Happy 4th of July!

Hope your day was filled with lots of red, white, & blue.

Bring on the eggies (As C would say)

Looks like we have all our bases covered

C's Preschool Graduation Performance

C's Preschool Graduation (3 years old) from Shannon Ng on Vimeo.

Green Tea Cake

It's not St Patty's day but I thought I would add a little green to my life.  The cake calls for matcha powder, which I had just recently bought some to make copy cat green tea frappacchinos.  The cake came out tasting light and paired perfectly with a hot cup of coffee.

Green Tea Cake

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup agave nectar
2 tablespoons matcha green tea powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup greek plain yogurt
3 large eggs
1/3 cup olive oil
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350.  Lightly grease bundt pan.

In large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients.  Set aside.

In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs with the sour cream until combined.  Pour in the oil and extract and mix together.

Sift the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.  Mix just until incorporated.  

Transfer the batter to the pan and bake for 35-40 minutes.  Cool for 20 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Sprinkle with confectioners sugar and Enjoy!

Love

With a peep peep here and a peep peep there

I am blaming the newbies on Kayu's mother and grandmother =) They both thought we should have four chickens and the more I think about it, the more economical four chickens sound. We are only feeding one more mouth but our egg production should increase. Now if you do the math, you are probably saying to yourself, 3 + 2 does not equal 4. Here's the deal...we are convinced that Little is a rooster. He/she is much larger than the other two and the tail feathers seem to be curving much like a rooster. Only time will tell, but in the mean time we decided to get two babies since they can't be raised solo. This time we got a Plymouth Rock and a Rhode Island Red. Currently the black one is Millie (named after my coworker) and the Red is Penny.

Look at their cute little tushes!

A letter to Grandma Ng

Grandma Ng,

I don’t think words could express how thankful I am that you left all your familiar surroundings in NYC to come live with us and take care of Charlotte. I think Charlotte will be able to look back and have fond memories of your time together. Sometimes I would come home from work and it was as if you two had your own little inside jokes…giggling like school girls. I also think that this time helped build a solid foundation for Charlotte learning Chinese which she will hopefully build upon in the years to come.

It was nice to have your company around the house while Kayu was gone. I know I slept better at night knowing that you were there as well. I will dearly miss your wonderful home cooked meals. I know my diet improved drastically with all the delicious vegetables you cooked. I am very grateful for all the cleaning and extra work you did to help out around the house.

Without you, I wouldn’t have been able to see Charlotte as much as I did due to my hectic work schedule. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You will be missed!

Love,
Shannon