Books, Travel, and Family Life in Thailand
Here’s a refreshing drink for the hot summer days! Ingredients 3 Yakult 2 350 ml lemon lime Soda (pop in the freezer two hours before serving) 1/2 lemon (squeezed) 1 lemon (sliced) 1 cup sliced strawberries 1/2 cup crushed or pureed strawberries 1 cup green tea 1 cup mint tea Ice Procedure Chill all of…
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Strawberries aren’t the easiest to keep. It’s not uncommon for this fruit to arrive on our doorstep with some bruises, if not with signs of spoil. But I guess we can neither blame them nor the farmers (or whoever packed it) since the winding ride from the mountain provinces can even leave humans a little…
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Ingredients 1 tbsp oyster sauce 3 cups of water 2 scoops (or 8 tbsps) rolled oats chopped broccoli flowers (about half a cup) chopped shiitake mushrooms 1 chopped scrambled eggs a pat of butter salt & pepper Procedure Mix oyster sauce, water, and chopped mushrooms and bring to a boil Add oats and cook for…
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So you’ve done your research about cloth diapers. You’ve asked your friends and family about their experience. And now that the new set you ordered online arrived, what’s next? We compiled a couple (or a dozen) of questions we asked ourselves and have frequently encountered about cloth diapering. But first: The anatomy of a cloth…
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News of produce oversupply were all over the news last March 2019, leaving crops wasted, sold way below cost, and our farmers in debt. Our hearts broke as Iloisa Romaraog, co-owner of Session Groceries, talked about how our starving farmers go through a vicious cycle of debt and loss of sales for decades and were…
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Ingredients 3 cups of broth (any kind will do, but for this recipe, we used beef broth) 2 scoops of whole grain rolled oats 1 cup water ½ cup shiitake mushroom (you may also use other kinds) ½ cup diced carrots 1 onion (diced) Chopped scallions for garnish Salt Pepper You may also add other…
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We started potty training Tikoy just a few weeks after he turned two years old. We decided on this when he showed awareness of the feeling of having to pee or poop and when we saw that it won’t be long before his cloth diaper inserts needed replacing–the tipid mom in me would rather potty…
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I rarely wear false eyelashes. In fact, the only time I wore one was at our wedding. I wasn’t very fond of using it because it’s heavy and irritating. But sometimes, for vanity’s sake, I do consent to some discomfort. Afterall, Il faut souffrir pour être belle. (Roughly translated, “beauty is pain.”) That being said,…
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Our toddler is more active than ever and tends to get sweatier during play time so it’s important to keep his back dry to keep him comfortable and away from rashes. Of course, the essential lampin can do the job but it does have a knack of getting rolled up in the middle, or getting…
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Sharing one of our favorite low sugar gelatine recipes! Ingredients Chocolate layer 1 pack All Purpose cream ½ cup cocoa powder diluted in ¼ cup hot water 2 ½ tsp (or 1 sachet) Knox gelatine mixed with ¼ cup cold water (set aside first) 8 packets equal (or any of your preferred sweetener) Note: we…
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Mark x Abi 