Black Fungus Chicken Soup

Black fungus also known as cloud ear fungus or 木耳, is very common in Asian cooking, believed to be healthy obesity diet food.

It contains very high Iron, 20 times as celery,7 times as pork liver. Eating regularly will nourish blood, keep countenance beauty, and prevent Iron Deficiency Anemia. Fresh black fungus is dangerous to eat as it contains poisonous matter. But most of the poisonous mater will disappear after dried under the sun.
 
(http://www.healthy-chinese-recipe.com/obesity-diet-food-black-fungus.html)

Bean Curd Chicken Soup with Shittake

Ingredients:
8 oz chicken breast, bite-sized
4-5 shittake, soaked and cut
half package of dried bean curd, soaked and cut
2 garlic, smashed
2 ginger, thinly sliced
1 medium size carrot, sliced
salt to taste

Steamed Salmon with Asparagus

Ingredients:
6 oz salmon
small carrot, thinly sliced
3-4 asparagus, diagonally cut
1 Tbsp soy sauce
little lime/lemon juice
little onion, thinly slice
garlic, minced

Steamed Trout

Yeah, Spring is here, so does the great trout! According to wikipedia, trout is either freshwater or saltwater fish, which belongs to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. We missed trout so much during the Winter. Steamed trout just a perfect refreshing dish that we love.

Simple Fried Rice with Fried Chicken

Guess what? The alternative to KFC fried chicken is the fried chicken from local groceries store like Albertsons, King Soopers or Safeway. This time we got one bucket from King Soopers, served with fried rice. Check on the simple recipe below. This yields two adult servings plus one little child ;)

Ka Ja Ma - Hakka Chicken

I brought this herb to United States and many thanks to the Auntie at Sg. Maong's market who taught me the simplest way to cook Ka Cha Ma. This is such a delicious and healthy dish, especially good for ladies. There are only four ingredients in this dish and it takes about one to two hour to prepare and cook.

Play is Important. Why?

Play is important for children. Play is the way children learn. Play is a child's job. Through play, children learn about themselves, their environment, their surrounding people and the world around them.

Research showed that play promotes healthy physical growth, social, emotional and cognitive development in children. Studies also show that quality play has important link to future success in academic.

Sharing Books with Children. How?

It is never too early to introduce books to your child. Whenever you read to your child, s/he looks at the picture and hears your reading, her/his brain cells begin to make connections. Repetition is a great way to learn for young children. Young children will not feel boring to hear the same stories over and over again. In fact, it helps strengthen brain connections.

Easy Money with Swagbucks. How?

For those who surf and search for any reason such as research, study, email, social network, entertainment and so on, why not earning easy money while doing what you are already doing every day? In the following, I am gonna to give general information regarding Swagbucks and some tips for easy earning.

What is SwagBucks?
Simple, earn FREE stuff by getting reward from your search and easy participation at SwagBucks.com. As stated in the website, Swagbucks.com allows web users to earn virtual currency by doing the things they do every day - search the web, shopping at their favorite retailers, and by engaging in other activities such as phone recycling, submitting polls, and completing special offers.

What is the requirement?
Simple, internet access and one unique swagbucks account.

How much does it cost? Not a dime! It costs ZERO, $0.

How to earn?

Easy, do this whenever you have access to Internet:
1). Everyday, vote the daily pool -> 1 swagbuck; check on the Trusted Survey -> 1 swagbuck; login the page or toolbar -> 1 swagbuck

2). Type in the name or url for any website you want to visit in the toolbar or in the browser search box or in the SwagBucks.com, even checking email or social networking
For instance, at Swagbucks toolbar or SwagBucks.com search box:
type in "gmail.com", "facebook.com", "dailycamera" and hit enter; at browser's search box: type "s mail.yahoo.com", "s facebook.com", "s today's weather" and hit enter.

Note: you may download the toolbar here after your registration.


3). To earn extra in free time:

• Watch SwagBucks TV to complete the 100% metric -> 3 SwagBucks
• Complete the tasks -> big bucks, 8 to 110 bucks.

4). Earn as your friend earns.
If your friend willing to sign up to be your referral, you earn whenever they earn for searching the web (ONLY on searching). No worry at your friends because they lose nothing at all for signing under you. This is like earning into your account and cheering your friend at the same time.


Who is eligible?
Hmm.. guess what? I am not very sure, but I see something like this at the Swag Store. Advanced search filtered by: United States, Canada, United Kingdom. Perhaps you can email to ask about your eligibility for your current resided country.

So, this is very rewarding to me. I joined in February 4, 2011. I have received four Amazon e-gift cards (by March 27) and 23xx points which enables me to redeem another five e-gift cards!

Friends, no hesitate, sign up now and get your first 30 SwagBucks. Happy earning!

Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior?

Amy Chuo being called the Tiger Mom, has wrote this: Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior? Read the article and listen to your heart, what is your response?


My first question, are we pushing our young children too hard in doing something beyond their stage of ability or their interest? Are we trying to realize our own dream through our children and

Stimulating Activities for Young Children

From previous post, we see the possible negative effects to a child when a parent removes fun and silliness from a childhood, but impose pressure for a greater self-defined dream and success.

The followings suggest some developmentally appropriate stimulating activities for different stages of a child:

Every Child Deserves a Healthy Childhood

Perhaps you all heard of Neverland, a fantasy ranch with amusement parks in California. Neverland Ranch was a home to the most successful entertainer of all time, Michael Jackson. He called himself Peter Pan, a boy who never grows up. He was such a genius in singer-songwriting, dancing, recording etc; yet he was an innocent and humble child-like (not childish) adult.

Choose the Best Environment for your Child (updated)

If parents understood the importance of the early years of their children, yet they still need to send them to care center for some good reasons, please consider the following criteria in choosing the best environment for your precious child.

It is common that parents will choose a provider whom they trust, probably with rich experience and good reference.