7.23.2012

of the Asian Persuasion...

Last night's dinner. Turkey larb in butter lettuce wraps with darling little jasmine rice towers.
The Laotian original is made with pork, but turkey seemed just as good to me. Ground turkey, honey, lime and lemon juice, red chile, green onions, soy sauce, fish sauce, cilantro, parsley, and mint. That's it. It was pretty awesome.
I went with turkey last night because I was making this tonight!
Japanese braised pork belly served on rice with a raw spinach salad. I just braised the belly in the Multi-Cooker with soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sugar, a red chile, some green onions, and star anise. The braising liquid made the most fabulous warm dressing for the spinach. I could eat a bowl of just that. And maybe I did that very thing after dinner. You don't know.

7.22.2012

Colored Denim


 So I'm totally in love with these awesome pants from Loft.
I'm also in love with the fact that I'm down to my pre-baby pants size.
Shouldn't everyone have a pair of chartreuse pants?
I think so.
Today I went to the mall, picked up some stuff for dinner, and might take Yams to the zoo here in a bit if it cools down a little.
For dinner I'm making spicy ground turkey salad in lettuce wraps.
I went back to work on the 2nd of July, and so far I feel okay. I wasn't sure how I'd do with being away from Yams, but it's working out. We have a great nanny, and I work so close to home. I'm also off Friday, Saturday, and Sunday which is great. It's nice to have 3 days in a row at home.
I have yet to become one of those hurried working moms with the messy hair, sweats on the weekends,  and the never-clean house that I was so afraid of becoming. We'll see how it goes.