蕃茄碎肉生菜卷食譜 Lettuce wrap with tomato, pork and rice fillings recipe

材料:
白飯              4碗
豬肉              3/4 磅
黑椒碎          1/4 茶匙
鹽                  1/4 茶匙(醃豬肉); 1 湯匙(烹調用,可隨個人口味加減)

麻油              1/4 茶匙
菜油              1 湯匙
米醋              1 湯匙
雞粉              1 湯匙  (可隨個人口味加減)
白胡椒粉       1/2 湯匙
葱花               1.5 湯匙
蒜蓉(切碎)     1 湯匙
洋葱(切粒)     1/4 杯
莞茜葉碎        2 湯匙
蕃茄(切粒)     4個(中)
生菜               1 棵

Ingredients:
Steamed Rice                   4 cups
Pork                                   3/4 pound
Black Pepper                    1/4 teaspoon
Salt                                    1/4 teaspoon (pork seasoning); 1 tablespoon (finish seasoning, to taste)
Sesame Oil                       1/4 teaspoon
Vegetable Oil                     1 tablespoon
Rice Vinegar                      1 tablespoon
Chicken Powder                1 tablespoon (to taste)
White Pepper Powder       1/2 tablespoon
Chopped Green Onion       1.5 tablespoons
Garlic (Minced)                   1 tablespoons
Onion (Diced)                     1/4 cup
Chopped Cilantro Leaves   2 tablespoons
Tomatoes (Diced)              4 medium size
Lettuce                                1 head

做法:
Steps:1. 將所有材料洗切好,生菜開半並小心分隔菜葉.
1. Wash and cut all ingredients,half the lettuce and separate the leaves carefully.




2. 將豬肉切粒放進食物處理器中,加入1/4茶匙鹽,黑椒碎和麻油攪碎.
2. Cut pork into small pieces and process in a food processor with 1/4 teaspoon salt, black pepper and sesame oil.

3. 在平底鑊中,用中火把菜油加熱.加入洋葱粒和蒜蓉炒約半分鐘.
3. Heat the vegetable oil in a pan, stir in the onion and garlic for 30 seconds.

4. 加入蕃茄粒煮至出水後,伴入米醋.
4. Add the tomatoes and cook until watery, then stir in the rice vinegar.

5. 將豬肉碎倒入煮熟.
5. Cook the pork thoroughly.

6. 加入莞茜碎煮約半分鐘.
6. Stir in cilantro for 30 seconds.

7. 倒入葱花煮30秒後,加入鹽和雞粉作調味(可隨個人口味加減),熄火即成.

7. Stir in green onion for 30 seconds, add salt and chicken powder to taste, heat off.

8. 將適量白飯和蕃茄碎肉加在生菜上卷起,即可食用.
8. Put desire amount of rice and pork filling on lettuce, roll it up and enjoy.

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蠔汁火腿蒸豆腐食譜 Steam tofu and ham with Oyster sauce Recipe

材料:
軟豆腐                  1磚
熟火腿(薄片)        4大塊/8小塊
葱花                      3/4碗
蠔油                      3湯匙
水                          3湯匙                    
糖                          少量(約1/8茶匙)


Ingredients:
Soft Tofu                                      1 piece
Cooked Ham (Thin Sliced)          4 big slices/ 8 small slices
Green Onion (Fine Chopped)      3/4 cup
Oyster Sauce                               3 tablespoons
Water                                           3 tablespoons
Sugar                                            a pinch ( about 1/8 teaspoon)

做法:
Steps:
1. 將豆腐切成小份,厚約0.5厘米(約1/4吋),舖在大碟上.
1. Slice tofu into slices, 0.5cm (about 1/4 inch) thickness each, place them on a big plate.


2. 火腿切成小正方形,放在豆腐片之間.
2. Cut ham into little squares, put them in between tofu pieces.




3. 在油鑊注入水,約1吋深,以大火加熱至水滾.
3. Add 1 inch deep water into a wok, heat it on high until boil.

4. 放入蒸架,調低至中火,將豆腐和火腿隔水蒸約3-4分鐘.
4. Place a steaming rack in the wok, lower the heat to medium, steam the tofu and ham for about 3-4 minutes.


5. 等候豆腐煮熱時,在小平底鑊中混和1/2杯葱花,蠔油,水和糖,以中火加熱至大滾後30秒即熄火.(注意:要不時攪拌以免煮燶)
5. While the tofu is steaming, combine 1/2 cup green onion, oyster sauce, water and sugar in a small pan on medium heat, let it boils for 30 seconds, then remove from heat. (P.S. Stir often to avoid burning.)

6. 把蒸好的豆腐取出,用小匙把蠔汁倒在表面,灑上1/4杯葱花作裝飾即成.
6. Take the steamed tofu out, use a small spoon to pour the cooked oyster sauce on top, then sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup green onion as garnish.

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Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe

Little Panda Daddy got a pineapple home because Cheeky Panda wanted some. As soon as he got the pineapple, he was craving Sweet and Sour Pork for dinner. He remembered what I usually put in the dish, so he got all the ingredients home and asked me to make dinner. He rarely ask me to cook something specific, so I knew he really wanted it. I wouldn't disappoint my dear husband and was happy to satisfied his taste buds. 

While I was cooking, some new ideas came to my mind and I decided to try something new this time. Little Panda Daddy was playing with the girls but so curious about the strange ingredients on the counter top. He asked me a few times what were those extra ingredients doing there. He looked concerned and probably worried about his dinner might be ruined. I told him everything fine and I was just trying something new. Luckily, the new recipe was a success, everyone loved it.

