Our new favorite spinach recipe. I've never seen Sam actually eat spinach until we made this. :-)
From my new favorite cookbook, Extending the Table:
Sesame Spinach Salad (Korea - from Pat Yoder, Goshen, IN)
Sigumchi Namul
This salad is typical of the way Koreans prepare and season cold vegetables. Tester found this to have a surprisingly wonderful flavor: "I hate spinach and just loved this!"
Steam until just tender and still green:
1 lb fresh spinach (500 g)
Strain and squeeze out as much water as possible. Cut spinach coarsely.
Place in serving bowl and add:
3 T. soy sauce (45 mL)
2 T. sesame oil (30 mL)
1 T. toasted sesame seeds (15 mL)
1 clove garlic, minced
1 T. sugar (15 mL)
1 T. vinegar (15 mL)
dash of black or ground red pepper, to taste
Mix, chill, and serve.
A few notes:
1. I used half the amount of sesame oil to cut down on fat, and it tasted fine.
2. I used rice vinegar.
3. I used the minced garlic out of the jar - easier.
4. You can buy toasted sesame seeds at most grocery stores in the international foods section.
5. I forgot all about the dash of pepper at the end. It was still good.
6. We steamed the spinach in the microwave. You could do it the old way, or blanch it, if you want it a little more "al dente."
:-) Enjoy!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Two silly kid quotes in one day
After a rather dry spell, we had two good kid quotes today.
Alex has been trying to learn some tongue twisters. After attempting "She sells seashells at the seashore" a few times, she stopped, then said, "You made...You made...You made my brain go all BLACK!" She was mad that I laughed, but I couldn't help it.
Later, Bryan and I were driving the kids home in separate cars. Sam was with Bryan, and Alex was with me. We were ahead of the boys for a while and Sam asked, "Where's mama?" Bryan told him, "She's ahead of us. She's driving faster than we are." Silence. Then Sam says, "You're NOT Lightning McQueen!"
:-)
Alex has been trying to learn some tongue twisters. After attempting "She sells seashells at the seashore" a few times, she stopped, then said, "You made...You made...You made my brain go all BLACK!" She was mad that I laughed, but I couldn't help it.
Later, Bryan and I were driving the kids home in separate cars. Sam was with Bryan, and Alex was with me. We were ahead of the boys for a while and Sam asked, "Where's mama?" Bryan told him, "She's ahead of us. She's driving faster than we are." Silence. Then Sam says, "You're NOT Lightning McQueen!"
:-)
Thursday, October 1, 2009
El Concursante
Escena de la peli "El Concursante" donde se nos explica el funcionamiento del flujo del dinero.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
family photos - Sept 09
I already posted these on Facebook but am putting them here as well. The white shirts/white background were an experiment - I think it turned out pretty well!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Alex and God
Today we were in the car on the way to church and Alex said, "When I was a baby in Korea, and I was in my bed, God came to me and came into my heart."
This was especially sweet to me as I remember the many prayers I said for her when she was a baby in Korea. I wonder what she remembers of this experience.
This was especially sweet to me as I remember the many prayers I said for her when she was a baby in Korea. I wonder what she remembers of this experience.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Cascade Springs
Well, we didn't see as many fall colors this time. Usually by mid-September the leaves are changing at the high elevations, but on this trip we saw just a few. That's ok - it was a beautiful afternoon, warm and sunny.
I had to include the picture of Bryan changing Sam's diaper in the trunk of our car. It is a regular part of our life, one I suspect we would forget in future if we didn't have photo documentation. :-)
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Bees Game
We got free tickets to the Salt Lake Bees game today. Nice way to celebrate Sam's arrival day anniversary. We had great weather and the Bees won, but barely. We actually went home before the end, but I found this article describing the Bees' narrow victory:
http://saltlake.bees.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090823&content_id=6584224&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&sid=t561
The kids' favorite thing was the race between 3 people dressed up in huge inflatable food costumes. The hot dog knocked over the pizza in the middle but the pizza still ran ahead and won, and the ice cream cone never seemed to have a chance.
There was a playground nearby and I was there for a while with the kids. I noticed Sam had disappeared and went looking for him. I found him under the slide with 2 other boys. They were sitting in a circle having a cute little picnic together, consisting of dirty red licorice bits that someone had dropped. Yuck. Still, they were pretty happy kids. Not only did they get dirty Nibs, they got popcorn from Sam's Sunday School teacher who was very gracious and shared freely.
Overall, a great summer day. Love Salt Lake, the Bees, and my family. :-)