Superbowl party

Guess what we brought to the superbowl party last sunday?


7 layer taco dip and chips

Well, we ain't into football, but definitely keen in the advertisements and the food at the party. It was our first time making this 7 layer taco dip and it was amazing. It was super yummy which i guess explains the high ratings/reviews on the allreceipes site. And it look so pretty in the glass locknlock container. And it was really easier to bring it out since it has a lid with a handle.

And it's game time!

New gifts from locknlock

We just received another package from the locknlock supporter program. Emily is all too eager to check them out.



Lock&Lock Bisfree Rectangular Tableware, Lock&Lock InPlus Cosmetic Case, Lock&Lock Easy & Simple Square Container. Hee.. i already have plans on where to use these.

I think the cosmetic box will come in handy to store random stuff on the table, the Bisfree is good to store snacks, and the square box is a nice size for sandwiches.

Speedpot and broccoli

Do you know that you can use speedpot to cook broccoli?



The best part about using locknlock speedpot is that, the water boils really fast and you can strain the vegetables without using strainer. Yeah! less things to wash after cooking ...

Another yeah for locknlock

So we made creme brulee for the Christmas party on the 12/23/2011. And since, there was around 10+ ppl, we decided to make 12 shares. And since we only have 8 rameskins, we decided to use the locknlock to make the remaining 4.

It turns out, everyone was too full by the time we get to desserts. So we had plenty of leftovers to bring home. And guess what?

Today is 1/3/2012, 11 days since we made these creme brulee. And i almost thought i need to toss them out as they may have gone bad. Guess what?


Those in the rameskins, which we covered with cling wrap, had all harden up and we had to throw those out. As for those in the locknlock, they are still good. Yup. put some sugar on them and carmelise the top. Yummmmzzz..

I guess the airtight lids really comes in handy here.

More gifts from locknlock

It's so exciting to receive gifts from locknlock supporter program. And Emily is also equally excited to see the big box of package. This time, there's plenty of gifts


Yeah, this is the latest "Hello Bebe" babyware from locknlock and i almost bought this set. I'm so glad that locknlock sent us this set. Now we have a set of nice wares just for baby Emily.

Baby Stainless Steel Bowl
Baby Feeding Bowl with Double Handles
Baby Soup Mug
Baby bowl with Double Handles

Also, we welcome the new red wok to the family. Yup, i have been on the supporter program from the start, and loved their product. Definitely a nice addition to the wares i already have, and looking forward to cooking a feast with them.


Pink containers. They are BPA free and light. Definitely a must have in all households to store food or stuff.


Also included is the Lock&Lock BOROSEAL II, Borosilicate Glass Rectangular w/Handle, 12-Cup Size which should comes in really handy for all the baking, cooking i plan to do...

Thanks locknlock for all the wonderful products!

locknlock speed pot

woah.. speed pot indeed is speedy. Been away on vacation and now that i'm back, i'm back to cooking. And decided to try out the speed pot i just received from locknlock not too long ago. And woah.. it boils water super fast. And the handle was pretty handy to hold the chopsticks. I boiled some water in the pot to scald some pork ribs, and loved this new pot.


Thanks locknlock

locknlock goes Orlando with us

Where have i been?


Well, we are now in Orlando, Florida for 2 weeks to celebrate Emily turning 1 year old. And one of the all important ware is the locknlock vacuum flask. Well, initially, i did think the vacuum flask was a little too big to bring along. But alas, it sure come in super handy.


Use it to heat up milk, baby jar food and also whip out a cup of instant coffee for the tired parents. Yes, the cover is really handy to warm up the baby food/ milk. There are baby centers in most of the theme parks but we ain't going to walk all the way to the park entrance just to warm up a jar of baby food. With the locknlock vacuum flask, we ain't worried at all. Whenever baby needs a pitstop for milk/ food, we can prep it easily. Thanks locknlock for this super amazing gift.

Trust me, if you are going to be at the theme park from 8am to 7am, you better get yourself this vaccuum flask. Those small flask aren't going to make it through the day.

More holiday blogs to come soon.

Gifts from locknlock

Awwwww.. Another round of gifts from locknlock. And there are some pretty cool stuff in this round of gifts. The The Wing Box, that can be stacked. The The Speedcook Ramen Pot, the cool Box with 2 lids and the always awesome glass container set from locknlock.



