http://www.icecubejunkie.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:25:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A few weeks ago, just before the Chinese New Year - a box from UPS came for me - I was very, very happy!  why?  because in it was some food from home that I haven't had for many years.  I ordered them from United States, a place called the ... http://www.icecubejunkie.com/2012/02/bak-kwa-from-little-red-dot-kitchen/ I had a really bad migraine this morning after breakfast - and normally it doesn't bother me very much but once in a while my head hurts so much I wished I knew what causes the migraine.  Back home in Asia my mom would have insisted that I visit the ... http://www.icecubejunkie.com/2012/01/food-for-thoughts-on-migraine/ It's not often that one see such a huge and old lobster - this one is so huge - I'm guessing it must be like 100 Ibs! Normal lobsters are like 5Ibs - can you imagine eating 100 Ibs of lobster?  i love lobsters but I don't think I would eat ... http://www.icecubejunkie.com/2012/01/humongous-lobster/ I don't know if it is just foodie and food bloggers who loved anything to do with food - but I do and whenever I see kitchen gadgets that I can use and they are lovely in color - I go ga-ga over them.  I saw these at our local ... http://www.icecubejunkie.com/2012/01/mini-casserole-stoneware/ Kong Hei Fatt Choy !!!   Everyone Fatt, Fatt big big this year!!  lots of "kum" coming into your home and businesses.   May the dragon year bring everyone good luck, good health, good eats and good money!  And the box of "kum" is for the Zhu's who've always been so kind ... http://www.icecubejunkie.com/2012/01/kong-hei-fatt-choy/ These days there should be no reason why one cannot cook at home - in fact, I loved home cook food.  I think I try to cook more now that I have Chloe to think of - and her health.  Which parents wants to feed their kids fast food or ... http://www.icecubejunkie.com/2012/01/frozen-veggies-makes-cooking-easy/ I loved to use the oven to bake my food - from fish to garlic bread but you and I know that heating the oven up and then baking something for 10 -20mins is really a lot of electricity used.  So I try to use the steamer instead more often ... http://www.icecubejunkie.com/2012/01/using-your-oven-efficiently/ Sundays are usually days when we go out to eat as a family - but like most restaurants in Canada - the portions are really huge - we never ever managed to finish our food.   So what do we do?  we doggy bag the leftover and eat them for dinner ... http://www.icecubejunkie.com/2012/01/leftover-food/ My htc buy must be the smartest investment as a food blogger.  Why?  you know how we food bloggers loved to take pictures of any kind of food we buy, eat or see right?  but what if you had forgotten to bring your camera along with you and/or if your ... http://www.icecubejunkie.com/2012/01/a-food-bloggers-aid/ Like all diabetics - we are always hungry - and we are always looking for something to munch - something that wouldn't make our blood sugar go crazy on us.  So when I saw these baked cheetos - I knew I had to try it - with only 1 gram ... http://www.icecubejunkie.com/2012/01/baked-cheetos/