Baked Salmon

My mama loves to cook and so does my older sister. I never did like cooking at all. I hated the kitchen part of the house. When I first got married, hubby and I would always eat out before going home. And on weekends, we would either have dinner at my house or his house. When I had my first child, I hire a nanny that can cook. Her job would be taking care of my child and cooking. Everything works out okay until we decided to come to Canada. With no help, nanny or parents to prepare for our food, I am forced to learn how to cook. I wouldn’t want my kids to grow up eating canned foods all the time.

Now, I can hold a small get together and be able to serve them with home cooked meals. One of my favorite dishes to serve is Baked Salmon. It’s very easy. First, marinate the salmon with powder garlic, pepper and lemon juice for about 10-15 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes and chopped onions. Wrapped it in foil and baked it and viola, you have yourself a yummy and healthy food.



Another version of this meal is to steam it with pepper, lemon juice, and a pinch of ginger. Make a sauce with extra virgin olive oil, pinch of ginger and green onions. Yummy!

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When life is hard and
Payday is still so far away
And when the salary comes it's not enough
there is only one thing to do ...

Scattegories

I found this while blog hopping... and thought it would be interesting to see if I could come up with my own list. It's not an easy thing to do and I had to skip [delete] some of the things in the list.

Rules: Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following... They must be REAL places, names, things... NOTHING made up! If you can’t think of anything, skip it.

Your Name: RUBY

4 letter word: rose
Color: red
Gifts/presents: ring
Vehicles: rolls royce
Tropical Locations: Rio de Janeiro
College Majors: Radiation Therapy
Things in a Souvenir Shop: raincoat
Boy Name: Ricky
Girl Name: Rachel
Movie Titles: Raising Helen
Occupations: Radio announcer
Flowers: roses
Celebrities: Rene Russo
Magazines: Reader's Digest
U.S. City: Rhode Island
Reason for Being Late: roadblock
Something You Throw Away: rags
Cartoon Character: rugrats

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Three Things

Three Things I Love:

my computer

my new digicam

travelling

Three Things I Hate:

telemarketers

making a call to call centers

my kids arguing/fighting

Three Things I Don't Understand:

politics

geography

parents abusing/killing their own kids

Three Things I'd Like To Learn:

to become a professional photographer

how to get rich from blogging

make a quilt with my kids old stuff and pictures

Three Things I Want To Do Before I Die:

sky diving

tour Europe

see my grandkids

Three Things that Scare Me:

getting murdered [senseless death]

long term illness

leaving my young kids motherless

Five more reasons to smile

1. For my kids - they seems to be behaving very well since the start of summer.
   
2. For Wii, DS and computer - keeps my kids busy while I do my chores.
   
3. For the little rain we had today - gives us a little cool over the summer heat.
   
4. For my new camera - gives us more fond memories to reminisce when we grow old.
   
5. And for the 14 year old boy who is taking care of my kids while I go to work.