With this unpredictable cold weather, I thought that grilling outside would help my cravings for grilled barbecue beef eased a little. And it did. I asked my husband to grill this delicious looking beef trimmings I got from Wal-mart (yes, wal-mart, don’t asked). When I first saw the beef, I thought of marinating it, put it on the skewer and grill it. Just like yakitori. I never have an actual yakitori, but I heard that it’s like anything skewerd in general, may it be poultry, meat or vegetables. It’s like asian version of kabob. So yes, even though my husband doesn’t want to grill because other than he hates the weather, he also hates our cheap charcoal grill. He can’t wait to get rid of it and buy a new bigger one. I can’t agree more.

The taste was good especially if you pair it with rice and a side or spicy hot soy sauce. My husband didn’t like it though, not because he thinks that beef trimmings are gross but because of the charcoal-ish flavor. As usual, I feel the opposite way. I love it. I may not share the recipe here because it’s just basically anything you want to put. I marinate it with soy sauce, vinegar, pepper, garlic and onion powder, and sugar for 3 hours and then screw it and grill it. While grilling, brush it with a mixture of oyster, chili and soy sauce (not enough sodium, eh?) I like salty food but I don’t eat this kind of food often because I’m watching what I eat now (finally).

My first ever chocolate chip cookies I baked. I’m proud. I don’t really have any interest of baking cookies because I thought that it’s so easy to make, and yes, I was right, it was easy and fun to make (it was too easy that it was fun. Sort of). I am really starting to like baking.

Today is the first day of setting up my soon to be vegetable garden. I’ve been thinking about planting vegetables since we moved in to our new house last year but I didn’t have the chance. But this year I will make sure that this plan or project of mine will be fruitful and hopefully successful.

So I set up a schedule that every Monday it will be a Garden Day. Well, its my day off that’s why I have the luxury to actually do something productive aside from cleaning the house and doing the laundry. It is something to look forward to and something to accomplish besides school and work. It’s basically serve like a self outlet for me. Just like cooking, planting also relaxes me down and it’s also a hobby of mine that was long forgotten. But I’m taking it back and give myself a chance to show that I can finish something I started. I guess by sharing this, I am now accountable. I shared this on purpose.

Let’s see whose gonna eat fresh and sweet strawberries by the end of summer?

It has been a tremendously amazing experience for me. College here rocks! Maybe because I get to cook and eat and I simply do what I love. It’s great to be here.

My first three months of college life is full of ups and downs. But mostly ups. I met new friends, I learned a lot, I joined the competition team, I gained confidence, I gained a few skills, my final grades are all A’s and I get to socialize with other people who have the same interest like mine. My down time were forgetting to bring my knife set in Foundation class and when I realized I have a lot of bad habits that I needed to change.

I’m glad I decided to go back to school. I hope that spring semester will be as great, if not, greater than winter.