I've been wanting to try to make this dish for awhile now. I ended up combining five different recipes and the result was heavenly.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 lb beef top sirloin, thinly sliced
3 tbsp white sugar
3 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sesame oil
4 green onions, chopped (with white part)
6 oz can pineapple juice
5 cloves garlic, pressed
a few shakes of sesame seeds
1 yellow onion, chopped
honey, drizzle
Directions:
1. Begin to freeze beef in freezer for about an hour to get it firmer. Remove and slice into thin strips.
2. Place beef in large bowl. Add white sugar. Incorporate the two.
3. Add soy sauce, sesame oil, green onions, pineapple juice, garlic, sesame seeds, yellow onion and honey. Mix well.
4. Cover and marinate in fridge for at least three hours.
5. Warm large skillet to high and grease bottom with cooking oil. Add mixture in thirds. Brown meat and caramelize onions.
6. Remove from heat, turn off burner, serve and enjoy! Best if served with rice and mixed bell peppers (cook these with brown sugar for an extra zap of flavor).
This was amazing. I can't wait to make it again. Tell me what you think about it!
My friend Ryan was in a pretty bad roll over accident last week which fractured his back and broke his neck. He's going in for surgery this week; please keep him in your prayers.
One of my favorite things to volunteer with here at BYU is New Student Orientation. For the past three years I've had the great opportunity to help out with six NSOs. Every time I get the email asking me if I'd like to be involved in the next one, I always have to say yes. There is a special spirit with BYU's newest students. I always feel like I'm discovering BYU for the first time as I sit in convocation, explore campus on the Cougar Walk, visit Education in Zion, and laugh at Tradition of Honor.
The time that I have here at BYU is special. I'll never have an experience quite like this again in my life. A NSO first for me- at this session I was paired with transfer students, and not just my typical 20-30 students, but 80. To make things a little more daunting, this was also the first time that I didn't have a partner.
I was humbled. Eighty brand new BYU students and I was going to be their first impression of campus. Some of them were international students ranging from Jamaica, Colombia, Australia, Mexico, and South Korea- I could possibly be one of their first impressions of what the United States was like. Even though I was scared, and at times didn't know quite know what to do, I knew that I could be a friend to these students. Coming away from my experience today, I have a more sincere love for my fellow students at this university. I have a great testimony that each student is at this institution for a reason. I'm going to be working harder this semester to treasure this experience and truly have a BYU Experience.
I had one of the strangest dreams of my life last night. Here what I remember:
I'm in the BYUSA office in the Wilk when all of a sudden a female administrator comes running into the office, frantically grabs Angela, and tells the packed office of volunteers to brace ourselves. It's then that I gain this super vision and can look all the way down the desk, past clubs, and out the stairwell's window to the outdoors and see there is a HUGE storm outside. I also then realize that the ground and building are buckling in undulations. People are being pitched in the air, screaming, the lights are flashing on and off, the wind/rain/thunder death-storm can be heard roaring through the office, people are grabbing on to things... mayhem. I run with a couple other (unfamiliar but recognizable in the dream) people and hide in a doorway/corner for safety but we still don't feel safe.
The building stops rocking to the extreme extent and the administrator, who has now turned into a sort of Bellatrix, tells us to leave through the front of the office. People start running out and in the mass, I go against the flow and leave out through a secret back hallway and down the stairs by Jamba. As I run out to the terrace, I realize the Center for Service is empty, as though it never existed. I see a couple people I know that are running up stairs (the Wilk has now combined with aspects of Hogwarts) to the theater on the top floor.
I take off after all these people, avoiding the administrator/Bellatrix. While passing the BYUSA office again, I see the window plastered with people that have been stupefied. I shudder and continue following the crowd as they race to the 20th floor's theater (which seems to be Alta's auditorium, just much more mystical). The auditorium is darkened and an hour and a half brainwash event is going on (like something from Lost). I realize I need to keep my eyes closed (maybe because the two leaders at the front have the eyes of Medusa/the basilisk?) Everyone else seems brainwashed by their eye powers instead of being turned to stone or struck dead.
I sit and listen to the presentation for a really long time, but after putting on my sunglasses, I can peek out and see people just standing up and leaving. The male and female brainwash leaders at the front don't seem to notice. I see a boy in the front wearing a red jersey, who looks much more like the Cedric Diggory from my imagination more than Edward Cullen, about to stand and make his own escape, and decide to leave with him. I make my way past all the people in my row and army crawl to the front where Cedric is. He bolts for the door and I run out with him. I yelled something victorious as I leapt through the doors.
