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Home cooked meals

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My dinners lately have been home cooked meals.  In life there is nothing better than home cooked meals from someone who really knows how to cook.  There is a love and caring that goes into a home cooked meal that beats any restaurant and can’t be bought when you know the meal was cooked by those who love you.  It’s like heaven!

For these home cooked meals, I have my Pa “dad” to thank.  He’s actually my uncle, but when I was little they pretty much helped my mom raise me.  I call them mom and dad.

Every single person in my family can cook.  We are actually pretty cooks when we decide to actually start cooking.  I used to not cook.  But now that I know how, its actually not too hard.

Lotus roots are the pointy things, then there’s bamboo shoot soup with pork, and braised pork belly with eggs, a Sophia favorite.

Clockwise from top:  Sour chicken soup with lotus root and young banana buds, chicken with lots of yummy lemongrass and turmeric, roast pork (another Sophia favorite), and last is the salted fish (when I say salty, it’s REALLY salty), but so good.

I’m taking full advantage of my dad’s cooking here!

 

 

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I’m Huong Nguyen, a headstrong woman who is a passionate advocate for raising compassionate, brave, smart, open-minded, globally-aware children through travel. I’m married to a very smart man named Ryan Nabors who loves me very much and I have an adorable opinionated little girl named Sophia. My family of three travel both internationally and domestically. We have family and friends all around the world and we plan each trip to be a blend of educational, cultural, and culinary experiences with the goal of making real meaningful connections with other people.

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