Oh, i'm soo looking forward to using the items. Ramen pot that can hold chopsticks with portion indicator. That's is definitely my new pot for cooking instant noodles


Oh, and the stackable box. Should i use that in the baby's room or our room? The new containers are a nifty size for Emily now that she's eating more. ohhhh, the plastic box with the lids can store cheerios for Emily. Sooo exciting...

How do you store a huge watermelon?

Summer has ended but there's still offers on watermelon. And we bought a huge one which turned out really sweet. But the problem is, we usually have to store half of it using cling wrap and the rest in many small containers. Luckily for us, we got the big salad container and the water bottle from the recent locknlock supporter program.


All these holds 1 huge watermelon which lasted us for 1 week.

And it was really convenient to use the salad container to hold the cut watermelon. Pop them into the blender to make watermelon juice. And the water bottle holds close to 1 litre too!

Living box is so handy and child safe

A while ago, i got this Living box from locknlock, part of the gifts from the locknlock supporter program.

At that time, we thought to use the box to store her toys. But later, we found the box has a better use. To store all the knitting and craft stuff that I have lying around. Well, when you are knitting, you tend to have the balls of yarn, and knit needles for different stage of your knitting project out in the open. And it's pretty dangerous when you have a crawling baby in the house. And guess what? The living box comes in really handy. We store all the craft stuff in the box, and since it's zipped up = Child safe. Emily can't get her tiny fingers on them while i have easy access to my craft work.

And instead of keeping the box away, we actually use it to block a corner of our living room. For some reason, baby Emily just loves to stay in that corner next to the stairs. The box comes in handy, as it prevents her from knocking the corner of the stairs. Well, we did stick the white tape on the edge of the stairs, but we aint sure how well that is going to hold in the event if she bumps her head on it.

And she just loves sitting in that corner with her back on the box, watching us prep dinner, etc..

And it seems that box is the right height for her now in that she uses that box to stand up. We do have toys that teaches her to walk, but it seems that box works better.

My husband was suggesting we should buy a few more of this boxes. Not only to store things, but it's safer to store things in them and zip it. They look pretty good too and doesn't look like an eyesore like those plastic storage bins. Thanks locknlock for giving me such a pretty and handy storage box to make my living room a safer place for my baby.

For folks that haven't seen how Emily climb and fall off the stairs. Here's the video. Yes, it looks really scary. But now that we have the box there, she just rolls onto the carpet and we ain't too worried since she won't hit the corner of the stairs nor bang onto the wall.

Another box of gifts from locknlock

It's always so exciting to receive a package from locknlock supporter program, since we don't know what's in it. This time round, they gave us a salad bowl, a nifty water bottle, ceramic container and the new Airless container

The airless container in particular is interesting. There's a date dial and you can expel air out of the container to keep it fresh for a longer time.


As usual, baby Emily loves to explore all the locknlock gifts.

I'm pretty excited about these gifts and looking forward to using them. Thanks locknlock again !!!

Snacks for Emily

Now that Emily is starting to eat solid foods, we have to pack her food and snacks. I have blogged previously about how we prepped her food. So this post is about her snacks. We started giving her cheese and she LOVES them. So much so that we, make trips to Whole Foods just to buy her organic cheese.

We cut the cheese into cubes for her to snack on and she loves them. It's much more convenient to pack these cubes using the locknlock containers than to bring those string cheese since she can't finish the entire string in 1 feed anyway.


We also pack cheese puffs in locknlock container. Yup, it's so much more convenient to pack them in 1 small containers than to bring out 2 big containers.


Yup, we don't leave the house without these 2 small boxes of snack for the baby

Locknlock pot and pan

I am really thankful to be accepted as locknlock supporter for the second round, and this time, i got a bigger pan. Don't get me wrong, so far i love all the stuff from locknlock. But it's just there are days, when i feel like cooking a lot more food.

Like today, i feel like cooking pasta with spicy sauages and minced beef. Luckily i now have the bigger pan and it works great. I sauted the peppers with very little oil and it didn't stick to the pan. Oh yummmzzz...

Emily is eating a lot more solids now

Emily just turned 9 months yesterday and still no signs of teeth yet. But she's eating a lot more solids now, teething biscuits, etc.. Everything including toys, etc.. goes into her mouth.

Despite our busy schedules, i still try to make her homemade baby food. And i bought several of those small locknlock glass containers which comes in really handy. And now i have to upgrade them to the next bigger size since she's eating more. Thankfully, locknlock sent me the lunchbag set for kids, which comes with 2 small glass containers.

