南加近郊半日遊

小舅一家人和 Kalven, Sindy 的南加半日遊留影. Click the link below.

http://picasaweb.google.com/sindy.chu/KjpWNE?feat=directlink

年夜飯 Chinese New Year 2009

很高興終於和小舅一家人見面, 爸媽照例準備了豐盛的年夜飯, 我們只需提供場地. 辛苦他們了.以下為:

"年夜飯的好料"

http://picasaweb.google.com/sindy.chu/ChineseNewYear2009?feat=directlink

"家人合影"

http://picasaweb.google.com/sindy.chu/ChineseNewYear200902?feat=directlink

Granola Recipe

Went to Costco and fall in love with its Granola. However, hoping to make it to be less sugary and lighter. Here is a basic recipe works well for me:

Material:

• Old Fashion Oatmeal ( don't sub with Quick Cook ) 2 cups
• Canola Oil / Olive Oil 1/4 cup --- Or mix peanut butter with oil to make 1/4 cup
• Honey 1/4 cup
• Vanilla Extract 1 Tablespoon
• Brown Sugar 2 Tablespoon
• Optional Addition - Walnut, Almond ( total 1 cup )

Mix everything together well. Bake on non-stick baking sheet for at 300F for 30 minutes.

Stir every 15 minutes.

Turn off the oven and let it stand 10 min.

Remove from the oven to cool off. Store in container. Last for about 2 - 3 weeks without refrigeration.

洒肉朋友/食客 - Friends to hang out

Since TienTiend doesn't always finish her food and I hate to waste these delicious cat food. I start to put her leftover can food outside to see if any wild cats will have them. For sure, now we have two regular visitors to drop by daily. One of them is all black ( somehow I think it's a he ), I name the cat "Blackie". The other one is tortoise patterned, I name that one " Spotty".

甜甜通常會剩下一些食物, 實在很不想糟蹋這些美味的貓食. 所以開始把她的剩菜放在後院, 也許會有流浪貓來光顧? 真的引來兩個食客 ( 沒有雞鳴貓盜一說吧? ). 有一隻壯漢( 猜的), 全黑的, 自然被叫阿黑. 另一隻胖嘟嘟的小姐穿件雜色/龜紋大衣, 就叫阿花吧.

<----- This is Blackie!

They seem to love TienTien's leftover. No kidding. They are gourmet cat foods like Fancy Feast or MeowMix Market Select. They cost even more than baby food. This is insane! Anyway, sometimes TienTien eats her dry food and no left over can food to give out but I do want to treat these two friends she has. So I bought a bag of dry food just for them; they love it! Plus I add a bowl of clean water for them too. They are happy campers now.

他們一點都不介意吃甜甜的剩菜, 吃得很香呢! 開玩笑, 甜甜公主吃的都是特製品上等貨; 這些賣貓食的奸商把价錢哄抬得比嬰兒食品還貴! 可惡. 不過有時候她用的是貓餅乾, 沒有剩下來的罐頭食品要處理, 還是不忍讓已經結了緣的貓兒挨餓, 乾脆買一包請客吧. 他們吃得酒足飯飽的. 還奉上一碗水給他們潤喉. 看來跟兩位食客的緣是結下了.

Sharing makes me happy. I can't care of all the homeless cats but I feel better to provide a little for these two. Less two cats suffer from hunger.

無力渡盡天下所有無家的貓兒, 僅能略盡棉薄. 希望這粗茶淡飯能讓兩位食客免於為生活奔波之苦.

Lucky fruits 大桔大利

Got too many citrus fruit on my dining table. Let's have a party!

小魚拌飯 anchovey with rice

TienTien doesn't want her boring dry food. Cooked some anchovey with rice for her. Maybe she will like it? Typical Taiwanese cat diet.

甜甜吃膩了貓餅乾, 煮了新鮮 小魚拌飯給她試吃, 不知她會不會賞光? 標準台菜伺候.

玉體欠安 not feeling well

TienTien was not like herself since beginning 2008. She eats less, drinks lots of water, urinates a lot too and lost weight! Most of us human would be happy about that, but it is not a good thing for pets. I took her to the doctor to have blood work done to see if it is diabetes. Nope. The January blood work shows she is OK.



November 2008, she lost more weight and seemed to suffer from Urinary Tract Infecton.

New Year 2009 新年-三隻小豬

As usual, Jennifer and Aleck host the New Year count down party at their lovely house in Huntington Beach. The delicious dishes exceed the headcount once again. Also, Jennifer has impressed us with her sushi, spring roll, and many other dishes are pretty and yummy.

Link to all pictures. http://picasaweb.google.com/sindy.chu/2009NewYearParty#

Everybody loves TienTien 萬人迷甜甜

TienTien was hospitalized for three days to receive intensive care from Dr. Kumar. She has to get IV pumped into her body to detoxify her kidneys. Because of that, the technician has to shave one of her front leg! She is waiting for grandma to knit a stocking for her.

She is so good natured. Even the technicians in vet's office adore her. One day I left her in the vet's office and picked her up later... Guess what? She had a funny perfum scent on her. It smells just like the technician's perfum. Hmm, looks like she kissed TienTien while I was away!