Vegetable and Chicken Lo Mein/ My New Kitchen

I can't wait to see you this weekend (just one more day). I am glad to hear you are all having fun.

I made this fun Lo Mein today from the fresh noodles bought in Chinatown.


Below is the recipe and some pictures of my kitchen, now that it's all set up and ready for cooking.

Total: 45 minutes
Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients

• 3/4 pound fresh Chinese egg noodles (lo mein)*
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 4 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
• 1 cup coarsely shredded carrots
• 1 cup thinly sliced celery
• 1 cup thinly sliced red onion
• 1 1/2 cups chopped cooked chicken or tofu
• 3/4 cup mung-bean sprouts
• 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Preparation

1. Cook noodles in a large pot of salted boiling water until just tender to the bite, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain and mix with sesame oil. In a small bowl, combine hoisin and soy sauce.
2. Pour 1 tbsp. canola oil into a 12-in. nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add ginger, garlic, green onions, carrots, celery, and red onion, and stir often just until softened, 2 to 4 minutes. Add chicken and bean sprouts and stir just until warm. Turn out into a bowl and keep warm.
3. Wipe frying pan clean. Pour remaining 1 tbsp. oil into pan over medium heat. Add noodles; stir and turn occasionally until light brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
4. Pour hoisin mixture and chicken mixture over noodles, add cilantro, and mix gen
tly.
The recipe can be found on My Recipes:
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=1835317&cookbook_id=5326623

Our first hike

At the airport

One week til BI

One week from today the first of us will arrive on the block. Here are some photos from 2007. Christine suggested that we think of some new activities for this year. We came up with more happy hours!

Getting ready 4 BI

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We have not heard
anything from Roma.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Block Island 14 days away!

Hope all are doing well and getting excited about this years trip. John and I thought we would start the countdown with some past photos. We will bring the albums from years past to look at during the week.

Roses in The Garden

I hope everyone had a nice July 4th, even those of us who are abroad. I went to have hot dogs and hamburgers at a friend's house and then to see the fireworks.

Here are some pictures that I took last week at The Public Garden. I thought the gardeners among us might enjoy them. Don't forget that you can click on the photos to get a nice large image.

Block Island Timeline

Before moving, I was going through all of my photo albums and realized that I have few or no photos for some years on Block Island. In order to figure out which years I am missing photos, I tried to construct a time line for Block Island.

I have put stars by the years which need photos. Please help me to correct or add information to the time line. Also, if you could check your own pictures from Block Island and see if you have some from the missing years.

*2002 - The Filkin's House

• Bonnie's Family

2003 - The Filkin's House

2004 - No Block Island

2005 - Lynn's Way

• Dodge Ball Invitational T-Shirts (blue)
• Isenharts, Pam, Nora

2006 - Lynn's Way

• Stephanie, Libby

*2007 - Jane Marie

• Stephanie

*2008 - Jane Marie

2009 - Jane Marie

• Crossword T-Shirts (red)
• Long Island Keatings, Sarah, Chrissy, Allison, Jordan, Liz, Aurelie, Sharon
• Scavenger Hunt, Geocache, Summer Concert

New Apartment

Hello everyone. I moved into my new apartment last week. The stuff I shipped has not arrived yet, so as you can see it's a little empty. More pictures will follow once my things arrive.

As you can see, the rooms are a good size. I was worried they would be narrower but they are all a good size and shape. There are also 4 closets; I am very excited about this.

Mom bought me some flowers for outside my kitchen and bedroom windows. I am trying very hard not to kill them.