Pesto Tortellini Pasta

It's been over a year since we left Italy. 

Never will I ever stop missing Italian food. 

I still got some of the Ingredients that I brought from Italy.

So today, I decided to use some.

 It was a hard decision as it is one of my last stock. 

I was craving for some Pesto Pasta so I made this!!!

I'm gonna need to find a Store where I can find Italian Ingredients here in the US.

Hopefully I find one.

By the way here's the Recipe.

( Pesto Tortellini )

I made this before when we were in Italy.

So glad I learned to make Italian food.

Even just a little bit.

Let me know what you guys think!

Enjoy!

xoxo

 

UCM Mules Basketball (Warrensburg)

 

We went to my very first Basketball game yesterday.

It's not professional one, It's the college game.

But, It was so awesome!

UCM is really close to us and hubby has been wanting to go on one of their games.

We went to Baseball one this Spring and that was so much fun.

Sucks we missed Football.

Maybe next year!

I'm not really a crazy Basketball fan but I got hooked and watched the whole time.

The game was intense.

..And my boys seems to be enjoying it.

The cheerleaders was so good too!

I'm so glad they won.

It was such a fun fun time!

xoxo

Christmas Parade (Warrensburg)

 

Had a great time last night!

We went to our first Christmas Parade!

Last year we went to see a lot of Christmas lights and this year  I want to do something else.

I'm glad our town do these things!

The kids were so excited to see Santa!

The parade lasted for almost an hour and it was so festive and fun!

We all had a great time!

It's the Season of Red Lippie! hehe

Have a good weekend!

xoxo

The most wonderful time of the year.

Happy December everyone!

I can't believe Christmas is almost here.

One more month before 2022.

Feels like it was just yesterday when we spent our first Christmas here!

Time does goes really fast.

Our 2020 Christmas Ornament.

This came really late, but look how cute it is!

Got it from Amazon!

We put up our Christmas decorations right after Thanksgiving.

I think I'm liking it better than putting up Christmas decorations early. 

I love how cozy our Living room looks. 

Gingerbread houses.

...And of course Zart the Elf is back!

Another fun year, here we go!

xoxo

-Jen

 

Dear, Summer.

 

Dear Summer,

I miss you.

Homemade Korean Fried Chicken

I have been craving Korean Fried Chicken for a while.

Hubby is so good with making homemade fried chicken so I thought it would be perfect

to make Korean version.

We found a good Korean Restaurant in Kansas city, It just sucks that its a bit of a drive.

So we decided to make homemade ones.

Especially I found the Important Ingredient!

The Gochuang Paste. 

It's awesome I found it in Hy-vee.

I didn't need to go to the Asian store for it!

Let me know what you guys think!

Ingredients

Chicken and marinade:

• 4 chicken breasts sliced into long thick strips
• 1 cup (240ml) buttermilk
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp white pepper
• 1/4 tsp garlic salt

Crispy Coating:

• 1 1/2 cups (180g) plain (all-purpose) flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/2 tsp garlic salt
• ½ tsp celery salt
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• vegetable oil for deep frying (at least 1 litre/four cups)

Sauce:

• 2 tbsp gochujang paste
• 2 tbsp honey
• 4 tbsp brown sugar
• 4 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
• 2 tsp minced ginger
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• 3 spring onions sliced into thin strips
• 1 tsp sesame seeds
• ½ tsp chilli flakes (red pepper flakes)

This was so good. 

I'm so happy we can make it whenever I crave for it.

Have a good weekend!

xoxo

 

Pork Ginataan with Squash and String Beans

I really love that there's so many Filipino/Asian stores to shop around here. 

I remember how much a struggle to find fresh asian veggies in Italy.

So I'm going to enjoy this as much as I can!

There is some days that I crave for some Ginataan.

Ginataan is a dish cooked with some Coconut.

It's usually a savory dish.

I have never made this before so I thought I'd give it a try.

My Hubby loved it and the boys too!

Let me know what you guys think!

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs. pork cubed
• 1 1/2 cup beef broth or water
• 2 cups coconut milk
• 1/4 cup shrimp paste bagoong
• 1 piece butternut squash cubed
• 1 bunch string beans cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1 piece yellow onion sliced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic minced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• Salt to taste optional

Instructions

• After prepping the Ingredients, Heat the  oil in a cooking pot.
• Once the oil gets hot, saute the garlic and onion.
• Add the ground black pepper. Stir and then add the pork. Cook the pork until the color turns light brown.
• Pour the beef broth  or water in the cooking pot. Let it boil.
• Add the coconut milk. Stir and allow to boil once more. Cover and cook in low to medium heat until the pork gets tender.
• Add the squash. Stir, cover and cook for 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the shrimp paste. Stir.
• Add the string beans. Cover and cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Add salt only if needed.
• Serve with Rice and Enjoy!

The house smells amazing!!

Enjoy

xoxo

 

Let things go..

"Autumn

Shows us

How 

Beautiful it is

to

Let

things go."

 

Outback Steakhouse (Lee's Summit, Missouri)

Hi Guys!

It's been such a minute, I have been so busy with other things. 

I hope you guys are doing well. 

I can't believe December will be here in a few days. 

It's almost 2022!

Anyways, Halloween and Thanksgiving have passed. 

It was all amazing. 

..And It's also been a while since we've been to Outback Steakhouse.

I had to look for Wedding outfits for me and the boys. 

So after that we decided to go, I really wanted Carraba's but oh my god.

The waiting was almost one house. 

No way I will wait for that.

Anyways, this was also a good choice!

I mean, for this bread right?

It's worth it!

Drinks and Bread while waiting for our food.

We went at Dinner time so it was so so busy. 

I miss the times when we go when it's not Dinner time yet.

Always happy when there's Carbs!

haha!

Of course, Some Blooming onion.

If I remember it's at least 4 years since we had Outback.

No Outback in Italy.

So we definitely missed this.

We weren't feeling like having Steaks so we had Sandwiches and Burgers.

All amazing!

...And our server was the nicest!!

It was a great dinner. 

xoxo

-Jen

 

Cancun Mexican Cuisine (Warrensburg, Missouri)

After a fun day at the ( Pixie Pumpkin Patch )

We headed to Cancun Mexican Restaurant in town.

We seem to started a Tradition.

We did this too last year after spending time at the Pumpkin Patch, just a different Mexican Restaurant.

It was our first time, It was about time to try a different Mexican Restaurant.

Started off with some Virgin Piña Colada and hubby had some Margarita. 

It was good.

Of course some White Quezo!

Tried the Tacos this time. 

It was alright!

Hubby had Seafood Chimichangas, he said it was actually surprisingly good.

I had a bite and I agree!

I love that there's so many Mexican Restaurants in town to choose from!

xoxo