sustainable style series - outfit #2

welcome to another edition of sss!  we went to Hakone on Friday night to get our all-you-can-eat uni and amaebi fix until they ran out of the latter.  anywho, i had planned on wearing something bright and colorful but the mister thought it was "too much." so, i ended up wearing my favorite color...black!  the mister said that i look like a nun. just call me Mother Teresa.  HAH.  i hope to remix this dress into something fun, with a splash of color, the next time around!

please pardon the hot spot on my neck -- the mister was playing around with lights again.

DRESS - this is another vintage (70s?) polyester dress that i thrifted for $6.99.  i looove polyester because it's lightweight, dries quickly and hardly wrinkles.  i like the scoop neck, sleeves and pleat detail on this dress.  the dress was made by Darina in Hawaii. it's a tad too big for me so i plan to take it in a little and cut a few inches off the bottom for future use.  i guess it's time to dust off the ol' sewing machine!

JACKET - when my dad saw me as we were leaving the house, he asked if it was snowing outside.  HAH.  i brought this corduroy jacket just in case it got cold in the restaurant!

BELT - this dress came with a matching fabric belt (the one that i tied into a bow for outfit #1) but i didn't like the black on black look so i wore this orange leather skinny belt from Banana Republic.  i ended up purchasing this for $45 since i wasn't able to thrift one.  shame on me.

TIGHTS - yay, no more photoshopped tights!  these Merona argyle tights were $8.45 at Target.

SHOES - i'm lacking in the shoes department.  i borrowed these Naturalizer boots from my stylish mom.

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i'm having a dilemma with accessories.  99% of the time, i wear the same pair of earrings (studs) and one ring (wedding ring).  i think i need a few vintage necklaces to spruce up my vintage look but i don't know if i should invest in something that i probably won't use very often.  i've found some vintage pieces that i really love but financially, they're not quite in the "thrifting" category.  hmmmm.....

tastes good on the lips...

...and goes straight to the hips.

oh my!  we received more gau but this time it's the size of a PIE! 

if the symbolism of eating gau for Chinese New Year holds true, we're in for a year of winning multiple megabucks and conceiving octuplets.

baby bistro (homemade baby food) - salmon & veggies

we are soooo lucky to live next door to my parents, especially because my mom cooks dinner for us everyday :)  

but i do the cooking for the littles!  i've been having soooo much fun cooking homemade baby food and feeding solids to the little tiramisu.  she's finally at the point where she enjoys eating and chewing and it's soooo cute to see her get all excited when i put her in her high chair.  

this week, her four upper teeth fully cut through her gums.  and now she has 6 cute, little chompers!  i think i'll give her some beef jerky tomorrow.  kidding.

i made a salmon dish for her the other day and so far, she loooves it!  and the omega-3s are great for her developing brain!

Ingredients:

1 ea salmon fillet

2 ea small bunches of broccoli

1 ea sweet potato

2 ea carrots

1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

1 cup homemade chicken stock (i'll blog about this another day)

Step 1 - Put a few spoons of water in a pan and heat.  Add salmon and cover. Eventually the water will disappear and the salmon will start browning (see photo in step 3).  Flip and brown other side.

Step 2 - Steam broccoli, sweet potato and carrots until soft.

Step 3 - Once the salmon has browned on both sides, remove from heat.  

Step 4 - Carefully check the salmon for bones and flake meat into small pieces.  

Step 5 - Place salmon, veggies, cheddar cheese, and chicken stock in Vitamix and puree to desired consistency.  

Step 6 - Portion into mini cube trays and freeze.  I use these silicon trays.