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Christmas Eve Cake Mix Cookies | Christmas Day Belgian Waffle and Hotpot

Hey Foodie Tribe, I hope your holiday thus far has been fun and relaxing. In this vlog, my family and I continue our traditions with making cookies on Christmas Eve. This year we made cake mix cookies again as well as homemade rice crispy treats all while cracking jokes and reminiscing.

Chocolate Cake mix Cookies
Red Velvet Cake mix cookies with white chocolate and almonds
Yellow Cake mix cookies with white chocolate and honey roasted almonds
Homemade rice crispy treats

Christmas morning started of rocky. After make our usual Christmas morning Belgium waffles, I found that our syrup had some weird white stuff in it. Fortunately I was the only one that at it, unfortunately, it made me sick, even though I only at a small portion. 

Debris found in my syrup

However, after a nice nap, I made HotPot for Christmas dinner. 

Christmas Dinner Hotpot

Although there were some bumps along the way, the day was relaxing and enjoyable. Check out the video below.

Amarie Enjoying her gifts
Alexis and her dad enjoying their time

Additional, I want to thank you all for the continued support. A few weeks ago, this blog turned 11!!! I have been doing this for 11 years and have enjoyed all of it. I also would like to wish you all a very happy, blessed and safe New Year. Hope to See you in 2022! Until next time remember to Cook Eat Enjoy, Travel Live and Repeat!!

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Me wishing you all happiness, health and peace!
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My Daughter’s 14th Birthday |Korean-inspired Dinner Vlog

Hey Food Tribe, I am so late in posting this, but better late than never. Back in mid-November, my youngest daughter Amarie turned 14.

White cupcake with lemon icing

And because of how the world is currently, we celebrated indoors with a special dinner. Last year she asked for a Japanese-inspired dinner, this year, she requested a Korean-inspired dinner. I obliged her, as I love all Asian food, but Korean food is at my top.

Spam rice ball, friend rice, kimbap

I made a spread for my baby girl including Royal Tteokbokki, pork and beef lettuce/perilla wrap, pork neck bone and mussel soup, and more.

Pork neck bone soup with mussels

If you would like to see how I pulled this meal together, checkout the video below!

Korean-inspired dinner spread

Until next remember to Cook Eat Enjoy, Travel Live and Repeat.

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YouTube Video Daughter’s 14th Birthday Dinner
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Cake Mix Cookies 3 Ways

Hey everyone, I hope you are having a great December and that your Holidays have been relaxing. Christmas Eve, traditional, my daughters and I make cookies. But now they are getting older and not so important to make cookies, which is fine. But I still like to do it, so this year I decided to try a new recipe that I saw from one of my favorite YouTuber. The recipe has been around for a long time, but I just found it recently. Cake Mix Cookies are so easy and you can add whatever flavors you decide.

For my Cake mix cookies I used Vanilla cake mix but you can use which ever you like and I also changed the oil. I used butter instead of vegetable or canola oil. So below I will include the base recipe and be sure to check out the video to see my process.

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Base Cake Mix Cookie Recipe: 1 box of Cake Mix, 1/4cup of flour, 2 extra large or jumbo eggs, 1/2 cup melted Butter

Ingredients for Cake Mix Cookies

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Celebrating My Daughter’s 13th Birthday | Lockdown Edition | Asian Themed Birthday Dinner

Hey Guys, I hope you are all staying safe during these uneasy times. On November 16th, my youngest daughter turned 13. I had plans to take her out to this new Asian Dumpling restaurant here in the Portland Metro area, but unfortunately, our Covid numbers have spiked so our state is back in lockdown. But that didn’t stop me; since we couldn’t go to the restaurant, I brought the restaurant to her. 13 is a special birthday, officially a teenager; I wanted her to feel extremely special on her day, even though she still had to go to online school. So for this Birthday, I planned an Asian Themed Birthday Dinner complete with menus, placemats, decor, and more. Check out the Vlog below and be sure to leave a like so Amarie knows you send a happy birthday wish her way.

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Youtube Video
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A week in my life Vlog | October 11-25 | Recovering, Pain & Meal Prep

Hey everyone. I hope all is well with you. In this weekly Vlog, I start the long and painful recovery from surgery; trying to manage pain and still cook and do for my family. Mom life right, things don’t stop. But I do meal prep so that the family will have food for about a week, because there is no cooking like mom’s cooking, and I do it with practically one hand, #momlife

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A Week in my life Vlog | September 14-20 |

This Vlog is a week in my life vlog September 14-20, where I spent my days being mommy, making sure my kids were active in their 1st weeks of virtual school; painting shoes; cooking food; doing a DIY Backdrop project, and appreciating the sun, sky, rain, and clearer air. I have included the measurements for the PVC below.

