I cook, save where I can, and try to live life to the fullest. Along the way, I hope to share some information that I hope others find helpful or at least, entertaining.
Prepared fish sauce is the Vietnamese equivalent of ketchup. We use fish sauce for many Vietnamese dishes: Vietnamese crepe, spring roll, egg roll, vermicelli with grilled pork, and so on.
It’s a simple sauce to make. However, I can never get the right ratio of ingredients. Too much of one ingredient can throw the flavor [...]
Three months ago, I dropped off my son for his first day of pre-school. He clutched onto me as tightly as possible when he thought he was being abandoned. He screamed, wailed, and tried to escape. When I went to pick him up, tears stained his little cheeks – evident that he spent the whole [...]
As I was making my way through the grocery store the other day, I noticed that a lot of the products are smaller in sizes yet higher in prices. Ice cream cartons have drastically reduced in size but prices have remained the same, if not, higher? Candy bars have gone mini. And their “King” sizes [...]
My 3-year-old son must have somehow knew I was threatening to sell him on Craigslist if he doesn’t behave. Almost immediately after the last post, he started to eat properly, sit properly and my God, listen when I tell him to do something. Here’s a conversation we had just the other night.
Me: Time for [...]
Sometimes I feel like I fail as a mom.
I used to think that once I become a mom, I would be the best mom ever. I would have the most obedient children in the world. They would listen to my every command and do my every request. Parents all over the world would look at [...]