Archive for June, 2009

Home Made Lettuce Wraps

Lettuce Wraps & Seafood Soup

INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons oil
1/2 pound ground meat
1/2 pkg hard tofu, diced
1 pc. carrots diced
1 stalk green onions diced
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
3 tablespoons chopped onions
1 teaspoon minced garlic
4-5 leaves iceberg lettuce

SPECIAL SAUCE
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons catsup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon sesame oil

STIR FRY SAUCE
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon rice wine vinegar

DIRECTIONS
To prepare the special sauce, dissolve sugar in water in a small bowl. Add soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, catsup, lemon juice and sesame oil. Mix well and refrigerate until you’re ready to serve.

Brown meat in wok and saute onions and garlic with oil.   Add tofu and carrots. Combine the soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar together in a small bowl for the stir fry sauce.   Add the stir fry sauce to the pan and saute the mixture for a few minutes.   Add the green onions and the toasted pine nuts. Mix well.

Serve it in the lettuce cups. Top with Special Sauce.

Edited: Serves 4.

Photo credits: My daughter, Zee.

Sky Watch Friday: Alabama Hills Arch Trail, My 200th Post

Today, I celebrate my 200th post, since I started blogging on January 9 of this year.

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Our Skywatch® Team:
Klaus | Sandy | Ivar | Wren | Fishing Guy| Louise

Alabama Hills Arch Trail

There are hundreds of natural arches in Alabama Hills, in Lone Pine, California.

Long Weekend Birthday Trip

Mobius Arch, I can identify this

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The Eye of Alabama

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We drove around the whole area, even to the fault line and not a soul was there, except us. A little bit scared, we still snap some photos but did not get off our vehicle. Finally, when we saw a familiar road, Whitney Portal Road, ah…we were on tract. Time to head home. With this post, I end my Eastern Sierras Adventure, spring adventure that is.
And we are coming back, in the Fall, to visit other areas that we have not explored. I hope I had entertained you with my scenic drive.

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Just me……

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Have a great weekend everyone!

Color Carnival: The Flower Fields

Color Carnival

A colorful and wonderful meme hosted by Martha, every Friday.  Just click the badge and join us and see some magical colors from around the world!

Flower Field & Condo

This photo was taken last May 8, 2009 at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad, near San Diego. These are a sea of ranunculus flowers in an array of different colors.  It was also a gloomy day because of the smoke coming from the Santa Barbara fire the day before was blowing towards this direction.
This date is memorable for us because it was the day that we adopted our Twyla, an abused cat.  In  the background, across the San Diego freeway are beautiful houses.

Flower Fields & Tractors

The Flower Fields  closed on May 11 and it will reopen again next Spring. The ranunculus plants are nearing the end of their life cycle, and they are preparing to start harvesting the bulbs soon.

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