Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice Bowl a.k.a "Lu Rou Fan" Recipe

Lu Rou Fan is one of our favorite Taiwanese dishes, which we enjoyed during our month-long stay in Taipei last year. Our favorite was from a little stall called 天天利 'Tian Tian Li' in the middle of Xi Men Ding district. It always has a long line unless you come during a thunderstorm at 3 p.m. like we did. 

Once we got back home, I immediately went on a mission to remake it at home. Finally, after many trials, here is the recipe I use when I make this dish once every two weeks. 

Our Daily Fruits & Veggie Juice

Inspired by my mom, we have been making fruit and veggie juice. A friend of mine, Eve shared how celery juice helps her daughter skin heal from eczema. So we gave it a try to see if it would help heal Max's eczema. However, straight celery juice is too bitter for us, so we combine it with other veggies and fruits. 

The boys are old enough now that they can manage to make it on their own, even mop the floor after they are done making juice. 

Fruit & Veggie Juice

Ingredients:

6-8 large carrots
1-2 bunches of celery
2-3 beets
1/3 pineapple (the middle and some meat parts)

2-3 apples

3 oranges 

Directions:

Peel, cut into smaller chunks, then juice with juicer. 

We use this one: 

We recently replaced our cheap Hamilton juicer with Omega Juicer, which extracts more juice, takes up less space, is quieter, and easier to clean.

Our Favorite Dairy-Free Fruits Smoothies

Our family favorite smoothies. All ingredients can be found at Costco. So good and refreshing especially during hot days!

Ingredients: almond milk, coconut water, frozen berries, frozen bananas, frozen pineapples, ice cubes

 

 

Place all the ingredients inside a blender (we use Blentec). Fifteen seconds later: Voila!

Dairy-Free Fruits Smoothies

Ingredients:

1 cup almond milk, 

1-2 cup coconut water, 

1 cup frozen berries, 

1 cup frozen pineapples,

2-3 frozen bananas,  

1-2 cups ice cubes

Direction:

Place everything inside the blender in the above order

Blend until all well-mixed. 

You can add a little honey/ sugar if preferred

Enjoy!

Chocolate Filled Soft Bread

This is my hubby's current favorite bread. I have been trying to make chocolate filling bread like we had growing up in Indonesia so glad I finally could. 

Soft Cinnamon Roll

I love cinnamon rolls but often it is too sweet to my taste so I am so happy when I get to nail this super soft and less sweet cinnamon rolls. I use tanzhong method just like the loaf bread.