My favorite Christmas song for 2009

Alvin and the chipmunks have been my favorite Christmas song singers since my 20. This year I'm so glad that I can get them back to my life.

Enjoy this song "Christmas Don't Be Late". :D

Broiled Lamb Chop

This Sat. finally my husband prepared Broiled Lamb Chop for friends in potluck lunch. We actually wanted to make braised lamb shank, but unfortunately we cannot find lamb shank in Whole Foods one day before, so we changed it to lamb chop.

We soaked the lamb with red wine for about 10 to 15 minutes to remove the strong smell and then rubbed some lemon juice onto the lamb, light coat it with olive oil. Then we rubbed the spice mix (mostly salt, black pepper and rosemary, and also a bit of curry, garlic and thyme) over lamb evenly and marinated it over night in refrigerator.

The rest went easy, just put it into the oven and broiled it for about 16 minutes (8 minutes each side). That's it. I am very glad that my husband succeeded in making this dish so that we all enjoyed it. :D

This is me and ZoZo....

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Hahahaha.... This is the first time I show myself with dear husband ZoZo here in my blog. Though it is not 100% accurate (ZoZo is not so slim and I don't wear skirt that much), but that is the closest image I see ourselves.

Southern Italian Cuisine Class @Whole Foods

Yesterday we went to our 2nd Whole Foods Cooking Class: Southern Italian Cuisine.

Chef Egg gave us a tour of Amalfi Coast learning and trying two delicious plates:

Linguini with Roasted Tomato Sauce & Seabass with Orange and Fennel

We learned about sea salt and olive oil and also enjoyed watching and playing with the kids around us.

It is so fun and we want more... :D

Happy Earth Day!

To celebrate this special day of our dear Earth, I watched a very meaningful TV program with my hubby last night: Poisoned Waters.



If you are interested in this 2-hour long documentary, you may go to the link to watch. It will definitely motivate us to rethink about our daily choices when see the human impacts on the environment pollution.

Let's do little changes to help it to survive as long as it could.

What do you wait for? Spring is already here, go shopping in Farmers market and keep yourself healthy supporting the local harvest. http://www.localharvest.org/

Italian Meatballs

I think meatball is international. Every people love it.

To start, I chose Italian meatball recipe this time:

Ingredients

1 pound combined beef, veal, pork (must be fresh)
3 large eggs
1 cup grated Romano Locatelli Cheese
1 cup bread crumb
1 clove garlic - minced
1 teaspoon salt

Preparation (All mixing is done be hand)

In a large bowl mix beef/veal/pork with eggs. Then add bread crumb, cheese, and salt. Finally add minced garlic in stages. Add a little garlic, then mix. Add some more, then mix. This way all the garlic does not end up in one meatball. Now, it's time to roll up the balls. Average size is roughly 2 inches in diameter. Will get around 18 to 20 meatballs per pound.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Looking-for-a-Great-Italian-Meatball-Recipe?&id=58232

Our first Whole Foods Cuisine Class

We've moved to Silver Spring for 12 days already and last night we joined our neighborhood grocery store Whole Foods for Free Cuisine Class.

This first cooking class is about Indian cuisine and our teacher is Rupen Rao, an IT engineer.


We learned how to cook Butter Chicken with Cumin Rice in 20 minutes and also Baby Corn Saag (Palak Makai). Rupen not only taught us the cooking technique but also explained the nutrition details and health suggestions on cooking.

We have to say it was a very practical cooking lesson and we loved the food he demonstrated. By the way, he even has a personal website: www.RupenRao.com Every one could go there to get his authentic Indian cuisine recipes.