watercolor painting -Two birds

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? (Matthew 6:26 NIV)

Yes lord we know that you are our provider. Thank you for providing for us . You always give us enough.I believe that we are valuable in your eyes.

Chinese style watercolor painting

I like to paint. God created the world so beautiful. i want to use paint brushes to praise how great his creation are.

The springtime in china. 

Chinese plum blossom .

Art work

I have been busy doing many things such as paintings 

and crocheted hats in different sizes and colors.

and crocheted flowers

Crocheted mittens.

   If you are interested in any of these items, I will give a good price.

The classic Chinese stir-fry rice (chao fan)

This basic fried rice recipe makes a nice alternative to steamed rice as a side dish, or you can turn it into a main meal by adding meat/seafood and vegetables. (If you are adding other ingredients, increase the number of eggs ).

Prep 10 minutes

Cook 10 mites 

Serve 4 

Basic Fried Rice Ingredients

2 green onions, finely chopped

2 large eggs

4 cups previously cooked rice,

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 Tbsp of soy sauce 

1 Tbsp of oyster sauce

1/2 cups of finely chopped carrot (small)

1/2 cup of peas or mushrooms 

1 cup leafy vegetables 

1.Add 1/2 tbs of oil to wok  or a big flat pan add egg mixture swirl egg when egg puffs flip the egg over and cook a bit , remove from the wok 

2.Add carrot cook for 30 seconds then add green peas or mushrooms stir-fry for two minute or add  leafy veggies  stir-fly it for one minute then add the rice and 1 tbsp of soy sauce and chopped eggs to rice mixture stir-fry for one minute add 1 tbsp of oyster sauce  as desired

3.put the green onion on top of the cooked rice add pepper to taste,serve warm

The Delicious Chinese style bok choy Recipe

     One time we invited a friend to come over for dinner, we provided a bowl of fresh vegetables with salad dressing.After he tried a little bit he said :"I eat salad because I think it's healthy for the body but it doesn't taste like anything. " Do you have the same feeling with him? Or do you get bored of eating salad all the time? I do.When I was in china I ate lots of green vegetables, I like them.

There are different ways of eating green veggies and living a healthy lifestyle.

   So I'd like to introduce a Chinese style  green vegetable recipe.

If you have bok choy, or Napa Cabbage, baby bok Choy, or the broccoli leaves from the garden or any leafy vegetable like kale spinach, they will all work with this recipe.

Serves 3  PREP time 10 minutes   Cooking time 5 minutes

1 pond of  or 5 classifier of medium size Bok choy 

2 red dry pepper( you can find it in sunfresh or Asian super market)

2 teaspoons cooking oil

2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger

2 cloves garlic, finely minced

1 pound bok choy, cut in half 

1 tablespoon water

2 teaspoons soy sauce

1 teaspoon oyster sauce 

directions:

In a wok or large saute pan over high heat, add the cooking oil. When hot add the red dry pepper,it gives a hint of pepper flavor . Lower heat to medium-high and add ginger and garlic and stir for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add bok choy to wok with the water, toss well to coat with the oil, aromatics . Allow to cook for 2 minutes or until the bok choy is crisp-tender. Add soy sauce, oyster oil and toss well for 30 seconds. The bok choy should be just-tender ,but not too soft. Serve hot with rice and other dishes.

Lemon tomato fish recipe

Serves 3 PREP time 20 minutes   Cooking time 30 minutes 

6 pieces of Tilapia 

Ginger root finely chopped about 1/2 tsp or 1/4 tsp of ginger power 

2 cloves Garlic,finely chopped

1/2 red onion cut into matchsticks 

1 1/2 tsp of Corn starch 

1/4 tsp of Sugar

1/2 Salt 

1 tsp of Soy sauce 

1/2 cup of coconut oil or vegetable oil  

Finely grated zest and juice of one lemon

1 big red Tomato chopped in chunks 

1 Green onion,finely chopped

1 1/2  tsp of  preserve pepper or 1/2 pepper powder (optional)

1. Season the fish with 1/2 teaspoon salt.

 2.In a small bowl ,whisk together the lemon juice and  garlic ,ginger, red onion ,corn starch sugar ,soy sauce and 1 TBS of water 

3.In a large nonstick skillet ,heat 1/4 cup of  coconut oil or vegetable oil over medium-high heat until shimmering,about 3 minutes and put the tilapia in the oil fire them about 5 minutes ench side until the surfers become white.Taking the tilapia out put in a bowl.

4. In the same skillet , heat  1 tsp of oil coconut oil or vegetable oil over medium - high heat and pour the sauce from the small bowl into the skillet let in cook in a slow steady stream until about 1 minute then put the half fried fish in the skillet cook about 2 minute then put the tomato chunks in the skillet cook about one 1 minute.

5.Serve the fish with Sprinkled green onions. 

Indonesia - The spice islands

  

    My name is Vivia and I am a Chinese ,i was born in china and raised in china. I am Asian.

   I like to travel and see difference sceneries and experice new things.I have been to some countries in Asia such Soul korea,Jakarta in Indonesia ,Huchimin city in vietnam ,Bangkok in Thailand,Redang island in malaysia and ,Yangon maymar ...there are lot of beautiful natural tour places in Asia, every time I travel to different places i'd love to try different kinds of food.I will introduce Indonesia to you today. Indonesia is a country in southeast Asia and Oceania.it has approximately 

17,508 islands over 238 million people,and it's the world's forth most 

Populous country.  

Those pictures were taken in an island near Jakarta ,I like this island and the water is realy clear and clean.there's not so many people go there,the corals are very beautiful ,it's a good place to go snorkeling in the day time and fishing at night time.There's a lot of fun.

Those are some pictures of delicious food we took when we were in Jakarta.Indonesia which are famed as "the spice islands" ,they use a lot of cloves and nutmeg in their cooking.They eat a lot of rice ,curry and leaf vegetables.I love different spices. I love Asian food I love Chinese food ,Indian food,Korean food...that's why I'd like to introduce some Asian cooking to all of you.