Thursday Tip - How to clean berries and make them last longer!

I bet we've all had this happen.  We bring delicious strawberries at home and after having a couple, we let them sit on counter or in the fridge.  And within a day or 2, they are shriveled and turn moldy..YUCKK!!

Well here's a tip to make them last much longer.  Take your strawberries, put them in large bowl and fill it with cold water. For every 2 cups of water, stir in 1/4 cup of distilled white vinegar.  Let them sit for 5 minutes or so, drain the water out and put strawberries on a towel or paper towel to dry.  Once dry, store them in an open container in the fridge :)

21 "get to know me" questions TAG!!

1. Are you named after anyone? Nope. 

2. When was the last time you cried?  Been a while, thankfully!!

4. If you were another person, would you be a friend of yourself? hmmm...yes & no!! I'm a great person to hang out with but can be opinionated & outspoken 

5. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Unfortunately yes!! ALL the time!!

6. Will you ever bungee-jump? Yes - Skydiving was thrilling so Bungee jumping is def. on my bucket list

7. What’s your favorite cereal? Honey bunches of Oats!!

8. What’s the first thing you notice about people? Their smile!!!

9. What is your eye colour? Light brown

10. Scary movie or happy endings? I don't do scary movies, so def. happy endings!!

11. Favorite smells? My hubby's cologne and my kiddo!!

12. Summer or winter? SUMMER!!

13. Computer or television? Computer

14. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from home? India

15. Do you have any special talents? Probably raise my eyebrows one at a time??

16. Where were you born? India

17. What are your hobbies? Tons..reading, writing, cooking, chilling, facebooking, hanging out with my kiddo is probably my favorite though

18. have any pets? Yes, a puppy named Skylar!! 

19. Favorite movie? Not a huge movie buff but Dirty dancing, The English Patient, Life is beautiful tops my list; Hindi would be 3 Idiots

20. Do you have any siblings? Yes…  An older sister and a younger brother 

21. What do you want to be when you grow up? umm..a li'l late for this question as I'm pretty 'grown up' lol..but I would love to learn another language sometime in the near future!!

Side dish: Mushroom & Peas curry

Hubby is a huge fan of mushrooms..Me, not so much! Anywho, to make him happy, I made this Mushrooms & Peas curry sort of side dish a while back - It turned out absolutely delicious as I couldn't even taste the mushrooms ;) so it's a win win!!

A mini trip & Skylar

Over the weekend, we decided to take a trip to Newport, KY to check out the Aquarium.  We'd been wanting to take kiddo and his best friend on a road trip for a while, so thought this might be a great opportunity and it was.  We had a great time as a family and hanging out with our friends was an added bonus.  

The Newport aquarium is very interesting and well worth the time and money. It is very reasonably priced and if your kids like Sea life, they will definitely like this aquarium. If you take your time you can spend about three hours walking through this aquarium. There are also lots of interactive activities for kids to do.This is very kid oriented. It has some nice views of the river as well.  It was educational, Peaceful and didn't take long to walk through, I also loved that it sat on the Levee, which just gave us even more things to do. We loved it.

On a separate note, Meet Skylar.  She's our new puppy that we adopted couple of days ago - she's a yorkie and so so cute!! She's only 11 weeks old so I was a bit stressed and apprehensive about having her join us but, her wonderful personality just won us over. She's still adjusting to us and seems pretty docile; gets along great with the kiddo and gets nervous pretty easily, but that's expected of a puppy, especially in a new environment.  We look forward to spending lots of fun moments with her :)