Meeting with Imam Shamsi Ali


#ea5512 Precious meeting with two germs of Indonesia: Imam Shamsi Ali and Fauziah Fauzan. Yet, taking a picture together with #imamshamsiali (far top) such beyonds our dream before coming to USA. We adore him, since we read his memoar book by Julie Nava, as an Islamic chief figure who respects others no matter what their religions are. His kindness has attrated many people to come to the Islamic center or masjid he’s in charge of, including those who came there with intention on finding errors in Islam or expressing hatred to Islam, but then ended up converting to muslim 😀 Meanwhile, Mrs. Fauziah Fauzan is leader of an honorable boarding school in Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, called “Diniyyah Puteri”. She was invited by Indonesia counsellor at Chicago for weeks of staying in USA to promote Islamic education. Well, I didn’t attend her speech at MSU, but in the session of our meeting she gave brief message to us which really left deep feeling in my heart. She said to ta ke care of my baby really well up to two years old and help his brain neurons to get connected perfectly (I’m still on search about it and will write it later once I found the scientific facts) by keeping screen away!!! Oh, it’s in line with the advice I heard from Ellie Risman, a parenting expert of Indonesia, and also a suggestion from “Brain Rules for Baby” book that the amount of TV a child should watch before the age of 2 is zero! Thank you so much for imam and staffs from Islamic Center of East Lansing too to have us there in their place and kindly sponsored the dishes. Totally worth it an hour trip from Farmington to the Michigan capital city! #imamshamsiali #fauziahfauzan #kjrichicago #eastlansing #lansing #islamiccentereastlansing #indonesianmuslim #indonesianevent #muslimlife #muslimhood #musliminmichigan #musliminUSA #
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Watermelon Cake with Yogurt and Cheese as “Whipped Cream”


#lateupload another #dessert from #recipega kitchen – so, last Sunday we were invited by a mix Indonesian-Japanese family to have temaki sushi lunch at their home. The host said we don’t need to bring anything, but I felt not good and decided to bring dessert, and because both of us have little kids plus I hate making sweets, I thought about #healthydessert. This #watermelon #tart came to my search along with rose apple pie (see next photo). I didn’t want to use ready-to-use whipping cream too since it mostly contains high fructose corn syrup, or heavy cream also has preservative, so I substitute with #greekyogurt (#plainyogurt) + #kefircheese (cream cheese is okay) + honey for decorative cream, but it turned little melting 😀 Probably you need to add cheese to make it thicker. #watermelon#watermelontart#watermeloncake#diycake#cakehacking#fruithacking#springdessertPosted by @egadioniputri via Instagram

Quesadilla Tricks


I’m not an expert in #quesadilla, even making this under a year ago, but this #menu is my top to-go option when I have no idea to cook and the “customer” can’t hold his hunger too long. Haha.. Quick, easy, #yummy, and it works both for #breakfast and #dinner! #HappySunday from #recipega 🙂 #quesadillas#quesadillarecipe#kaftabeef#lettuce#bellpepper#ricottacheese#cheddarcheese#dinneridea#quickdinnerideas#quickrecipePosted by @egadioniputri via Instagram

Vegetarian Ramen


I swear.. This #vegetarianramenrecipe from @justonecookbook is a #musttry #ramenrecipe for all #ramenlovers! Super tasty, creamy, and addictive. I’d like to “drink” the broth alone without #noddle or any other ingredients if I allowed myself to do so 😀 I didn’t plan to cook this and has no unsweetened unflavored #soymilk, but it’s totally not affecting the taste. My #miso is little bit dark that yields ‘brownish’ soup. #homemade #vegetarianramen #recipegaPosted by @egadioniputri via Instagram