Time in the Snow then Time in the Kitchen.

Today it snowed again (this time during the day) so we took the kids up to a nearby school park to enjoy it. Thankfully we live lower on the mountain than most of the houses--so Kate and Jess can actually drive, they have a little problem with such things as snow, rain, darkness and speed (you'll not see Jess on the #1 Highway at night in a freezing rain storm, that's for sure.


Here they are in the snow. The only thing wrong with this picture? Kate couldn't find Spencer's other mitt so he's wearing my sock as one. 아이씨! / Aisshi!


Winston, however, has trendy doggy mittens on. If you squeeze the dog it goes "squeak!".


Kate with her new jacket (made in China). She kinda looks like a North Korean doesn't she? Snow on the ground; brown togs; the smell of kimchi...yup, definitely North Korean. (Actual pics of these gals here.)

Ok, just a couple more, then I'm done.


Spencer does a little snow rapping: "I'm in da snow, oh don't you know; my hands are freezin', and I'm gonna be sneezin'. Oh yeah!"


Winston's cheeks are getting a little red...time to head home!

When we got home I made stew...I thought the in-laws (Kate's Mom and Dad) were coming on Tuesday, but looks like it'll be Thursday...dooogh! I already bought all of the ingredients: 2 trays of stewing beef, 2-3 potatoes, 5-6 big mushrooms, a handful of baby carrots, an onion or two, a big chunk of broccoli, some Kikkoman soy sauce and teriyaki sauce, seasoning salt and some water (about 1 cup, there's lots of moisture in the mushrooms). I dice it all up and then after 7-8 hours on low in the slow-cooker/crockpot it's all good. (Hint: the soy sauce is the secret, and don't put garlic in it...the crockpot cooking will make it taste really weird.)

Get this, Winston likes it so much that he hardly wants to eat any other food lately. Ah...I feel so wanted/needed. I also have to make more again mid-week for the in-laws as they are fans also. This is one dish that is tough to make in Korea: I had to take my crockpot with me when I went there; but, sadly, it didn't make the cut to get in the boxes when I came home (I hope Jo got it and is making use of it).


Here's the before picture of my famous stew. Mmmmmm....will show you the after pic in a few hours (try to control yourself in the interim).

UPDATE:


Here it is...not much different from the before pic, but definitely tastes better.