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Sri Lankan Chicken Curry

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 “Curry Dinner” Cedar Park, 2021

We made one of our favorite curries tonight to share with some dinner guests. It’s so nice to have (fully vaccinated) friends at our house again! The Sri Lankan Chicken Curry recipe is from The Flavor Blender, and tastes great, but what is really remarkable is that the aroma after you add the curry powder and curry leaves is incredible! If you weren’t hungry before, you are guaranteed to start craving dinner once the fragrant smells start to fill the kitchen. ☺

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 “Making Curry” Cedar Park, 2021

Our guests brought over a salad, samosas, and pani puri to round out the meal. It was awesome and of course yours truly ate way too much! It was just too good.

Tea Time

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 “Tea Time” Cedar Park, 2021

Today I took a break from my normal afternoon coffee and had some tea. It was delicious! This tea is from Taiwan and I enjoyed three cups of it. I think I might make this a habit as it seems like a more natural way to transition to the later part of the day. 🍵

First Batch of Peppers

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 “Serrano Peppers” Cedar Park, 2021

This year, we have several different plants growing in our garden and on the deck. My favorites are the peppers, and the first plant to bear fruit is our Serrano plant.

Our pepper plants don’t usually survive the winter and we end up planting a whole new bunch each spring but this year, we have a lot of returning plants: two Scotch Bonnets, Jalapeño, Habañero, mint, basil, Italian parsley, and the pictured Serrano. New this year are eggplant, another Jalapeño, cilantro, green onion, and Pequin peppers.

I’m hoping we have a good and continuous harvest throughout the summer! At least enough to provide some fire to our cooking. 😁

Idol Nite 9

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 “Sailor Mars” Austin, 2021

It’s been over a year since our last “Idol Nite” so it was really awesome to get to visit my friend Mikey and watch music videos and a few episodes of the live-action Sailor Moon. Of course we also enjoyed beer, a nice selection of different saké, and lots of Japanese snacks. I can’t believe that this was our ninth time! Even though I hadn’t visited my friend for such a long time, once we started eating, drinking, and watching videos it felt like no time had passed since our last get-together.

The photo I took is of one of my favorite actresses, Kitagawa Keiko, who was Sailor Mars in the old series (2003-2004). I’m currently watching her star in the dorama “Rikokatsu”, which is hilarious. And she’s still beautiful!

Pizza Nite

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 “Kalua Pig Pizza” Cedar Park, 2021

The toppings for the first pie in tonight’s pizza class was kalua pig with jalapeño peppers and red onion. It was yummy, with just the right amount of oil from the pork. We haven’t had pizza in a few weeks so it was good to “pig” out on it. 🐷🍕❤

I hope you had a nice day!