ULTIMATE SALSA & GUACAMOLE

Salsa

1. Beef tomato
2. Purple Onion
3. Garlic
4. jalapeno pepper
5. Lime
6. Sea salt
7. Pepper
8. Maple syrup or Honey


Guacamole

1. Avocado
2. All ingredients from Salsa


*Another 2 Super simple yet Super Colorful dishes!

Delicious Red from riped summer tomtato, bright Purple from purple onion, Killer Green from jalapeno pepper, fragrant and strong aroma from White garlic, Yellowish Green from riped Avocado, and Sour Green from Lime...

Yes, it needs all different colors to compose these dishes!

* In fact, it's very important to eat all different Color foods, yes good for our health!

*Besides the health reason, dont you think that just by looking at these delicious colors, and smell the wonderful natural aroma from fresh veggie and fruits, totally open up our appetite during this HOT summer days?

*Mexican are quite smart... they utilize the gifts from the earth, and not just eat healthy but also create lots of Eye-Opening dishes!!
But... I've been wondering, why mexican are so FAT? They eat lots of veggie/fruits... and they work a lot! maybe cuz they EAT alot too... ha.. and yeh a lot of fatty and sweet foods too!

**These two dishes not just great for parties (you know.. chips and dips? And.. everyone will be YOUR friends when you make these dishes), but also great for some other fancy appetizer dishes... Yeh we'll talk about that LATER!

TOP 10 MUST-EAT FOODS

1. Deep sea fish (DHA, EPA)
2. Oats
3. Whole wheat
4. Nuts
5. Green veggie (Colorful veggie; Mg helps to calm the nerves)
6. Banana
7. Garlic
8. Pumpkin
9. Milk
10. Green tea (lower cholesterol and TG, lose weight!)

Finally... My 1st Beef PHO (Simple Version)

After tasting a few pho restaurant, I finally decided to make my own version of Pho!!

Soup base---
1.Beef tendon
2. Beef nan
3. ginger
4. Star anise
5. White pepper corn
6. S. corn
7. Cinnamon
8. Anise seed
9. Rice wine
10. Mirin
11. Brown sugar
12. Sea salt

13. Thai basil
14. Thai bird chili
15. Lime
16. Onion
17. Fish sauce
18. pho noodle

* Boil a pot of water (I used 2 pots) and put the beef and tendon into the pot. Add all the spices into the pot too (#1-11)
Boil for at least 4 or 5 hrs or Longer!

*When beef and tendon are soft and tender, cook the pho noodle, place the pho noodle into the bowl, put 13-18 into the bowl, mix well...

*Add the broth to the bowl... I like to put it into the microwave for a couple of min, just to let the pho noodle absorb more of the broth flavor!

** Originally I wanted to cook the broth with beef bone, short ribs, beef chuck, beef tripe, beef brisket etc. , and when the broth is done, just add slices of good quality beef before serving!

BUT, I only had beef nan and tendon in my freezer, but the flavor is still nice and thick!

BTW, I love tendon, I can eat lots of it and not eating meat! I eat it not cuz it has lots of collagen (Yes, great for our skin!), but cuz I just simply love it!

**Try it, I Promise you, it's the BEST pho that I've ever had!!

DINNER PARTY

Thinking about throwing another dinner party...

Menu for now...

Appetizer

1. 6 Layer Dips & Chips

2. Pan Seared Scallops w/ Safforn sauce & Petite Herb Salad

3. Prosciutto de Parma Pizza OR Prosciutto de Parma w/ cantaloupe

4. Sesame Cold Spinach Noodle


Main course

5. Spaghetti alla carbonara


6.Steamed Lemongrass Garlicky Lime Wild Cod


7. Beef Short Ribs with Special Sauce



Dessert

8. Lemon ice w/ Seasonal fruits OR Tiramisu

EPISITAXIS

A 60 yo female, episitaxis (nose bleed) on a sunday midnight, according to her, lots amount of blood was flooding out of her nose, then she checked her BP (according to her husband, it's 170, not sure about the diastolic pressure). The following morning, she got out of her bed, went to the bathroom, she almost lost her conscious and had blurred of vision, then was taken to her bed by the family. Another BP check, it's 90/50. After she fainted, she had another episode of epistaxis.

What is the etiology of her epistaxis?
Why did she almost lose her conscious?
What Questions a doctor should ask the pt in order to make the correct Dx and Correct Tx?
What a doctor should do to save this pt?
Is it just a minor incident (epistaxis) or is it a warning sign?

(I've already given out a lot of hints... not very difficult to figure out!!)

DREAM ABOUT YOU (stevie B.)

OMG another OLD song... loved it.. found out again.. Gotta listen to it again and again...

Being there.. Done that... NOT Fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3f6qbTZBFk

There was a time in my life
When I opened up my eyes and there you were
You were more than a dream
I could reach out and touch you girl
That was long ago
There are some things that I guess I will never know
When you love someone you gotta learn to let them go

When I dream about you
Thats when everything is alright
You are in my arms here next to me forever
When I dream about you
Girl you never go away
Just close my eyes, wait for my dreams
Cuz I still LOVE LOVING YOU!!

How can I get you to see
That I 'm falling apart since you've been gone
I could never be sure I could ever let go
Your love is much too strong
There are some things that I guess I will never know
When you love someone you gotta learn to let them go.........

THATS WHY YOU GO AWAY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w94p9m2O9k8

OOh... I love love this song!! Gotta share it...
sad .. OLD.. break-up song...

Baby wont you tell me why
there is sadness in your eyes
I dont wanna say goodbye to you
Love is one big illusion
I should try to forget
but theres something left in my head


You are the one who set it up
Now you are the one to make it stop
I'm the one who's feeling the lost right now
Now you want me to forget every little thing you say
But there's something left in my head


I wont forget the way you are KISSING
the feeling is so strong
were lasting for so long
but I'm not the man your heart is missing
thats why you go away I know


You were never satisfied
No matter How I tried
Now you wanna say goodbye to me
Love is one big illusion
I should try to forget
but there is something left in my head


I wont forget the way you are kissing
The feeling was so strong
were lasting for so long
but I'm not the man your heart is missing
thats why you go away I know


Sitting here all alone in the middle of nowhere
Dont know which way to go
THere aint so much to say now btw us
There aint so much for you
There aint so much for me


I wont forget the way you are kissing
The feeling is so strong, were lasting for so long
But I'm not the man your heart is missing
Thats why you go away I know
Thats why you go away I know!