Lovely Spring

Last week, Julia told me, “April showers bring flowers.” She said exactly the right thing. After several days of raining, we already saw the new green leaves and colorful flowers. 
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IMG_1267I took these pictures today. On my way walking this morning, I saw these fabulous views. I just couldn’t stop myself taking these great pictures. It was strange that why  I hadn’t noticed these before since I walked around here everyday.

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Pittsburgh has four distinctive seasons. In autumn, almost all leaves fall down and there is very few ever green trees here. So you can imagine how does the winter look like here and how much do the people living here eager for the spring. IMG_1274

In spring, everything is shooting up. It’s so prosperous all around. Every one looks happy and vigorous and waving hands say hello to you. I feel great!IMG_1273

All these flowers are in our community and they are  just around my building. What a nice place!
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I met Bob who is in charge of this community this morning. He saw me taking pictures around and then he nicely asked me to pick some flowers home and enjoy them. You can’t imagine how excited Julia was when I told her this news. She picked two blooms and she asked me ‘Mom, can we get the honey out of the flowers?” “Maybe yes, but we need ask bees for help.”Isn’t it cute?

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牛奶戚风蛋糕

又有一个多星期没有做点心了,今天下大雨,没有办法出去walk,就想待在家里做吃的。一直没有做过戚风蛋糕,今天试试。

结果是第一次做也很成功,我没有用专门烤戚风蛋糕的模具,因为要离开所以实在不想买太多,就用普通烤盘烤出来的效果也很不错,软软的,嫩嫩的,口感特别好,相信宝贝们一定喜欢。

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因为我自己特别喜欢cheese cake,所以呢,戚风蛋糕出炉以后我又做了一个cheese cake。边劳动边学歌,great!

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凉拌芝麻菠菜,yummy,yummy!

打着补铁的旗号买把菠菜回来吃。买回来就惆怅了,在家的时候,菠菜基本是用来下火锅的,现在又没有火锅吃,我该咋办呢。要控制体重,能量摄入越少越好,所以就凉拌吧。

这道凉拌菜颜色看着好,吃起来清脆爽口,非常喜欢。
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做个缤纷的水果蛋糕来庆祝春天的到来

原来在米国也有庆祝春分一说呢。Today is the first day of spring。春天的第一天,尽管上午下了超大的雪,但是还是挡不住人们内心的喜悦。服装店的各种discount, free ice-cream store,children’s museum also free for kids。。。各种各样的方式,very very nice。

我也做点什么好了,做个缤纷的水果蛋糕庆祝春天的来临,如何,对于Julia和森森来说,一定是surprise。

This was what I made today。Look pretty,right? And it tastes yummy, too…

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切之前的样子。
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原来芦笋应该这样吃

其实芦笋也吃过好多次了,不过总觉得做得有点问题,今天做的这个凉拌芦笋感觉特别对,咸香,清脆,色香味俱全,大人小孩都爱吃。Julia小朋友吃了十几段呢,妈咪们,试试吧。

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做法:

1.芦笋去掉根部洗净,切成如图的小段。

2.烧沸水,将芦笋倒进,煮两分钟,期间不停翻搅。

3.乘出,过凉水,沥干水分。

4.食用油烧沸,加入蒜蓉炒香,加入黄豆酱,少许白糖和少许酱油,拌匀,做成sauce。

5.将已经准备好的芦笋倒入,拌匀即可。