Measurements for DIY Backdrop Stand: Schedule 40 3/4 inch PVC Pipe purchased for Homedepot

1 x 5 ft

2 x 2.5 ft

5 x 3 ft

6 x 1 ft

8 x 90-degree elbow joint connectors

6 x T-joint connectors

4-8 small Spring Clips

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What I Eat in a Day Realistically | Vlog | Making Stir-fry Veggie Tofu | Cook Eat Enjoy

What I eat in a day realistically video vlog

New What I Eat in a Day Realistically | Vlog | Making Stir-fry Veggie Tofu | Cook Eat Enjoy video is live. When film vlogs, I try to be as realistic as possible, for that is the point. Meals in this blog include a Yogurt bowl, stir-fry veggie tofu, fruit shake, and pizza.

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How to Make Shrimp Egg Foo Yung with Brown Gravy

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Ingredients:

  • 5 Jumbo eggs
  • 1 bag Bean Sprouts
  • 10 Jumbo or Colossal Shrimp
  • 5 Cremini Mushrooms
  • 1 Tbsp. Butter
  • 2 Tsp Cooking Starch
  • 1/2 Large Onion
  • 1 Tbsp. Diced Garlic
  • Kosher Salt
  • Cooking Oil
  • Powder Beef Soup or Bouillon cube

Tools:

  • Cutting Board
  • Knife
  • Large Pan or Wok
  • Large Spoon used for mixing or scooping soup
  • Spatula
  • Plate
  • Paper Towel
  • Sauce Pot
  • Small Spoon
  • Large Mixing bowl
  • Strainer
  • 1 cup measuring cup

Direction:

  1. DO THIS FIRST: In sauce Pot Boil bean sprouts for 3 minutes and drain and rinse in cold water to stop cooking.
  1. Let the sprouts sit in strainer until ready for use.
  1. In same pot, add 2 cups water and beef powder. Let come to boil. Slice 2 mushroom and added
  1. Let boil for 5 minutes. Dissolve 2 tsp of cooking Starch in 3 tsp of water and add to beef broth.
  1. Stir and let simmer on low heat while cook remainder of dish
  1. Cut Jumbo Shrimp into bite size pieces
  1. Slice 3 Mushrooms
  1. Dice Onion
  1. Add these ingredients and bean sprouts to Bowl
  1. Add 5 eggs and mix. Add Salt to taste (a few pinches)
  1. Heat oil in Pan or Wok on high heat until you start to see smoke and then turn down to medium high heat.
  1. You want about 2 to 3 inches high of oil. Once oil is hot, add a heaping spoon full of your mix into the oil near
  1. The side of the pan, easing the last bit in the oil slowly. (watch video above for example)
  1. Take spatula and begin bathing egg in hot oil. After the edges start to brown, flip over and bathe again.
  1. Egg is done when it is firm when you add pressure with the spatula.
  1. When done cooking drain on plate and paper towel or if you have a cookie rack, that will work to.
  1. You can cook about 2 at a time if you are making them large.
  1. Keep an eye on you oil temp. You may want to turn the heat up after awhile because you will see white bubble
  1. And it will look as if it is cooking slower DO NOT, YOU WILL BURN YOU FOOD AND/OR OIL
  1. Plate your Egg Foo Yung and top with your brown Gravy. This goes well with rice or even quinoa
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New Website

Hey everyone, giving you a update. After many hours of chatting and on the phone help, I have moved all my subscribers and followers over to the new site so you have nothing to do but check it out. You will receive the same notification of new post and such as before and the old site is now private. So lock in https://gloriousgalstudio.net

As for what’s new: my store is active with just 3 items for now. Because of COVID, a lot of my products are unavailable right now, but I am hoping in the coming weeks my t-shirt and sweatshirts will be available. All designs are my brain children, so I hope you will support my creative products. Most product revolve around food, travel and self-care themes.

I am also integrating my photography portfolio into this site, but they will come as new post although my initial postings were 2 year ago, that transfer failed, so I will do it manually.

There are a few posts that also did not transfer over and I may or may not repost them again in the future.

Needless to say the transfer has been anything but smooth and I am still working on restoring feature photos on most of my older post, but for the most part everything is coming along and the new website is up and running and now allows me the freedom to shape my website the way I want!!!

So I hope you all continue to stick with me through this journey, I have so much to share with you on food, travel, photography and more!!!

-Gloria