Sunday, December 9, 2007

The Spring Rolls and A Self Evaluation

Vietnamese Burrito?
Chicken filling:
26 ounces skinned, boneless chicken breasts
5 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon sugar
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 stalks lemongrass, minced
1/2 cup soybean oil
1 tablespoon sesame seed oil
Fresh black pepper

Wrapping mixture:
10 large rice paper wrappers
1 package rice noodles, soaked in warm water until softened and drained
1 head romaine lettuce, cut into 3/4-inch lengths
1 cucumber, peeled, seeded and cut into thin strips
1/2 cup pickled daikon, chopped
3 carrots, peeled and sliced thinly
2 cups bean sprouts
1 bunch basil, cleaned and leaves picked
1 bunch mint , cleaned and leaves picked
1/2 bunch parsley, cleaned and leaves picked


left out a few ingredients, unsuccessful in rolling rice wrappers, and we fail.
but they were still edible :) and that's ALL you need. Added more peanut butter to the (store bought) peanut sauce mix. clearly, peanut butterr solves all problems.


"Please
Tell me how you lift these heavy bricks
And how you built this path for me to walk on
You carve yourself in stones
With the strength of all convinced
But I know your skin
Is still as thin as mine"
-Daphne Loves Derby: Sunday

on my second note: so. i'm at this point in my life where i'm basically throwing my past away and starting again. In certain areas, not all (although all areas have been affected). i never realized how unhappy i was with my previous relationship. no, i wasn't unhappy, i was numb. everything was a routine and nothing meant anything to me. of course, i didn't realize that until the end. isn't that pathetic? and now i have something new, it's shown me so many of the simple things i was missing. what's sad is even if i try to leave my past, it's always following me around somewhere. i've become so cautious of everything i do; i don't wanna mess it up. obviously, some things about me are always gonna be the same. i thought i could and did change but i guess i haven't. i hope that's okay. all i know is now i'm happy. would you evaluate me?

weekend/weekday checklist:
-AmericanApparel
-SpringRolls
-SushiArt
-Reading
-Restock on Advil

as for saving the earth.. i'm working on it.

2 comments:

BERTRAND said...

what is SUSHIART
hi vicky
feeling numb isnt all that great
its like the strongest form of apathy
maybe your VIETNAMESE SPRINGROLLS will help
i like blogging
i think you do too

kendal said...

Welcome to the blog world Vicky!