https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden daily 0.75 2024-03-28 https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/all-the-best-recipes-ive-cooked-since-shelter-in-place-started monthly 0.5 2020-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1587921643620-2756DEUVEEBYGPH8YLFV/6078C694-2E9E-4C82-AAC3-0AD92905AF02.jpg Digital garden - All the best recipes I’ve cooked since shelter in place started - 1. Braised Instant Pot Pork Belly from Woks of Life This is the dish that turned me into an instant pot true believer. Taiwanese pork over rice has gone from a weekend indulgence to my go to weekday lunch. I cook this with rice and some sautéed green veggies for a complete meal. If you keep the extra sauce/stock mixture after the first time you cook it to braise the meat for subsequent meals, you can get a fantastic meal cooked with 10 minutes of active prep time. We like to shorten the Instant Pot cooking time for a slightly firmer bite. We buy our pork belly in bulk from Costco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1587921909320-3DAZ182BY59PCDKTGHSX/padthai.jpg Digital garden - All the best recipes I’ve cooked since shelter in place started - 2. Chicken Pad Thai from Recipe Tin Eats This pad thai recipe splits the difference between the sweeter Americanized pad thai I did all my 2am college p-sets to and the more authentic fishier pad thai’s I had in Thailand. What I like about this recipe is that they have a tamarind sauce version (which is better) but also a ketchup based substitute that can be made with ingredients you can find at a Whole Foods or Safeway. I’ve sneaked some extra veggies into this recipe with no degradation in taste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1587923165413-H1BU1HU8TZCO1TUA54YQ/image-asset.jpeg Digital garden - All the best recipes I’ve cooked since shelter in place started - 1. Read Salt Fat Fire Acid Everyone raves about it for a reason. It’s helped me break through the I can successfully follow recipes but too scared to improvise barrier. The biggest lightbulb moment for me in the book is understanding that I need to use culturally appropriate fats and acids to get authentic tasting regional cooking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1587922103432-JN5O2OFJ9LEI1NLTJOMU/81800486-CC18-4D59-8661-F11FB0CA3232.jpg Digital garden - All the best recipes I’ve cooked since shelter in place started - 3. Ravioli with balsamic brown butter sauce from The Food Network This is what I cook when I only have 15 minutes to grab lunch. #managerlife I usually swap out the walnuts for whatever I think will go well best with the ravioli favor. If you drop the chopped walnuts, it shorten’s the cook time down to just 5 minutes. The brown butter with the balsamic vinegar is so good. I’ve never ordered a brown butter sauce at a restaurant after learning how effortless it is to do at home. If we want to get really specific, I’m partial the having these with the mushroom ravioli from Trader Joes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1587923469330-SL0MHGGHRL4GQLDC1IJF/3y83ca.jpg Digital garden - All the best recipes I’ve cooked since shelter in place started - 2. Stop asking Google how to cook and start asking Youtube Youtube is far better at demonstrating and explaining how to cook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1587922552507-1JRVXFY4AEWJQGI2S0O3/dragonroll.jpg Digital garden - All the best recipes I’ve cooked since shelter in place started - 4. Dragon roll from Just One Cookbook Unlike the other recipes above, this one isn’t super fast but it makes me so happy to be able to make such fancy seeming food at home. I love all of Just One Cookbook’s recipes because they explain how to do Japanese cooking with precise instructions that assume you know absolutely nothing. They teach you why you have to do each step and how the art of cooking from their recipes. In this one, she gives you the tips and tricks for how to plate the dragon roll so it looks just one the ones at the restaurant. https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/2020-newsletter monthly 0.5 2021-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1609451630666-CDW8LMO3JV84C1OKTBA7/DSCF7374.jpg Digital garden - 2020 Newsletter Me, 4 months pregnant (I’m 2x the size now), on the creek on our dream home! https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/feb-2021-recap-all-i-think-about-is-cars-and-spring monthly 0.5 2021-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1614665636149-9VERR3EVATASYEWQDDQN/IMG_3426.jpeg Digital garden - Feb 2021 recap: All I think about is cars and spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1614665955658-XNBTB39JURV1JKNO662G/IMG_2962.jpg