Yup, they are perfect. Nowadays, we pack her 2 boxes of solid food to bring to daycare. Tomorrow she's having pears mixed with baby cereal.

We love the locknlock since it's really airtight and doesn't spill with the lid. So we don't ever have to worry about cleaning up any mess since the lid doesn't pop out. And usually we microwave the food, give it a few stirs, and we are good to feed a hungry baby already using the locknlock glass containers.

locknlock knives...

Yup, i bought 3 knives of the same knife. One for my in-laws, one for my mom and one for myself. Well, my mother-in-law wanted to buy one for my father-in-law when they were in town. And hearing all the rave about Santoku knife and the reviews on the site, i decided to buy them too.

And they come in a nice beautiful box for gift. Hee.. it was definitely a surprise for my mom as she doesn't know i bought her a gift. And guess what? She loved it!!!!


See Emily clamouring over the locknlock knife. Lucky it's in a nice box and safe for her to play with.

Round 2 of LocknLock supporter program

Today i received our first package from the second round of the locknlock program. Yipppeee yeah!!! I'm lucky to be selected for round 2 and even more happy to receive fabulous free stuff from locknlock. And it has become a tradition in our family, to take pictures of baby Emily and the stuff we received from locknlock.


This time round, got a fying pan. Yup, we loved their ceramic cookware that was given to us during round 1 of locknlock. This new pan is bigger than the yellow pan we received earlier. See, it's big enough for Emily to sit inside it. The yellow pan is now the pan i use everyday in my cooking, so definitely looking forward to using this bigger one.

In this package, there's a lunch box set. Perfect size containers to use for our every day lunch. It looks small enough to use to store Emily's food also. Comes with Spoon and fork also. Also included is the tea water bottle and a living box


Yup, we know who is trying to claim the living box first.


Looks like all her toys can't fit into 1 living box. We only added some of her toys into the box. Yup, Emily does have quite a bit of toys.


Emily is most certainly having fun posing with her toys in the box.

Warning: Do not leave any baby inside any box. This was done under parents' supervision along with the cooperation of a happy baby =)

Last gift from locknlock round 1

Yippe, another gift from locknlock. What is it this time?


It's a really really nice insulated lunchbag with a pair of beautiful chopsticks set


Did i say it's really pretty?


We bring lunch to work daily and also canned drinks whenever we go out. This is definitely nicer and bigger than our current lunchbags. Time to put it to use. Thanks again for the great gifts, hopefully i get in for the second round of locknlock supporter program so that i can continue to blog about their wonderful products.

Craving for some korean dinner

Last saturday i was craving for some korean dinner so decided to try making some seafood pancake for the first time. And since i have no kimchi at home, i decided to cook some kimchi cup noodles to go with the pancake.


Loved my yellow ceramic cookware from locknlock.. See how pretty they look!


Yummy kimchi noodles with seafood pancake. I really love the the ceramic frying pan from locknlock, which is truly nonstick. It made cooking this pancake a breeze. Yummy korean dinner!

My Review

Originally submitted at locknlockplace.com

Perfect size for lunch box

By ji_yinz from Seattle, WA on 6/15/2011

 

5out of 5

Pros: Good Design, Safety Features, Quality Materials, Easy To Use, Durable

Best Uses: Outside, Lunch, Lunchbox, Inside

Describe Yourself: Professional

I had bought the glass containers to replace all my cheap plastic ones, which were warped and stained from my daily use. Yup, heating in microwave warp the cheap boxes. Red pasta sauce stains the plastic box.

Lock & Lock Glass, Basic Heat Resistant Glass, Rectangular, 1.5-Cup, 360-Milliliter - turned out to be a little too small. It's enough to hold a small portion of soup or pasta or a side dish. But they work great. Red pasta doesn't stain the box and easy to wash grease off.

So I went out and bought this bigger ones and they are great size. I use these to store lunch for work, and the smaller ones for side dishes or breakfast like oats.

Pasta

Tags: Lunchbox

(legalese)

Another box from locknlock

Yippe another box arrived from locknlock for the supporter program that i'm on.


Baby Emily is equally excited about it. I wonder what we will receive this time round.


Looks like a lot of stuff. Yup, all neatly packed. Loved the packing of locknlock.


wow wow wow. It's a full set of the plastic containers, a set of ceramic containers, a set of glass round containers and a big coffee mug.


oh yeah, it's really so much items that we can surround the baby with them.

Many thanks to locknlock for all these free stuff. Loved them and looking forward to using them and blogging about them.