard of the wonder healthier carb option of riced cauliflower also known as “Cauliflower Rice”. I know I have and always have the store bought version ready to go in the freezer if I need it in a pinch but typically I try to make my own. The Idea… However,… Continue reading Broc-Cauli Rice

Food · Small Appliances

Variety of uses for a Multi-Cooker

In my post yesterday, I shared the process of how I discovered the multi-cooker and began using it. Now let me share all the many ways I have been using this wonderful appliance. Air Fried Goodies Using the air fryer was one my top favorite things to do with the Ninja Foodi. I made french… Continue reading Variety of uses for a Multi-Cooker

Food · Small Appliances

Why I Splurged on a Multi-Cooker

The Hesitation As much as I love the convenience of modern kitchen appliances, I am always conscientious about the amount of storage required for storing them and more importantly I worry about how to to easily access them. I know this may not be an issue for some folks with very modern kitchens that have… Continue reading Why I Splurged on a Multi-Cooker

Home · Money Saving Tips · Online Security · Technology

A Case for Search Engines Remembering Your Browsing History

In these days of technology overload and data privacy concerns there could be endless debates on whether search engines should remember and track your browsing and search history. While I do not aim to touch on that debate in this post, I just want to share my own positive experience today on why I am… Continue reading A Case for Search Engines Remembering Your Browsing History

Food · Recipe · Small Appliances

Pressure Cooked Hard Boiled Eggs

I cannot tell you how many time I have over cooked eggs when I tried hard boiling them in water on a stovetop. I mean I have seriously over cooked eggs. Overcooked may be an understatement. One time I managed to have crispy black burst-all-over-the-kitchen over cooked eggs that are no good except for trash… Continue reading Pressure Cooked Hard Boiled Eggs

Food

Discovering the Food Processor

When I first discovered the joys of using a Food Processor, it was during my early years of parenting when my children were still very needy of my continual time and attention. Even though I had a lot of trepidation before making this big purchase, soon it became my favorite kitchen appliance. Read on to… Continue reading Discovering the Food Processor

Health · Home · Organization · Personal Care

Why I’m Using an Alarm Clock Again

Ideal versus Real… In an ideal world, my morning would begin when my body just naturally woke up after a good night of restful sleep and I would not need an artificial noisemaker to cue the start of my day. But most days I cannot afford to entrust my natural instincts to ensure I have… Continue reading Why I’m Using an Alarm Clock Again

Cleaning · Home

3 Easy Steps to Get Rid of Water Stains in Your Shower

Life happens. I don’t have a chance to always stay on top of my household cleaning like I should. Wait. Who am I kidding? I almost never stay on top of things…especially when I comes to deep cleaning my bathroom shower. Need proof? This was the state of our stand-in shower couple of weeks ago:… Continue reading 3 Easy Steps to Get Rid of Water Stains in Your Shower

Home · Money Saving Tips · Travel

Tips to Save on Airfare

Airfares have been pretty steep lately. So today I am going to share some tips on how to maximize your travel dollars. Some Background We are not frequent fliers as a family. And so none of the mileage programs or airline offers makes sense to us. Often times what we found out is that we… Continue reading Tips to Save on Airfare

Personal Care

Discovering Soap Saver Bags

The beginning… A little while ago I was looking for some quick and easy projects to crochet and tumbled upon this thing called “soap saver bags”. I hadn’t heard of them before. So naturally, I was intrigued. A quick google research showed that these were pretty common items in the world of specialized personal care… Continue reading Discovering Soap Saver Bags

Fitness · Health

Finding My Running Passion…Again

What started out as an ordinary walk in the park turned out to be a wonderful surprise of rediscovering my passion for running.

Food · Recipe · Tips and Tricks

My Homemade Broth in 3 Easy Steps

If you have never tried making your own homemade broth, you absolutely should. It is super easy, customizable, economical and way healthier. Here are my 3 quick steps to making your own broth. 1. Toss all ingredients in a large pot and boil So, here are list of ingredients, I typically use. Just take out… Continue reading My Homemade Broth in 3 Easy Steps

Food · Recipe

Indo-Thai Ground Turkey

One of my many memories of my maternal grandma involve the kitchen and watching her cook very yummy delicious signature dishes. Today I am about to share one such dish of hers…with an adaptation of my own. She used to make this with ground beef but I have preferred using ground turkey instead. Now because… Continue reading Indo-Thai Ground Turkey

Food · Organization · Tips and Tricks

Kitchen Tip to Saving Leftover Canned Items

Have you ever tried to save any unused canned items but only to let it go to waste? Here’s one likely scenario. Perhaps you needed to only use a tablespoon of tomato paste out of the 6oz can and so you tried to save the remaining paste to “use another time”. And then somehow that… Continue reading Kitchen Tip to Saving Leftover Canned Items

Food · Recipe

All Fresh Eggplant Pizza

The recipe I am about share today is by no means an original idea but it definitely has got a fresh twist to some of the other recipes out there involving making no-flour pizza using an eggplant. See, when I am looking to try something new, I have this habit of reading several different recipes… Continue reading All Fresh Eggplant Pizza