Digital garden - Feb 2021 recap: All I think about is cars and spring https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/mid-april-the-last-hurrah-and-then-we-welcomed-our-lil-froggy monthly 0.5 2021-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1618792559366-9QEL9HEMNI0D5XDK9CXN/IMG_3181.jpg Digital garden - Mid April: The last hurrah and then we welcomed our lil froggy Froggy hanging out with us as we get some peonies and lilies planted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1618792703761-LWT15D9UICF4Y2VJD8P9/IMG_3593.jpg Digital garden - Mid April: The last hurrah and then we welcomed our lil froggy I like this photo because you can see the how proud I am of my first quilt. The sun and the moon for my baby. The stars are hand embroidered with JP’s, Froggy’s, and my constellations. https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/-summer-in-the-pnw monthly 0.5 2021-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1625599396664-U844WNBHU1NYC2EU5UM6/paddleboarding.jpg Digital garden - ☀️ Summer in the PNW - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/-welcome-fall monthly 0.5 2021-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1634020383609-0AYJN1HM08UHQWLQAHWE/i-qDZrdwB-4K.jpeg Digital garden - Welcome Fall! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1634020638985-3RNOEFFFFM335XRUL4OE/DSCF0367.jpg Digital garden - Welcome Fall! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/december-2021-the-grey-doesnt-bother-me monthly 0.5 2021-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1640714745299-5VXR5XBP1FZ945DD8WPG/IMG_4859.jpg Digital garden - ☁️ December 2021: The grey doesn't bother me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1640714801970-2AGIAIKEC8P49P124HCA/IMG_4858.jpg Digital garden - ☁️ December 2021: The grey doesn't bother me https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/-spring-2022-is-there-anything-more-fun-than-golf monthly 0.5 2022-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1652144048563-GN5FUFYMPHAS6JMP847A/froggy+and+ducks+%281%29.jpeg Digital garden - ⛳ Spring 2022: Is there anything more fun than golf? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1652144093055-WV7UIKOYBVF11SJL3WVT/67148-11964286.jpeg Digital garden - ⛳ Spring 2022: Is there anything more fun than golf? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/summer-a-season-of-adventure monthly 0.5 2022-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1665210042235-LLJUCAEYL7ZMLULX1W0A/IMG_6257.jpeg Digital garden - Summer: A season of adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1665210198851-SWSXQWDJVJ5OD278RVHZ/DSCF2722.jpeg Digital garden - Summer: A season of adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1665209842014-XLN6LILK89ZCUYRXOEQP/Kathy+and+Justin+Wedding+-318.jpeg Digital garden - Summer: A season of adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/fall-amp-winter-2023-down-the-rabbit-hole-and-out-again monthly 0.5 2023-03-01 https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/-summer-2023-slower-but-lovely monthly 0.5 2023-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/d626c3be-3737-4aad-834e-ca8f61fbe326/IMG_8535.jpg Digital garden - Summer 2023: Slower but lovely - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/-spring-2024-a-time-of-new-beginnings monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/63599b82-5bce-4e5a-84a2-2e47831cf96e/IMG_0743+2.jpg Digital garden - Spring 2024: A time of new beginnings - Make it stand out This is only half the animal from the trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/4affe9cc-766c-473d-ae5c-c099552cc790/IMG_0234.jpg Digital garden - Spring 2024: A time of new beginnings - Make it stand out My little Froggy worker and his cousin collecting rocks for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/ee2701f6-18f9-4712-bd87-88dd625c75b8/DSC_1757.jpg Digital garden - Spring 2024: A time of new beginnings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/5324db3a-9e59-43b1-955f-9c3dda256982/IMG_2286.jpg Digital garden - Spring 2024: A time of new beginnings - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/category/Travel monthly 0.5 https://www.kathyxsun.com/digital-garden/tag/Travel monthly 0.5 https://www.kathyxsun.com/about daily 1.0 2022-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e609d776151d60c2a75c4ee/1584164292402-3IINVFXQ1HYJ3ZTPXS2F/DSCF6383.jpg About - Hi there! I’m Kathy. I’m the co-founder of Aqueduct. In the past, I've been fortunate to work on products such as Stripe Billing, DoorDash and FB Messenger. I believe that good books and good conversation are the two greatest pleasures in life. Find me on Twitter: @kathyxsun