Not a white Christmas

Texas ya’ll! No white Christmas. As always we spend our Christmas at my mother in law’s. We eat, open presents and then game while having our dessert and coffee. As the kids are older, teenager stage here, I found gifting is a challenge. It’s not as easy as before. Well when they were young Santa…

What’s cooking

Instant pot still is my best friend. I seriously rarely use my stove. Instant pot is my number one. Then air fryer and my electric wok. Before I move on to what’s cooking these days, I need to praise Instant pot and Cuisinart for their service. I had an error with Instant pot before that…

Broccoli and chicken rice casserole

When you see rotisserie chicken on sale, I usually grabbed some and freeze them. It was $2.83 When I found it. Grabbed couples and using one today. Well I am using just the breast part today. Diced up the chicken breast part, add them to the Instant pot along with 3 cups of water, a…

Instant Brisket

Over the weekend, I grabbed a big giant pack of brisket that was on sale for $18 and I know I can cut them up into 4 or 5 big pieces. Meaning 5 different meals. I have been shopping at Aldi, Sprouts, and Wal-Mart. Every time I go to Aldi, I always got a full…

Meatroll

Had a semi productive day yesterday and today. Had a good meeting with client and stayed until 4 in the office with so much work done. It was pouring when I left work, then stopped and poured again. Stopped by at Wal-Mart after picked my husband up. I went in to get stuffs for my…

Mac and cheese 4 minutes

Comfort food..when it rains outside, the dark sky and all the good stuffs that comes with the rain, all I can think of is snuggle and comfort.  Mac and cheese is one of the food that I love. I used to grab the box because it was so easy. However, ever since I had a…

Happy new year! Welcome 2017!

Happy new year! Cheers to a better year! Tradition ia we have to have some blacked eyed pea for the new year. So we went ti Walmart last night to grabbed some. Whilst we were there, B overheard a couple where the wife got pretty upset with her husband as they could not find any…

I’m dreaming of a warm Christmas…

Not! White Christmas is what we want but here is Texas we got 75° Christmas. It just felt so wrong…Christmas with flip flop on and short sleeve instead of sweater and boots. Welcome to Texas!. Though, growing up in Jakarta, Indonesia where it is 80° to 95° all year long did not feel the big…

Cold day saved by Instant Pot

You know..I got jealous when I heard it’s snowing somewhere else. I guess I just have to be happy that at least it is cooler now here in the Lonestar state. I have been wanting to make chili but without the beans of course. My husband does not like beans at all.  While watching Limitless…

The no stress Thanksgiving cooking ever!

This year as I already started in my previous blog, I am utilizing my Instant Pot to help me preparing our Thanksgiving meal. This year I am so thankful for my family and friends, LuLaroe and Instant Pot. Imagine taking naps yes naps and browse and watched movie while preparing Turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes,…