On the other side, Cedric has already left and I know I just need to get out. I leave out the Jamba lot doors, accio my broomstick, hop on mid run and kick off into the air, just out of the grasp of some evil people that were trying to thwart me. I fly low to my house, which seems an awful lot like the apartments from Westside Story, and get indoors. My roommates all happen to be male. They are very happy that I'm home and tell me about this awesome event that's coming up. They've hung posters the size of the Jonas Brother's Stadium of Fire poster that hung on Lavell Edward's stadium from our building advertising a concert from Beethoven, Hitler, and other famous dead people.
It now clicks that they've been brainwashed too because these were the very people I'd heard about during the brainwashing presentation, but because I hadn't seen it, I was still myself. I got back on my broom, cut the zip ties that were holding up the two posters and accidentally caught the attention of two police officers/zombies from Thriller. They start chasing me, I go back to my roommates who have snapped out of the trance since I cut down the posters and we run to the nearby apartment complex that closely resembles a combo of the Avenues and the Riv.
Neither of these places offer a good place to hide from the swarming Thriller zombie police but luckily the multicultural student association was having an event here with a live bear. They perform a Native American dance and release the bear which distracts the TZP. I run out of the complex, everything is in flames...
I found this radio conversation between President Holland, his wife Pat, and Sheri Dew yesterday. It's about an hour and a half long but I think that you'll like it. Take a break and click here to listen.
Tonight I was facebook chatting with my dear friend Alli Goodfellow. She is one of the most lovely people you'll ever have the pleasure to meet. In the course of the conversation, I said the following
"The future changes with our choices."
What does this phrase mean to you?
Good luck with finals everyone. I've been under a rock this semester. I miss blogging.
Race for the Cure | May 8th Race for the Cure has become a family tradition of sorts. The Salt Lake City race is one of the biggest with over 17,000 participants this year. Now that it's so crowded, we just walk the route and enjoy seeing all the crazy pink that people deck out in.
attend lots of wedding receptions and bridal showers
Hooray for love! Seriously. I went to a lot of them.
become addicted to LOST
Thank you Chad Johnson. When he left to NYC for his summer internship, he graciously allowed me to borrow the first five seasons... and from there, I got just a little addicted. I started three weeks before the sixth, and final, season's finale and was able to follow the saga from beginning to end.
assist with the Special Olympics | May 27-29
Such a cool event. My friend Justin Smith referred me to be on the Games Organizing Committee a couple of months back. With the way that BYUSA elections worked out, I was able to get going right when they started planning in April. I had the great opportunity to help out with the public relations, a lot of which was heavily involved with the media. I was able to meet some really great people and was really touched by the mission of the Special Olympics.
[taking care of business]
[best dance ever.]
[a few of GOC friends]
vacation in Kaua'i | June 11-19
First trip to Hawaii! That's kinda a big deal. Mom, Joe, Emmie and I took a break and had some fun far far away from the mainland.
Emmie and I probably had too much fun taking pictures and making music videos
The best part of the whole trip was really just catching up with my BSE.
[just arriving at the hotel]
[can't get enough of this]
[just after our surfing lesson]
[camera lovin']
[so much fun happened in this hammock]
[BSE]
help Mom plan her wedding
It's not to common to be able to help your mom plan her wedding. I got to share in this great joy as her Maid of Honor. My biggest responsibility was creating the perfect wedding playlist.
start the next year of BYUSA fun
[the infamous hand tap game]*
Adventure Experience was up near Bear Lake. This is the bunch of officers I'll get to become best friends with over the next few semesters; I can't wait.
*not pictured: Jared Colton
be uplifted by the Manti Temple Pagent | June 25
[Manti, UT]
I'd gone to the pageant a few times as a kid. Coming back here was wonderful. We went down as a ward activity; such a powerful experience. I'll be sure to bring warmer clothes next time- it got cold!
celebrate the 4th of July for four straight days
This was probably the most epic 4th of July I'd experienced in a long time. Because the 4th was on a Sunday, everyone in Utah decided that it meant we needed to celebrate Friday through Monday.
[hiking the Y]
[everything the light touches]
[triumphant at the peak]
[gearing up for the parade on the 5th]
[dragon posing]
[I was on the float... and then the front page of the DU!]
watched BYU go viral
I can't get enough of the HBLL Production Team. I was with Olivia as we watched this get 300 views... and we thought that was a lot!
break a world record in the World's Largest Water Balloon Fight
The Office of Spring and Summer came up with a great ploy to make people stay in Provo- the World's Largest Water Balloon Fight! We stole the record from the University of Kentucky and I was never so wet in my life.
[we made a lot of friends]
[the aftermath]
This is the link to the Kyle Andrews music video for "You Always Make Me Smile" that was made during the event. Here's the KSL 5 news story.
spend a lot of time with Olivia Gallegos & Rachel Schwartz