Sweet and Sour Pork (Serve 4)

  


Ingredients:
Fresh Pineapple                1/2 
Green Pepper                    1 
Pork Rib Eye                      1 Pound  
Sweet and Sour Sauce      3 Tablespoons
Salt                                      1 Tablespoons
Plain Bread Crumbs             1/2 Cups
Vegetable Oil                      4 Tablespoons


Tool:
Ziploc bag                            1


Steps:1. Wash and cut all the ingredients into 1 inch cube

2. Add salt to marinate the pork for 5-10 minutes

3. Put bread crumbs into the Ziploc bag

4. Put the marinated pork into Ziploc and zip close

5. Shake the bag upside down and back and forth

6. Shake until every pork cube are covered by bread crumbs (This method will save your hand from getting messy)

7. Heat 3 tablespoons oil into a sauce pan with medium to high heat

8. Tilt the pan around until oil covers the pan

9. Add pork into the hot pan (Tips: make sure the pork are evenly spread on the pan)

10. Do NOT move the pork until they turn golden brown

11. Flip the pork and cook until it is done (Tips: Do NOT move the pork until it is cooked)

12. Remove the pork and reserve for use later

13. In a clean wok, heat the remaining oil and add green pepper until it starts to be soften

14. Add the cooked pork and stir

15. Add the sweet and sour sauce and stir

16. Add the pineapple, stir until everything was covered with sauce

17. Done and serve

Sweet and Sour Pork (serve with steamed rice)

Educational iPhone or iPad App reviews (Highly Recommended)

Panda Daddy found a few educational iPhone and iPad apps that work quite well with the little pandas, there are some of the reviews for them.

Cheeky Panda is 2.5 years old now, here's her favorites apps:

Monkey Preschool Lunch Box (monkeypreschool.com)
Cost: $0.99 (Highly Recommended)

What the app do: It teaches the children shapes, colors, numbers, alphabets, matching, counting, problem solving and motors skill through little game tasks.

Why it works: Cheeky Panda has been playing with the game for 2 months. From the very first time, the colorful app with cute little monkey capture her attention right away. She tried to play with it all by herself since the beginning. With successful and fail attempts, she learned the shapes, colors, numbers and matching (which I tried so hard to teach her but failed) very well. Somehow she just figured out all these complicated concepts through the game herself without me explaining much. She can match and find the different object from a group easily now. At the same time, her motors skill and problem solving skills are clearly improved since she need to use her little fingers to drag and place some puzzle pieces to form some fruits' shape. Therefore, she is learning different kind of fruits also.



Monkey Math School Sunshine (http://monkeymathschool.com)
Cost: $0.99 (Highly Recommend)


What the app do: It teaches numbers, pattern, counting, concept of more or less and simple calculus (sum and minus)

Why it works: It shows the pattern along with narration, which have a blank in between, for the kids to pick 1 out of 3 objects to fill it. I found out the narration of the pattern actually help a lot for her to understand what is going on.

For counting and numbers, she has to connect the numbers dots from 1 -14 (more or less numbers) accordingly, so the turtle can cross the sea. She can count from 1 - 14 now, thanks to the turtle count along every dot he through.

There are four groups of sea creatures or objects to choose from, she has to pick the one with the most or the least.

Natural method that help heal my baby's eczema

My baby was suffered from eczema for 10 months since she was 3 months old. Thanks God, she is free from these itchy red bumps now. I have been trying all kinds of remedies, lotions, soaps and stuff that doctor, family and friends suggested. Nothing work and those cream and soap the doctor suggested were so expensive.

The brand my Pediatrician suggested was Cetaphil. I bought both the moisturizer and a bar of soap, they cost me $20. If they worked or I could feel and see the different, I wouldn't complain. I knew so many people are using these brand for the same reason, maybe it worked for them but not my kid.

I discovered a much cheaper alternative which is not a moisturizing soap, but known as purity and mildness - Ivory Soap. It was on sale at $1 for 3 bars in the store and I got a few $0.50 coupons. That made it $0.50 for 3 bars, a very good deal compared to my Dove soap, so I decided to give it a try. My husband then told me Ivory soap actually known as its purity, their commercial always have a baby in it (I never saw a commercial of the brand, didn't know about it at all). He suggested we can tried it on Cheeky Panda, the very sensitive him tried it and he was fine, so I gave her a try. I can feel her skin was not as moisturized compared after a bath using the $4/bar Cetaphil Soap. However, it definitely did not irritate my baby's skin and clean her perfectly.

And there was another discover for cheaper moisturizer instead of Cetaphil which works for Cheeky Panda. The well-known Johnson & Johnson's brand have a new product called Head-to-Toe Baby Lotion which is fragrance free. Honestly, I like it much more not only because of the price different, I actually see improvement of my baby dry skin after using it. It absorbs as quick as Cetaphil moisturizer and I can  apply it repeatedly if I wanted to. And it didn't not clog the pores like some other brands do.

Thanks God I found these products and they works so well with her. And I found one last product that works magic and it is Avene thermal water. This brand is famous for its sensitive skin products. All I do was spray this water on wherever she had eczema, mostly on face and neck. It soothed her itches right away as you can tell by her smile. I used it myself to soothe the itches from bugs bite and general irritation. I said it works like magic because I saw the red bumps faded to light pink only after a few sprays within 15 minutes (I usually spray immediately after the prior spray was dried). And I repeated it every hour or two. About half a day later, I saw her face and neck are regular skin color again although the bumps are still there. I continuously used it for a couple weeks, the bumps were finally gone and she has a perfect smooth little face again. Hope this will last and she don't need to suffer again. Wish this can help those loving parents out there seeking the method that works for their children. Good luck everyone.