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LOL and amen sister to this:

I was reading Audrey mag this weekend, and saw this excerpt: Home cooking from asian cuisines??  Oh yea, sign me up!  I immediately went to the wordpress blog referenced via feedly on my phone, and got stopped by a recipe I saw.  First, I have to mention that I've been meaning to use up some whole milk and heavy cream that I've had in my fridge since valentine's.  I originally purchased them to attempt to make Gordon Ramsay's souffle for Lucas for Valentine's: But, I ended up not having enough time or energy to do it after attempting Lobster (shrimp) truffle mac n cheese.  So...back to the milk, they were both just past their expiration dates, but have never been opened.  So, they needed to be used or tossed. That is why this receipe stood out to me from her blog: Ice cream is a surefire way to get rid of some milkiness, especially uber fattening milk.  Hehe... So I started whisking together the heavy cream, whole milk, vanilla, salt, and sugar: After...

I had found out about this Asian American magazine a while ago, I think perhaps from the Kollaboration after party Jenn got us into. These were handed out for free, and I think someone I recognized was on the cover, so I snatched it up. Ever since then, I've been following them on twitter and fb. I finally made the plunge and subscribed to them at the end of last year, and I'm so glad I did! I finally got around to reading through the winter and spring issues recently, and they've got gems of interesting articles as well as good recs for books and beauty products to check out. One fun section is about dating in our modern age, and a little section about poor pick up lines had me cracking up:

Last night, we ordered some Thai Basil to go because it was so late by the time I got home. It's been a little while since we got food from there, so I had kind of forgotten how yummy our usual was. We always order: Spicy Basil Fried Rice (usually with seafood for more flavor) and Pad Kee Maw (it's a less-saucy version of pad see ew). Lucas finished first and headed upstairs to work on homework, so I was left with the rest of the food. Usually, we have to pack up leftovers, but it was so tasty! I told myself that I should just finish it all to avoid having to put it in a storage container. I was so full afterwards that this pic of Tina is very fitting for my current state at the time:

My skincare routine has evolved over the years as I've blundered through life sampling across drugstore and high-end products (Dermalogica, Philosophy, etc) trying to find my holy grail items.  I should start with saying that I have combination oily skin that is acne prone.  It has been slightly less acne prone than when I was a teenager, but that may be due to a better understanding of how to care for skin instead of changing hormones.  I used to have the worst misconceptions about skincare, e.g. don't use moisturizer for oily skin!  Wrong!  Oily skin needs moisturizer because it is often oily due to being too dry underneath, and the body tries to overcompensate by producing too much sebum (oil). About two years ago I believe, my bestie Jenn, gifted me a starter set from Murad: Acne Complex Kit $60 from Sephora For the longest time, I kept repurchasing the set or full-sized versions of certain items within the set when they ran out.  My favorite was d...

I had a celery stalk sitting in my refrigerator since last week's farmer's market haul, so I decided to get on it and use it! I looked up celery soup on google, and Martha's recipe was the first one that came up: Martha's Creamy Celery Soup There were some comments on her site saying people added vegetable stock instead of water and the addition of bacon to add flavor. Unfortunately, I forgot to pick up some vegetable stock while at Sprouts. I think if you just use less water, it would have been less bland as well. I also happened to use sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes since they're healthy for you. So, overall, the soup came out as 'good,' but could be better. I would use less water next time, but it was tasty! All the celery, sweet potato, and onions simmering away the soup after it got pureed in the vitamix! the final product with a generous dose of black pepper