Macarons

Ever since I first tasted macarons, I've been wanting to take a stab at making them.  But every time I read the recipes and people's comments, it seemed like such a daunting task.  And I suck at whipping egg whites. 

But then I saw a recipe on Tartelette for PB & J macarons!  So this past weekend, I got all my stuff ready and made them.  But my macarons did not even look like macarons....it looked a big sheet of flat almond cookie.  I think my egg whites were not whipped enough .....Anyways, don't know if I'm going to try to make macarons any time soon.  It was really depressing to see them all go flat and get friendly with their neighbors.

Pork & Cabbage Buns

 I made pork and cabbage buns with my mom today!  They were surprising easy to make (maybe because my mom did most of the work...haha).  The dough for the bun was just flour, sugar, water and yeast.  It was cool to see the dough rise after we let it sit for awhile.

We decided to cook it two ways: steam & pan fried.  Pan fried was definitely much more tastier!